The NewYork Model Management fledgling Gerren Taylor received some controversial press reviews as she was starting out last year because of her tender age. It had seemed dubious if a kid her age should be tossed into the glamour world of photo shoots, behind the runway sleaze, booze, women obsessed with remaining skinny?

Now, however, she has hit 13 and can be seen in W campaign for Marc Jacobs. The youngster is now in New York shooting the next Tommy Jeans campaign. She’s simply having fun cat walking down the Los Angeles and New York runways pretty much the same as the Barbie Doll fashion shows she has created and acted out on her bedroom floor ever since she was just “a kid”, with but one difference: she is not just a 12 year-old super model making international headlines, she is now a role model for a whole lot of young girls and is a special role model for girls who are African American.