PTSD Connected to Modeling

In an essay for New York’s The Cut, Jennifer Sky writes that she developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from her life as a teenage model. Sky — who quit after earning the cover spot on Sassy, which was edited by Jane Pratt — says that she began modeling when she was 15, and the impact of that world was severe:

Countless questionable things happened to me during my time as a model. From neglect to molestation to topless photo shoots to men exposing themselves to being made to stand in a freezing pool until I turned blue, I would be abused for the entirety of my career. Eventually,

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