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Beeming parents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes grace the cover of Vanity Fair with their new baby Suri. |
Celebrity BABiES gone WiLD?
As the world goes celeb baby crazy, expecting celebrity couples such as Brangelina, and Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony look to score millions from baby pictures sold to pop culture magazines. We polled students around campus to get their opinion on the baby craze and found most deem the trend outrageous.
“Yes! It is ridiculous, because these babies don’t even know what’s going on. They also have rights, and its completely absurd. These babies are humans too, and they deserve to live a normal life.”
Clarissa Berrones
art, senior
“I think it’s pretty crazy how much the price for these pictures is, but as long as normal people ( like us) want to know about celeb lives, it’s not going to stop.”
Alyssa Rodriguez
communication disorders, junior
“Yes! They’re just baby photos. These kids are being treated as if we worship them; their just babies; their just like everyone else.”
Elvia Alaniz
music major, freshman
“Yes! Because they shouldn’t have a price for anyone’s baby photo.”
Lindsey Coy
pre-nursing, freshman
“Yeah! The price is ridiculous, but because of the fact they’re celebrity babies, some feel that their photos are more worthy then anyone else’s. What if they were any common person, no one would care to price them. It’s ridiculous just because they’re celebs.”
Tanya Gonzalez
criminology, freshman
Jav-A-Bit What happens in Vegas will not be staying in Vegas for Miss USA Contestant |
 coutesy of missmichiganusa.com Former Texas A&M-Kingsville student Miss Michigan Elisabeth Crawford relaxes before her debut in the 2008 Miss USA Competition at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas, April 11 |
By Angela Palacios
The South Texan
In a race for the crown, one of Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s own, alumna Elisabeth Crawford, will be competing as one of the contestants in the 57th Annual MISS USA® Competition.
Currently reigning as Miss Michigan USA® since Sept. 22, 2007, this 25-year-old Veracruz, Mexico native is Producer/Editor for Pask Video Productions, spokesperson for Acura Automotive and an active volunteer at The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.
From 2003 through 2005, Crawford attended TAMUK studying in Mass Communication and Political Science while serving as Vice President of the Student Government Association (SGA).
During her time at TAMUK, Crawford lost her mother to cancer and soon after launched a non-profit cancer awareness organization; Active for Life On Cancer.
In order to be closer to her friends and family, Crawford moved to Michigan in 2005.
The 2008 MISS USA® Competition will be held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11. The event will be broadcast live on NBC from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. CDT.