‘Lifelong Curse’ of ‘Most Beautiful Girl in the World’ Revealed
Thylane Blondeau has been trying to escape the label of ‘the most beautiful girl in the world’ for almost two decades after being given the title as a child – insiders told the tag RadarOnline.com became a lifelong burden.
The now 25-year-old French model, daughter of TV presenter Véronika Loubry and retired footballer Patrick Blondeau, was first scouted in Paris at the age of three before appearing in a controversial Vogue Enfants shoot that made her famous worldwide with six.
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Thylane Blondeau lives with child title
As a child, Thylane Blondeau received the title of the most beautiful girl in the world.
Blondeau, now engaged to French DJ Ben Attal, 28, lives in France but remains closely associated with the youth title that shaped her public identity.
A fashion source told us: “Thylane has had extraordinary opportunities, but the ‘most beautiful girl’ label followed her everywhere, and still does. For a child, it was both a curse and a privilege to be reduced to beauty before she could understand fame.”
Blondeau said, “When you’re little, you don’t really pay attention. People say, ‘You know, you’re the most beautiful girl in the world,’ and you say, ‘I’m not, I’m just playing with my iPad.'”
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Model rejects pressure and thinness standards
The French model appeared in a controversial ‘Vogue Enfants’ shoot at the age of six.
She added, “Even today people say, ‘You’re the most beautiful girl,’ and I say, ‘No, I’m still not, I’m just human.'”
Blondeau has said she wants to be recognized for her character and not her looks.
Speaking in 2018, she said modeling is about “personality first now” and “beauty inside and out.”
She also rejected pressure to conform to the modeling industry’s thinness standards, saying, “I don’t want to be skinny. Even when people say, ‘She’s not that skinny, she can’t do this show,’ I just say, ‘Okay, I’m not going to do that show.'”
She added: “I’m not going to be skinny and not eat for them. If I want to eat, I can eat. I eat burgers. I’m never going to change this.”
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Career success and the costs of fame
The young star attended the Cannes Film Festival at the age of sixteen.
By the age of 16, Blondeau had been a model Vogue Parisattended the Cannes Film Festival and became an ambassador for L’Oréal Paris.
She later worked with Miu Miu, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Ralph Lauren and Hugo Boss, while also building a fashion and beauty company.
Another source said: “Her career looked glamorous from the outside, but the price was that she never had the anonymity most kids take for granted. Every stage of growing up was judged by a title she never asked for. It became a real hex for her, and remains so today, as everyone would constantly feel the pressure to live up to it, no matter what they looked like on a given day.”
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Critics are slamming a 2011 “Vogue Paris” spread for sexualizing a 10-year-old child.
Blondeau previously recalled being chosen for Jean Paul Gaultier’s runway as a toddler.
She said: “My mother said, ‘No, she doesn’t work for an agency, she can’t do this.’
“Jean Paul Gaultier said, ‘She has to be there tomorrow.’ So mom said, ‘Why not?'”
At the age of 10 she appeared in the Vogue Paris distributed Quel Maquillage à Quel Âge?, dressed in a gold dress and heels, sparking criticism of the images that sexualized a child.
When asked about her future, Blondeau said: “I just want to be happy and do what I like. If I still want to be a model, then I (will) model and (do) acting. But I want to be happy first.”
