The sites often include images of "guests": children who are described as a friend of the featured child, but who appear for only a day. Almost all the children appear to be between the ages of 2 and 12.īased on descriptions in online customer forums and in Web pages showing image samples, the children are photographed by people who have frequent access to them. More than 200 of the sites have been found by The New York Times through online advertising aimed at pedophiles, and a vast majority focus mostly on one child. Sparkle is one of hundreds of children being photographed by adults, part of what appears to be the latest trend in online child exploitation: Web sites for pedophiles offering explicit, sexualized images of children who are covered by bits of clothing - all in the questionable hope of allowing producers, distributors and customers to avoid child pornography charges. According to the posted schedule, new photographs of her - many clearly intended to be erotic, all supposedly taken that week - are posted online every Friday for her growing legions of admirers. She has thousands of fans from around the world, membership lists show, who pay as much as $30 a month to see images of her. In just over seven months, the model has become an online phenomenon. She gazes at the viewer, her face showing a wisp of a smile that seems to have been coaxed from off-camera.
Her tight panties and skimpy top are soaked and revealing. In the photograph, the model is shown rising out of a bubble bath, suds dripping from her body.