Kate Moss ignores ‘nepo baby’ uproar and signs friend’s daughter to modelling agency

Kate Moss is clearly unconcerned about the row over ‘nepo babies’ — people who have benefited from nepotism thanks to their parents’ careers.

She’s reportedly signed up another daughter of a famous pal to her modelling agency. 

The new recruit is Bliss Chapman, 17, who is daughter of model-turned-nutritionist Rosemary Ferguson and the artist Jake Chapman and ex-girlfriend of Cruz Beckham.

Bliss was a bridesmaid at Kate’s 2011 wedding to musician Jamie Hince and is also the ex-girlfriend of youngest Beckham boy Cruz.

The young couple split in March of last year after 18 months of dating, which became public when they were pictured hand-in-hand at the Reading Festival.

And the young beauty is now joining her half-sister, Elfie Reigate, 22, who was the debut signing of the Kate Moss Agency.

The term nepo babies was coined online and is used to describe celebrity offspring who land easily in the world of showbiz, cushioned by their parents’ famous names.

Tom Hanks recently hit back at claims his children were beneficiaries of nepotism as he insisted they all were merely entering the ‘family business’. 

Speaking with Reuters via The Sun, he drew comparisons to small businesses run by families where everyone in the household was expected to contribute.

His defence came amid the recent ‘nepo babies’ uproar surrounding the offspring of Hollywood stars who have found fame with a leg up from their famous parents.  

Lily-Rose Depp, Maude Apatow, and a slew of others were among those plastered on the front cover of New York Magazine’s The Year of the Nepo Baby cover. 

The furore-causing article was published in December and featured other children of the rich and famous who lucked out in the genetic lottery.

Celebrity nepotism is nothing new but the insult ‘nepo baby’ has become increasingly popular as shorthand to deride it.

Last month, Kate’s sister Lottie Moss provoked social media followers after lending her support to Lily Allen amid the ongoing debate.

Lottie declared she is ‘sick of people blaming nepotism for why they aren’t rich and famous or successful’, but did concede she is in a ‘privileged’ position because of Kate, 48. 

Entering the debate on Twitter, she wrote: ‘I’m so sick of people blaming nepotism for why they aren’t rich and famous or successful – obviously it’s not fair that people who come from famous families are getting a leg up because of that but guess what? 

‘Life isn’t fair – if you put your mind to something you can accomplish anything! So instead of being negative about other people’s success go and try and create your own!’

The comment posted an inevitable backlash from followers, with many referencing her connection to supermodel Kate as the basis for her own modelling career. 

Making light of the reaction, she added: ‘I loveeee that people get so pressed about something that I tweet GET A LIFE.’

The young model later conceded her supermodel sister had provided her with a sizeable stepping stone into the industry, but maintained she led a comfortable life in spite of Kate’s undeniable assistance. 

She wrote: ‘And am privileged for numerous other reasons and as I say I am grateful for it all but s****ing on others because of it makes NO sense. Obviously I’m privileged being related to a huge model also. 

‘I obviously am so grateful that I have had the opportunities I’ve had don’t get it twisted.’ [sic] 

This comes after her sister Lottie appeared to take aim at Kate for a second time. 

Lottie launched another attack on Kate last month in Glamour Magazine UK, insisting she’s never been close to her. 

Lottie recalled: ‘When I started out, I was always just Kate Moss’s sister. That was really hard for me growing up, especially not being that close with my sister (we still don’t really have a relationship now, which is something I never really speak about).

‘But back then, I was bombarded with people constantly asking me about my sister – I’d go to my friends’ houses and there would be pictures of her on the walls – and it really triggered a lot of abandonment issues.’ 

Kate was plucked from obscurity by Storm Management in 1988 after agency founder Sarah Doukas saw the delicately proportioned model walking through New York’s JFK Airport following a family holiday in the Bahamas. 

She has since cemented her place as one of the world’s most instantly recognised supermodels, an icon revered by fashion-conscious girls across the globe – but Lottie claims she was offered no support from her sister as she made her first tentative steps as a model in her own right. 

Lottie added: ‘It’s hard when you have someone ‘close’ to you doing the exact same job as you, who’s already very prominent in the industry, but not having any advice or guidance.’ 

The young model finally found a foothold after featuring in photoshoots for Dazed and Teen Vogue magazines, before mirroring Kate’s 1992 Calvin Klein underwear campaign by starring in her own promotional launch for the lifestyle brand.

But while there were good times in the fashion industry, she believes they were overshadowed by the constant pressure to be thin, to fit into sample-size dresses and to remain at the constant beck and call of her agents. 

She recalled: ‘I’d cry on set when I felt too uncomfortable, and they’d just patch up my makeup. I never received the support I needed from the people who were meant to be taking care of me. 

‘The attitude was more, ‘put a plaster over the problem and keep her working; ply her with alcohol or whatever to keep her going’, rather than, ‘OK, maybe this girl needs help.” 

After falling into what she describes as a ‘deep depression,’ Lottie took a break from modelling in April 2021, while sharing a home with close friend Sahara Rey – an OnlyFans content creator -in Los Angeles.  

And it was here, within an online community far from the catwalks of London, Milan, Paris and New York that Lottie claims she finally found her niche after joining the site that June. 

She added: ‘The modelling industry is so glamourised and OnlyFans is so villainised, yet OnlyFans is the only place I’ve felt this empowered and safe. 

‘Looking back at how I started this year, I’d never have imagined that I’d end it in the best place I’ve ever been mentally. 

‘I’m part of a community on OnlyFans – I love nudity, I love doing naked shoots, feeling good about myself and watching other girls feel proud of themselves, too.’