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"There&amp;#x27;s never been much doubt that the fashion industry fetishizes youth--13-year-old Elle Fanning is considered a legitimate style icon these days, and the CFDA had to ask designers not to work with runway models aged 14 and 15 during fashion week--but the admission that Agyness Deyn shaved about six years off her age when she started modeling definitely confirms our fascination with ever-younger models. Aggy&amp;#x27;s real name is Laura Hollis, and apparently, her real age is 29, not 23--something she finally &amp;#x27;fessed up to publicly in an interview with The Guardian: &amp;quot;When I decided I would really do modelling I was like 18, and I think at the time that was quite old for a new face, so we knocked off a few years.&amp;quot; The truth is that she had spent the last six years as what the Guardian calls a &amp;quot;jobbing model&amp;quot;--ie, getting lots of catalog work and paying her bills but not being a recognizable face. That changed in 2006, when she was signed by a New York agent, started booking tons of fashion shows, and was billed as the new Kate Moss. There has long been a suspicion that she&amp;#x27;s shaved a few years off her age--see the Facebook group called &amp;quot;Agyness Deyn You&amp;#x27;re Not 18&amp;quot; started in 2007 for proof--but now it seems the fudging has gotten too exhausting for her camp to keep up. &amp;quot;I was my birthday last week, and Henry [Holland] was saying how old would you have been? Cos it got really complicated - when personal and work collide - and Henry was like: &amp;#x27;But it looks like I started being friends with you when you were four or something!&amp;#x27;&amp;quot; Now that she&amp;#x27;s out in the open about being almost-30, what do you ladies think about the ruse? Is it kind of wild that the fashion world can&amp;#x27;t accept a &amp;quot;new&amp;quot; face who&amp;#x27;s only 18? Do you think lying about her age was a weird move? Are you disappointed to learn she&amp;#x27;s not as young as she first said, or relieved to see her cop to it? Discuss! PLUS... - Cindy Crawford&amp;#x27;s 10-year-old daughter is modeling for Versace AND! - Naomi Campbell hits the runway at Roberto Cavalli! Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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