High School Senior Submits Inappropriate "Modeling" Photo to Yearbook

[Lavaster]

So apparently Sydney Spies from Colorado is suing her high school after the yearbook rejected two of her photographs twice.
She submitted the two photographs to be put on a senior interest page in the yearbook. The first was originally accepted, but after the principal talked to the yearbook staff, they changed their minds and asked her to submit another photograph. The second photo was rejected, too, from being too inappropriate and now Sydney is suing, despite the yearbook staff saying they could include the photos *if* she put them on an ad space for $300. Sydney says that if they would end up in the yearbook anyway, why can't it be on the interest page?
Her mother, Miki Spies, originally tried to persuade Sydney out of submitting the first picture, which shows Sydney in a short skirt and no top--instead, she's wearing a mere scarf to cover her chest. Miki now says that she sees the photos as her daughter does: "stunning" and "artistic."
Keep in mind that suing costs more than $300 for a yearbook ad and that Sydney ended up on the Today show... publicity much?
(LINKS TO PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTICLES W/ MORE INFO:)
http://articles.cnn.com/2012-01-09/us/us_yearbook-photos_1_yearbook-photos-senior-portrait-facebook-page?_s=PM:US
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45925416/ns/today-today_people/t/teen-revealing-yearbook-photo-flap-its-artistic/#.TxbbfKWXTl4

Honestly, I think she's just making a big deal out of this so she'll get spotted by a modeling agent or company. I mean, seriously; if she REALLY wanted her classmates to see that she liked modeling, she would have agreed to submit an APPROPRIATE photo, not one of her in a scarf and short skirt (no top) or a short, form-fitting mesh dress. In my opinion, this is all for fame and publicity, and I hope she doesn't get signed to a modeling contract (I don't think that's happened... yet).
Thoughts? Comments?

[minimogut]

Yep, I read about this on a different site. That girl is making a big deal out of nothing, and she is looking for attention.

[kattenijin]

The first pic seems fairly "normal" to me. I see females around here in similar outfits during the warmer months of the year. The second pic is definitely more risque, and I personally don't think appropriate for a High School yearbook. As to the "attention whore" aspect, this is America, are we really THAT surprised?

[Tempscire]

She seems like a huge attention whore for making an issue out of this (and, indeed, for going with provocative images in the first place-- there's a time and a place and the HS yearbook isn't it), but it is interesting that her photos are too risque to go in as her senior photo (for free) but not so risque that they have to be excluded from the yearbook altogether (since she can pay for ad space). That's a bit of a mixed message there.

[Lavaster]

She seems like a huge attention whore for making an issue out of this (and, indeed, for going with provocative images in the first place-- there's a time and a place and the HS yearbook isn't it), but it is interesting that her photos are too risque to go in as her senior photo (for free) but not so risque that they have to be excluded from the yearbook altogether (since she can pay for ad space). That's a bit of a mixed message there.
I agree; I mean, seriously? When I first read the article and read the part about her being able to purchase an ad space, I was thinking, "Wow, what the heck? What is the yearbook really trying to protect here if the picture could possibly end up in their yearbook anyway?" So although I'm against what Sydney Spies thinks, I'm also a bit against the yearbook staff for allowing it to be put on an ad space.

[EmmaBananana]

Is that a top? or a scarf around her breasts? First of all, I don't think there is anything wrong with those pictures, they are sexy yet not too revealing. But she is a bit of an attention whore, if she wants to 'advertise' herself. Do it on your damn facebook account. I think she's doing it for publicity.

[Black_Barook!]

Why do I have a feeling that I'm the only one disturbed by the fact that the yearbook has 'ad' space?

[Oaktree]

The ad spaces are typically used by family members to tell their children how proud they are of their graduation and to post cute childhood pictures of the student(s) in question. They're sort of an extra vanity item that the yearbook throws in in order to get more funding for the yearbook printing.

[Mistermook]

I dunno. Ours had "Eat at Subway" crap in it. But we had stuff for horseless carriages and how we were all going to change the world by inventing electricity too.

[Robodl95]

Why do I have a feeling that I'm the only one disturbed by the fact that the yearbook has 'ad' space?
A lot of schools do, it helps keep costs down (especially with so many funding cuts, programs have to be more self reliant).

[SimsLover50]

We see teens in risque adverts all the time. They are called models.

I'm ok with the school having standards. They should. However, the standards should cover entire book content, otherwise, it seems hypocritical.

[VerDeTerre]

Ads in school yearbooks? .... Our school raises funds though "parent ads" just as Oaktree described. Parents submit pictures of their children, usually when they were little kiddos, along with words expressing love, affection, pride and hope. They are personal and very touching.

If I saw a photo like that, I would reject it. It's inappropriate for high school.

[crocobaura]

Well, if it's inappropiate for the yearbook, then it's inapropiate. A 300 dollar fee won't make it more appropiate. I would be bothered too if I thouhgt the highschool was using a lame excuse just to sell some ad space. Also, if they need some extra money, they should ask all students to buy ad space, not just one.

[Elyasis]

I would have less of a problem with it if she had talent. As it is it's not like you don't see girls like that in much less at the local swimming pool. They should have just said that it didn't meet the criteria for student interest and left it at that.