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Fourth Grade Model Cuter, Richer Than You'll Ever Be
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Jaya Saxena
Published May 10, 2010
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A Queens nine-year-old supermodel is one of the highest paid models in the world, earning nearly $250,000 a year. Fatima Ptacek has been modeling since she was five, appeared on SNL and has been in commercials for McDonald's, Bisquick and Pillsbury Toaster Streudel. As if that wasn't enough of a shot to your ego, she is a nationally ranked gymnast, reads at the 10th-grade level, is fluent in Spanish, studies Mandarin and would give up modeling if she could go to an Ivy League college and be a lawyer. Well, at least you don't have to ask permission when you want another juice box, right?
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