China’s child modelling industry grows amid controversy | The Malaysian Insight

China's child modelling industry is growing despite the controversies surrounding it. – EPA pic, August 5, 2019.

MANICURED children strut down the catwalk at a Beijing fashion show, one of thousands of events driving huge demand for child models in China that insiders warn leaves minors vulnerable to physical abuse, 12-hour-days and unrelenting pressure from pushy parents. The kids’ apparel market is growing faster than any other clothing sector in the country and was worth more than US$40.5 billion in 2018 according to Euromonitor.

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