Shockingly, her unhealthy obsession is fully supported by her mother, Karen, who says she wants her prepubescent daughter to be the next Cheryl Cole and spends £6,000 a year on fake tan, highlights, make-up and manicures to perfect Lucie’s look, plus regular dance lessons.
In January, Karen signed Lucie up with a model agency and has now put her forward for the Miss Koko beauty pageant.
“I want her to become like Cheryl Cole,” says Karen, 40, from Burnley. “Cheryl’s rich, beautiful and everyone loves her. It’s Lucie’s dream to be famous and I’ll stop at nothing to help her achieve it. We earn enough money, so why not spend it on her dreams?”
Lucie is so obsessed with her appearance, she has spray tans, has highlights in her hair, and wears mascara, eyeliner and lipgloss to school. And she admits she’s prepared to go to any lengths to become famous.
She says: “I don’t want to have a boring job like stacking shelves. My goal is to walk down the street and be recognised.”
Karen denies being a pushy mum, but is clearly competitive, saying: “Lucie’s just building towards her future. Lots of girls want to be famous and she’s got to beat all of them.”
Karen spends £60 a week on Lucie’s dancing, acting and singing lessons, which she attends six days a week.
“She has to be the whole package if she’s going to become famous,” says Karen, who also has a son, Alex, 15, with husband Jon, 40, who works for the police force.
Each week, Karen spends £30 on clothes for Lucie from River Island and Topshop. She says: “Lucie likes sequin tops and miniskirts. I don’t think she looks tarty and can’t see why other people would think it’s inappropriate.
“Her dad sometimes complains she’s dressed too old for her age, but it doesn’t happen often. She’s told me boys have said she’s attractive, but I’m not worried because she doesn’t want a boyfriend.
“She’s been nagging me for fake nails. I’ve finally agreed she can have them, but only when she does a beauty pageant.”
Lucie’s favourite outfit is a black strapless zebra-print dress, which she wears with black high heels.
“She needs to be able to walk in them if she gets modelling work,” says Karen, who runs her own childminding business.
Worryingly, 5ft Lucie is already self-conscious about her tiny 6st frame. She says: “I don’t think I can be a celebrity if I get fat.”
Lucie, who also idolises Jordan, exercises up to 20 hours a week by dancing, swimming and doing PE at school. She limits the amount of chocolate she eats and avoids McDonald’s, but Karen isn’t worried she will develop an eating disorder.
“I made her watch a documentary about eating disorders and told her it’s wrong to be sick after meals,” she says. “But she’ll have to look after her figure if she wants to be taken seriously. I won’t lie to her about that.
“I’m not worried about the pressures of fame – I’ll get her a good manager. I’m more concerned about her becoming famous first. I’ll worry about the problems after.”
By Lisa Woollard
The Miss Koko 2009 beauty pageant is on 19 July in Burnley. To enter, contact sashaben77@ntlworld.com.