Gumleaf
July 11th, 2008, 07:38 PM
09:01 AEST Sat Jul 12 2008
Teen model Maddison Gabriel provoked outrage and international headlines when she was picked as the face of last year's Gold Coast Fashion Week at age 12.
Now it seems it isn't only the Queensland modeling scene that wants a piece of the young girl.
Gabriel, 13, has been signed by a top New York modelling agency, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The prestigious agency, Elite Model Management, is responsible for having driven the careers of supermodels Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford.
Gabriel's Australian modelling agency, Tamblyn Models in Brisbane, met with Elite last month to formally stitch up the deal, the report said.
"They thought she was a lovely fresh-looking girl," The Telegraph quotes Tamblyn Models general manager Sallie Tamblyn as saying.
"They are looking at bringing her over in January during the school holiday period," she said.
Gabriel's selection as the face of Gold Coast Fashion Week last September provoked outrage from child protection groups and even prompted the then prime minister John Howard to issue his personal disapproval.
But Tamblyn said there was no danger in Gabriel working as a top model at such a young age because she only ever did jobs appropriate for her age, such as teenage parades.
Teen model Maddison Gabriel provoked outrage and international headlines when she was picked as the face of last year's Gold Coast Fashion Week at age 12.
Now it seems it isn't only the Queensland modeling scene that wants a piece of the young girl.
Gabriel, 13, has been signed by a top New York modelling agency, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The prestigious agency, Elite Model Management, is responsible for having driven the careers of supermodels Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford.
Gabriel's Australian modelling agency, Tamblyn Models in Brisbane, met with Elite last month to formally stitch up the deal, the report said.
"They thought she was a lovely fresh-looking girl," The Telegraph quotes Tamblyn Models general manager Sallie Tamblyn as saying.
"They are looking at bringing her over in January during the school holiday period," she said.
Gabriel's selection as the face of Gold Coast Fashion Week last September provoked outrage from child protection groups and even prompted the then prime minister John Howard to issue his personal disapproval.
But Tamblyn said there was no danger in Gabriel working as a top model at such a young age because she only ever did jobs appropriate for her age, such as teenage parades.