The princess and I were lucky enough to spend a couple of hours with our favourite photographer the other day. It was a nice way to celebrate Matilda's six months with us and nice for Mummy and Matilda to have some photos together (I always seem to be the one behind the camera rather than the one in the actual photo...)
Anyway, much to my surprise I decided to send a couple of the photos off to the My Child Magazine CoverStar competition - I was never one for the whole 'baby competition' thing so I surprised myself when I sent them off.
I was thinking about this last night during our feed time (ok so this was a week or more ago now... Not all posts go up as quickly as i would like but back to the point...). The photos turned out sooo well and she really is a gorgeous bubba so I started thinking maybe I should look into other competitions. Or maybe even a baby modelling agency... I mean I could control where the photos went, couldn't I?
That thought led me to think about where my hypothetical model baby's photos could end up - what if it was used to advertise things I don't use / believe in - like disposable nappies (particularly non Eco friendly ones), chemically laden baby washes or other products, non-organic premade baby food... The list goes on.
Nup there is no way I could allow that to happen so here ends Matilda's modelling career before it even began :)
But seriously, I wonder if people who do model for a career have a say in what the 'endorse' or if it really is just a job and they do what they have to do. We all make sacrifices in our work, often we have to put our personal views aside and stick with 'the company line' so why should models be any different?
And on that topic is there a difference to a celeb endorsing a product and a model wearing a brand of clothes in a catalogue? I'm starting to think no, but then that's just my opinion.
With all this in mind I went back to the My Child Magazine competition: why on earth did I send in Matilda's photos? I think in reality it was because the co-sponsor is Purebaby - I love their organic cotton clothes and if Matilda was to be successful I would be more than happy to see her photographed in their clothing.
Update: Matilda has been selected as a finalist! This mumma is excited to see her girl in a magazine - cant help but want to show my girl off :) Has this changed my mind? No I think it has actually strengthened it :)
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