I always find it funny that within the media, a girl is expected to make the change from child to sexbomb overnight. Hayden Panettiere was barely 16 before the clamour for glamour shots started. Try it at 15 and you're done for. Done for I tell you.
Must make the 16th birthday hella awkward in middle america.... argh... what the hell are those... Uncle Charlie, why are you looking at me like that.
As for the career killing moment.... it's a toss-up between the slip of expressing sympathy for any enemies of democracy and a duet with Aaron Carter.