Cassi and Comments.

After Lecture 7 and talking about commenting on news articles I started reading the comments people left on online newspapers. I am posting this because I watch the show and found the comments interesting, many very harsh. 

SHE learnt to strike a pose and strut a catwalk on Australia's Next Top Model.

Now Cassi Van Den Dungen has taken on her most important challenge - motherhood.The tearaway teen, who marched to her own beat on the show and in her post-ANTM modelling career, has given birth to her first child. 

The 19-year-old and her boyfriend, Brad Saul, 27, have a son. "YAY my lil man is now in the world so happy to be able to hold him and kiss him and give him cuddles. he's so strong already trying to lift his head ... god i love him," she posted on Facebook. 

The headstrong and beautiful Van Den Dungen has been devoted to her bricklayer beau since they started dating when she was 15. Her fledging modelling career will take a back seat while she devotes herself to her child. The wild child was earmarked for an international career after finishing runner-up in the 2008 series of ANTM.

 She was taken on by Priscilla's Models in Sydney and pounced on by powerful New York modelling agency Elite Models. However, she turned down that offer, gave Priscilla's the flick and opted to stay with Saul in Sunbury. In February last year, interest from IMG Models saw Van Den Dungen head to Paris with Saul by her side.That trip ended badly. The pair were sent home within 48 hours of touching down after an ill-conceived outburst on Facebook, where she labelled the French "frog eaters" and "snail slurpers".

Here are some comments

• rbara of Bentleigh East Posted at 10:23 AM October 01, 2011
  

  Wow, so young to be a mum, hope they have no regrets down the track,could have made some money and then settled down,before starting their family.

• Rosalie of Albert Park Posted at 12:39 PM October 01, 2011
  

  What a stupid girl, giving up all those opportunities!

• Cathie Posted at 1:24 PM October 01, 2011
  

  Who gives a dam about this girl. She was picked out of the crowd at a shopping centre, kept in because she was the rough nut of the group, so she has had a baby, who cares.

• Kris Posted at 2:22 PM October 01, 2011
  

  What a shame, this girl will regret giving up a career that obviously was headed for great sucess, I feel bad for her.

• MelBogey of SE Suburbs Posted at 2:23 PM October 01, 2011
  

  It's great that she moves to the beat of her own drum, but tact, diplomacy...they still have their place. Shame that another aspiring model did't get the opportunities that Cassie has spurned. I bet my bottom dollar that we'll read the story of her regret some day soon...

• Huh? of Western Suburbs Posted at 4:37 PM October 01, 2011
  

  I just don't get it? Why do some people throw away an opportunity just like that? She didn't even have to work hard for it and she couldn't bare it. A door opens for you Cassi to make perfectly good money and be independent but you choose to stay in Sunbury and raise a child? Couldn't it wait seriously??? Anyways, I wish her family all the best.