nursebeeme
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At first I thought maybe the family liked the publicity from being associated with the other two girls, but they quickly shot it down in the above mentioned post. I think they have a lot of integrity to not use that sensational journalism to further Kelsie's cause. They could have, since it seems the media just ran with the story without even checking their facts. I can only think of one reason why this case isn't being well publicized. And I don't even want to go there, but it is what it is. This beautiful young lady has touched my heart and I hope she's found soon.
I feel like the media thinks the model angle makes the public interested, but I don't think it does. When I read the comments about these cases, many of them mention how the girls are not models, and are really prostitutes. I feel like if Kelsie was portrayed like the normal 21-year-old she was, and the media said how she was studying psychology, and they showed the pictures of her that are on the FB page, and didn't mention Model Mayhem, there would be more interest in her story.
I feel like the media thinks the model angle makes the public interested, but I don't think it does. When I read the comments about these cases, many of them mention how the girls are not models, and are really prostitutes. I feel like if Kelsie was portrayed like the normal 21-year-old she was, and the media said how she was studying psychology, and they showed the pictures of her that are on the FB page, and didn't mention Model Mayhem, there would be more interest in her story.
I agree. In the Kara Nichols case, MSM was all over it until it was revealed she had done some prostituting, then they dropped the case like a hot rock. As long as the media thought she was this 19 year old girl who went missing and not into Mayhem Modeling, they were concerned. I've seen it several times. I hope they follow through with Kelsie's case as wll as all the other missing girls regardless to their lifestyle. They still need to be found. IMO.
I'm pretty sure the earliest reports about Kara's case mentioned how she used Model Mayhem. I checked---It took two months before her case even hit the media. The earliest articles all mentioned how she was into modeling. I don't think she was ever portrayed as just an ordinary 19-year-old woman. There was, of course, a bit more interest when they thought she was a lingerie model than when it came out that she was involved in prostitution.
Here's an early article that mentions the modeling: http://www.krdo.com/news/El-Paso-Co...teen/-/417220/17231016/-/ykpsgwz/-/index.html
This is one of the first articles about her case: http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Woman-Missing-Since-Early-October-176847821.html#disqus_thread
If you read the comments, it's easy to see why cases involving "modeling" don't get much interest. People were already being dismissive and nasty, and they just heard about a girl who is missing, and whose life is in danger. -_-
On Friday Pueblo police will hold a news conference about Kelsie Schelling, a 22-year-old missing woman from Denver. She was last seen in Pueblo.
Along with updates from detectives, Schelling's family is scheduled to give statements to the media at a 1:30 p.m. press conference at the Pueblo Municipal Justice Center.
http://www.chieftain.com/news/local...3ea-8d1c-11e2-8050-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm
Posted 6 hours ago | By NICK BONHAM
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Police said the video showed an unidentified man getting into the car on Feb. 6 at 7:20 a.m. and driving off.
Video shows man took missing woman Kelsie Schelling's car from Walmart in Pueblo -
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...-kelsie-schellings-car-from-walmart-in-pueblo