I'm not really mad about any of it. There are centuries of precedent for nepotism. I think giving a beautiful person with famous parents a modeling gig is just about the least unfair/unjust version of nepotism there is. But I'm confident Amelia Gray would absolutely not be an in-demand model were it not for her mother's fame.
I think that's where the main criticism lies. Some days ago I was looking at pictures of one of the new popular models, either Mia, Stella or Angelina, and they were next to another model and I don't know why I thought someone had tagged the photographer instead of the model and then I realised the model IS a part of the Sorrenti family.. but not once did I think she looked out of place or less model-ish than the others. For whatever reason, besides immense privilege, she also got the height genes, the symmetric face, undeniable conventional beauty that is slightly above average but natural and not altered to force her way into the field and.. more power to her!, she would be crazy not to use that cocktail of opportunity and see where it leads for now.
I see the cases where the qualifications are objectively on a par, if not slightly above, than a self-made person, as less nepotism and more an extension and full understanding of the many years of dedication in the family.. sort of like a craft and/or appreciation for a field that has been passed down. It is often both, but still.. I think it's a waste of time to be upset about it when this dynamic exists in pretty much every family.. I think it's more recent (last 100 years?) that young people have been breaking away from what their parents did and gone on to do something completely different.
When someone is so not qualified, or has everything everyone else has been rejected for or not given the time of day, and is basically just riding on a last name/mom's fame.. that's when they encounter resistance, and the more they double down and call critics 'haters', the less humility and more entitlement they show and they more insufferable they come across. I frankly can't stand Amelia Gray either, I find her vulgar, reeking of insecurity and the combination of her botched surgeries with her ED have given her a wonky eye that resembles the odd expressions of
drug/fentanyl users.
I'll use this opportunity just to say that I cannot stand Chloe Malle either lol. I've been around these East Coast princesses for too long and.. just the sight of her 😷.. and of course the voice, the 'heheeh I'm so fcking vanilla' content that comes out of her mouth, ugh, hello candid girlfriend. You cannot convince me she wouldn't have gotten the top prize of fashion publications if it wasn't for her family.
