Only 15 ... Soya Keaveney is expecting her first baby and at 12 was pictured in a magazine in a bikini, saying she was on a diet. Source: Supplied
Scan of baby ... "Don't see what the big fuss is," said 15-year-old Soya Keaveney, who posted the scan of her unborn baby on her Facebook page. Source: Supplied
A TEENAGER who became a bikini-clad model at 12, is expecting her first baby at age 15.
Soya Keaveny?s mother Janis, who was accused of encouraging the premature sexualisation of her daughter when she posted provocatively pictures of Soya on the internet at age 12, is delighted at the news.
"I?m just totally blown away by this. I don't understand what the big fuss is about," said Mrs Keaveny, who is unemployed and will move to a larger taxpayer-funded home as a result of the birth of her daughter's baby.
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Last night Soya proudly posted a scan of her unborn baby on her Facebook page, writing: "Don?t see what the big fuss is. Being pregnant doesn?t mean your (sic) a slut especially to someone who you have been in a long term relationship with!"
Soya, whose baby with boyfriend Jake Gray, 17, is due in January, has gone on a holiday with Gray to Majorca, Spain. Her mother declined to say anything more, directing media to an adviser and adding that the family would entertain monetary bids for media interviews.
Soya Keaveny attracted worldwide attention when, aged just 12, she posed provocatively in a bikini for pictures her mother posted on the internet in the belief it would launch the youngster?s modelling career.
Despite the images bringing a deluge of emails from "strange men", they were not the last.
The mother, a former school secretary, caused uproar when she allowed photographs of Soya posing in lacy underwear and a bikini to be published in Closer magazine in 2008 under the headline "My girl?s only 12 but she?s already dieting".
The article revealed that, unlike other children her age, Soya - who wore false nails and a belly button piercing for the photos - had been going to discos at the age of seven and wearing make-up, mini dresses and revealing tops. By eight she was desperate for fame.
"I?m terrified of getting fat," Soya said. "I want to be a model, a singer or an actress, and they?re hardly ever fat."
At 12, the youngster was exercising every day and never left the house without putting on eyeliner and mascara. She had also started wearing padded bras, short skirts, cropped tops, high heels and fishnet tights.
There were nights out at under-18 discos and hours spent in front of the mirror getting herself ready in clothes regularly picked out by her mother.
In the article, Soya said she dieted and worked out daily in an effort to be like her idol, Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole.
"Soya is still only a girl and very immature in some ways, but I?ve always 100 per cent trusted her when she goes out with her friends.
"When she was 12 or 13 she went with some friends to an under-18 disco and told me about a contest they had to see who could kiss the most boys. I didn?t see any harm in it. After all, it was only kissing." The magazine article told how Soya had posed for the provocative pictures - the bikini shot taken while on holiday in Egypt - and her mother had posted them on a website dedicated to her daughter in the hope it would help her modelling career.
"Some people might think the pictures are raunchy, but I think she looks lovely," Mrs Keaveny said.
"Hopefully, they?ll help raise her modelling profile. It?s all good practice, and she?s not showing anything you wouldn?t see on a beach."
In an earlier interview Soya's mother insisted her daughter - who said she was taking the contraceptive pill and had refused to consider an abortion - would teach her unborn child the same discipline she had been shown while growing up.
As a mother, Mrs Keaveny said she had been strict but understanding. Her daughter?s boyfriend was allowed to stay overnight in the family home in Thornaby, Cleveland, UK, but only in separate bedrooms and that is how it would remain until she is 16.
"I know people may think that I?m laying down the law after the horse has bolted," she told The Sun. "But Soya won?t be sharing a bed with Jake under my roof until she's turned 16 in January. I?m very strict about that. I know they?re very much in love but the law is the law."
The family are looking forward to the future.
"Our three-bedroomed place was already over-crowded with her sisters, her brother Tarot, Jake and one of her sister?s babies,? Mrs Keaveny said.
"Once the new baby comes the council will have to find us a place with four or five bedrooms. We?ve already started packing."
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