She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to the challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike her school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term___(1)______ (rest). Instead, she is earning $6,500 a day as ___(2)___ model in New York.
Sarah_____(3)_____ (tell) that she could be Britain’s new supermodel, earning a million dollars in the next year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full-time. But Sarah, ___(4)____ has taken part in shows along with top models, wants __(5)_______ (prove) that she has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her____(6)_____ (educate).
She has turned down several ____(7)______ (invitation) to star at shows in order to focus ___(8)__ her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full-time before going to university to get a degree in engineering or architecture.
Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school____(9)_____ (come) first. I don’t want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is ____(10)_______ (certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don’t want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can’t model any more.”