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BIG LITTLE STAR

SHE’S like most kids her age – she loves playdates with her pals, watching TV, dressing up and reading. But unlike most Grade 1s, Aria De Chicchis is a pose-striking mini style icon who spends her days after school shooting commercials, recording voiceovers and modelling at photoshoots.

The seven-year-old is also a regular on the catwalk and a face in the “frow” – the coveted invitation-only front row – at New York Fashion Week.

“She always sits front row and usually gets invited to the shows by the designers,” says Pam Mbatani, Aria’s mom and manager who’s originally from Cape Town and now lives in Manhattan with

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