Selena’s mum Mandy looks so young it isn’t until we’re introduced towards the end of the shoot that we realise who she is. Trendily dressed and looking no older than late 20s (‘She’d love it if you told her that,’ Selena exclaims), we’d assumed she was Selena’s PA. Other than a few shared jokey comments, mother and daughter barely seem to interact during the shoot. We get the impression that just like Selena, Mandy has seen this all before.
During the shoot Selena leans back provocatively against a wall, with her arms above her head. Her step-father angrily clears his throat. Picking up on the signal, Selena looks up and asks him what he’s thinking. ‘I’ll tell you later,’ he replies darkly. It might seem like an over-reaction, but her mum tells us when Selena was only 15, a photographer tried to persuade her to crawl over a bed towards the camera ‘like a cat’. We can imagine there’s no shortage of people ready to exploit the young star, and with the recent Miley Cyrus/Vanity Fair ‘topless’ scandal, they can’t be too careful about the message they’re sending.
Making sure all pictures taken of her are squeaky clean and Disney-audience appropriate is just one of the challenges of being a teenager in the public eye. Selena, who’s worn a purity ring since she was 12 (to demonstrate her intention not to have sex until she’s married), has also had to deal with her on/off relationship with Miley Cyrus’s ex Nick Jonas (of hit US band The Jonas Brothers) being reported in detail.Labels: News |
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