When I got in the car, Mom said she had some good news for me. "The modeling agency called, and they lined up a fashion show audition for you on Friday," she said. "They said to wear dress clothes and no makeup."
I didn't like to leave the house without mascara, lip gloss, powder to dry up my oily skin, blush to show I was alive, and concealer to hide my blemishes,.
"What store is it for?" I asked.
"Waddlers, Toddlers, and Chickie-doo-doos," she said.
I didn't even know the store had clothes for girls my age. Actually, I thought people stopped shopping there when they were eight.
"Are they insane? Nobody my age would be caught dead…"
"I guess the store now has a section for preteens and juniors they want to market. Besides, if you wanted to model then you'd take every opportunity you could," she said. "Do you think Melani and Rae Ellen from the show started off on the cover of Vogue? No, they had to work their way up."
I didn't tell my mom that Rae Ellen was currently suing a photographer she used to work with for posting nude pictures of her on the Internet. Rae Ellen had made her money and connections in modeling by doing underwear ads and posing naked, and some of those pictures were starting to show up. That was something I'd never have to worry about because I would never pose for photos like that.