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Ah to be a teenager and an aspiring model…what a fun and rewarding life with little cares or worries, right?  Well, not if you are Sydney Spies an eighteen year old high school senior in Durango, Colorado.  No, Miss Spies has a lot on her modeling mind, the poor thing.  Turns out her school thinks that the photos she submitted of herself are too racy for the high school’s yearbook to print.  

Of course, this chick is not just another pretty face.  Her and her mother, Miki Spies, are fighting back saying the the school’s refusal to print photos of the student in a topless with a black shawl wrapped around her in a short yellow skirt or in a black mesh mini dress is censorship.  They did what any good people concerned with upholding the First Amendment would do and went on the TODAY show this morning to support Sydney and their case that she should be able to submit whatever photo she wishes that represents her.

Does Sydney find that the pictures are too provocative like the school says?  Not at all.  She said on the TODAY show, “I honestly think (the picture) describes who I am.  I am an outgoing person and I really do think it’s artistic.”

The picture is still going to be in the yearbook though regardless of all the hoopla.  The yearbook staff told Sydney they would run the picture as an ad for a low $300.  She is paying it, but doesn’t understand why it cannot be her senior picture.

Take a look and see for yourself if the photos are too racy for a high school yearbook.  Honestly, I think she should keep them to herself.  They aren’t that special or artistic, but kind of trashy.  At least she has a concern for upholding the amendments…