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Underage models draw public ire

By Zhou Ping (Global Times)

08:27, November 19, 2012

Web users and experts have lashed out over widely-circulated photos on Sina Weibo showing underage girl models wearing bikinis standing beside cars at an auto show in Wuhan, Hubei Province Friday.

The Wuhan-based Changjiang Times reported over the weekend that six girls aged under six years old were seen posing beside cars in bikinis on the second day of the five-day 2012 Chutian Auto Culture Festival.

A majority of Web users left vitriolic comments criticizing the show's organizer and the girls' parents, saying that they are ruining the next generation.

Zeng Fanlin, an associate professor of children's psychology at East China Normal University, told the Global Times Sunday that children shouldn't be sent to such shows except to demonstrate important knowledge, such as how to use child safety seats.

"It might destroy their childlike innocence and hurt their psychological health if they enter the adult world too early," Zeng said, adding that authorities should strictly supervise such commercial activities.


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