Model Children

Some parents in China are spurning education and embracing the superficial and sleazy world of child modeling:

China's ambitious child models

China's pushy parents are shunning traditional ambitions for their children and have a new profession they hope their kids will conquer - modelling.

Stiff competition for top universities have parents fretting more than ever over their child's future.

So in a bid to find a new niche in which their children can succeed, parents are turning to the catwalk instead.