“The first secret of a successful modeling career is to start modeling at five to ten years old. If you haven’t decided what your child should be doing yet . . . then perhaps you can offer them a modeling career.” Everyone has his or her own vision of beauty. For some, it is compassion; for others, it is youth. Thirteen-year-old Nadya believes she’s grabbed the brass ring when she wins a modeling contract that includes travel to Japan. She will leave Siberia, have a glamorous professional life, and help her cash-strapped family, or so she thinks. Ashley, a former model, recruits young girls like Nadya for international modeling agencies. She says she loves her freedom, even while she despises the industry that makes it possible. Ashley’s teenage self tells her story in a chilling video diary, revealing truths that Nadya will have to uncover on her own. The two women are bookends in a story of hope, ambition, manipulation, and exploitation.  CRE