A Little Phuong
‘HAVING ticked the celebrity boxes marked blonde, tanned and white of tooth, EastEnders Kim Medcalf looked for her next move.
‘And no stretch marks, neither’ |
With a celebrity column in Hello! a way off, Kim opted instead for that other mainstay of the showbiz set: cuddling up to a photogenic, deprived, foreign child.
So she went to Vietnam and met with her sponsor accessory, Phuong.
Kim really loves Phuong but shed never seen her before. So she was seized with fear when she walked up a tiny path to Phuongs modest house.
Kim looked at her hands, tuning over the lollies and pencil case she bought with her as gift, unsure of what reception shed get from the girl she adopted.
I cant count the number of times Id taken out the photo of that pretty little girl and looked at it with a mixture of excitement about what our first meeting would be like, sighed Kim.
She was also worried that she might feel upset about Phuongs living conditions.
With her mind swimming with what could go wrong, Kim rapped on the door of the home Phuong shares with her 12-year-old sister, her other mum and her dad.
Here was the opportunity of meeting Phuong – the child Kim refers to as my child – face to face.
And on cue the pair beamed. Kim need not have worried because I turned the corner and there was this tiny, beautiful child, dressed in her Sunday best, standing by the steps and holding a bouquet of lowers.
Im, sure we felt as shy as each other, says Kim, as the cameras clicked, the flesh bulbs popped and the ice melted away…’
Posted: 6th, October 2004 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink