Developed Synopsis

Due to the fact i didnt want my work to seem as though it justified kids dropping out of school, i've decided to change the overall plot line of the story. She no longer goes to London but in fact models on weekends, working it around her studies.

Millie Vancouver Synopsis

Millie Vancouver is a tall sixteen year old who and feels awkward and gangly. The other girls in the class have nicknamed her “green giant”, often taunting her with the song as she passes in the corridor. The group of bullying girls are all petite and pretty with cloned style of the head bully, Kirsty. Millie has fiery red hair that she struggles to control, and a laid back dress sense. Her best friend is a boy called Sam. Sam is keen on fashion, with an eccentric sense of style.

The Textiles class goes on a trip to the Clothes Show. As the trip approaches all of the girls are picking new outfits in the hope of being spotted by model scouts. Millie doesn’t make any more effort than normal as doesn’t think it is possible she would stand out amongst the prettier girls. She is more concerned with the revenge the bullies will be taking on her, after Sam answering Kirsty back at school the previous day. They lock her in a cleaning cupboard. They plan it for the whole day but luckily Sam and Bernadette find her quickly and they can enjoy the Clothes Show. Millie is approached by a scout and goes to have her photo taken. She bumps in to the bullies who are posing around the agency stall. They are speechless and jealous, much to Millie and her friends’ satisfaction.

Millie starts to model on weekends and around her studies. She meets Dana and Hayley. They are beautiful and cool, but both bad influences in their own way. Dana is a bitch who chain smokes instead of eating to keep thin, and there are hints of drugs. The other is Hayley, who is sweet but approaching late twenties, so often sleeps with photographers to keep getting work. Both resent the freshness of Millie at first and make it difficult for her. By learning to gain respect from these two girls and stand up for herself, Millie learns how to deal with the bullies back home. She gets on well with the photographer who offers her further work. She ignores warnings from Hayley about him. Everything seems perfect.

As time goes on, Millie starts to become vainer, wearing designer clothes and straightening her hair. She changes completely from how she is at the beginning of the book. Sam and Bernadette become angry with her as they can see she is different and only cares about herself. They argue and stop talking to her, but she doesn’t worry because she has her model friends.

Before long, Hayley is proven right as the photographer makes advances on Millie. It is sleazy and uncomfortable, and she learns to be more careful. At a party, Millie finds Dana in the toilets suffering an overdose. Millie can’t get Hayley to help because she is so drunk she is all over a worker from the agency. The ambulance arrive and take Dana away.

This is a quick paced reality check so Millie is upset and goes to see Sam and Bernadette. He and Bernadette forgive Millie after she goes to see them. She keeps her confidence she has gained but loses her ego.

Epilogue:

Years on, Sam becomes a fashion designer and Millie starts a successful modelling agency of her own where all the models are offered nutrition and anti drug support. The pair work in connection with each other and remain best friends.