
I climbed Mount Fuji, ate gelato by the Coliseum in Rome, and sailed high above the rooftops aboard the London Eye. Modeling helped me pay for courses at McGill University and allowed me to travel the world. The summer holidays had barely started when she was snatched from a cornfield and bundled into the back. When I was 17, a modeling scout approached me at a mall. Sarah Payne is a name few parents will ever forget. But events like these are common - I’m tempted to say normal - for young models working overseas.

I would like to tell you that this day was unusual. She started to cry on the set, and when the photographer complained to our agents, the agency hastily discounted the model’s fee. She had just returned from a photoshoot where the photographer was touching her inappropriately. Her English wasn’t great, and she mainly talked to the other Russian girls, but through a friend, she told her story. But one of our crew wasn’t happy: She was a model from Russia, 15 years old, sitting alone and looking down at the floor. They were taking part in the biggest US street dance talent show, The World of Dance.

The girls, dressed in black and red lace bra tops and hot pants, were performing Beyonc's hit Single Ladies. Iced lattes cool us down from the oppressive Shanghai heat, and the cheerful, air-conditioned interior serves as welcome relief from an afternoon of monotonous castings. Daughter of Harry Hamlin and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna (you read that right), this American model-on-the-rise is off to a. A group of 8 and 9 year old dancers have caused controversy in the States after their video was posted on YouTube.
