The First Dance. LA's annual Cinderella Ball is the culmination of a two week camp that teaches girls in foster care - often the victims of neglect and abuse - the skills and self confidence they need to rebuild their lives. Telegraph Magazine.
Slumdog Millionaire was the little film that hit the big time. Lucy Broadbent tagged along with the cast and crew on Hollywood's night of nights. Marie Claire
America's Child Brides In the state of Kentucky girls as young as ten are choosing to marry and plan a family. Alice is twelve years old - her husband is 74. Marie Claire
In Hollywood, women are always just a chocolate chip cookie away from social ruin. Lucy Broadbent reveals what it's like to live in the land of the size zero.... when you happen to be size 12.
As school shootings become a trend, we meet the six year old Californian children who are learning how to kill at junior gun clubs - and the parents who encourage them.
What happens when the show is over? American kiddie beauty pageants claim to be innocent celebrations of all things girlie - but many former contestants disagree.
Giving A Voice To The Lost Kids Of Los Angeles. The education system regarded them as rejects, but Erin Gruwell, an inspirational 25 year old English teacher in Long Beach, California, made it her mission to turn her student's lives around.