Don't put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington...
Manchester Evening News 6/6/05 ( and so, curiously did the Financial Times today) reports the results of a poll of over 1000 girls for www.thelab.tv. A provider of mobile services.
63% of girls asked claimed they would rather be glamour models than nurses, doctors or teachers. Jordan and Abi Titmuss were seen as role models by more 15 to 19-year-old girls than Harry Potter author JK Rowling and Germaine Greer.
The Lab spokesman Fraser Lewry said: "Teenagers are witnessing the likes of Abi Titmuss and Jodie Marsh gracing the covers of their favourite magazines every day, so it is hardly surprising that they want to follow in their footsteps.
"Taking your clothes off is now more lucrative than ever and teenagers see it as a great way of making money and becoming famous."
A quarter of the girls polled are said to have thought being a lap dancer would be a good profession but just 3% wanted to be teachers.
53% of those polled saw Abi Titmuss as a role model, compared to 33% for Jordan, 7% for Anita Roddick, 9% for JK Rowling and just 4% for Germaine Greer.
Emma of Salford on the MEN website says…” I have friends who are training to be nurses via college and university, when they leave they will have approx £10,000 debt to pay back. This kind of money can be made in a few hours by another friend of mine who is a glamour model….. I think if girls have the body confidence and the knowledge to avoid the wrong kind of work, then go for it.
Abi an ex nurse .."One newspaper recently called me the most pointless celebrity around. I'd have to agree with them on that," she told the documentary cameras, with a rather fetching self-awareness. In a recent TV documentary about her fame, it was revealed that her income last year exceeded £1Mn. She appeared on the front page of national newspapers (not the FT) 68 times, sold more calendars than anyone other than Kylie Minogue, and can pocket up to £5,000 for turning up at a provincial nightclub, doing little more than wiggling at a bunch of giggling adolescents catching her fleeting minutes of fame on a cellphone.( Pic Andy warhol who promised us all 15 minutes of fame)
63% of girls asked claimed they would rather be glamour models than nurses, doctors or teachers. Jordan and Abi Titmuss were seen as role models by more 15 to 19-year-old girls than Harry Potter author JK Rowling and Germaine Greer.
The Lab spokesman Fraser Lewry said: "Teenagers are witnessing the likes of Abi Titmuss and Jodie Marsh gracing the covers of their favourite magazines every day, so it is hardly surprising that they want to follow in their footsteps.
"Taking your clothes off is now more lucrative than ever and teenagers see it as a great way of making money and becoming famous."
A quarter of the girls polled are said to have thought being a lap dancer would be a good profession but just 3% wanted to be teachers.
53% of those polled saw Abi Titmuss as a role model, compared to 33% for Jordan, 7% for Anita Roddick, 9% for JK Rowling and just 4% for Germaine Greer.
Emma of Salford on the MEN website says…” I have friends who are training to be nurses via college and university, when they leave they will have approx £10,000 debt to pay back. This kind of money can be made in a few hours by another friend of mine who is a glamour model….. I think if girls have the body confidence and the knowledge to avoid the wrong kind of work, then go for it.Abi an ex nurse .."One newspaper recently called me the most pointless celebrity around. I'd have to agree with them on that," she told the documentary cameras, with a rather fetching self-awareness. In a recent TV documentary about her fame, it was revealed that her income last year exceeded £1Mn. She appeared on the front page of national newspapers (not the FT) 68 times, sold more calendars than anyone other than Kylie Minogue, and can pocket up to £5,000 for turning up at a provincial nightclub, doing little more than wiggling at a bunch of giggling adolescents catching her fleeting minutes of fame on a cellphone.( Pic Andy warhol who promised us all 15 minutes of fame)
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