Role Models for Girls - What the Guides Found

[Dave Roberts]

'A third of all girls across the younger age groups (7-16 years) chose Cheryl Cole as the best role model for girls of their age, making her by far the most popular choice. Among 7- to 11-year-olds, no other candidate was named by more than one in ten girls overall. However, their second choice, with 8 per cent of the vote, was the Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington, and JK Rowling and Katie Price/Jordan also scored relatively highly with 7 per cent each. Katie Price/Jordan was a much more popular second choice for 11- to 16-year-olds polling 15 per cent of their votes. Fewer than one in ten selected any other individual, but US First Lady Michelle Obama was chosen by 8 per cent

There is much more about pre teenage girls and their self image at the Sophia Network

[Janet Evans]

Mmm. We'd better all pray that Cheryl Cole discovers Jesus . . .