The British Sun are reporting today that despite Madonna denying that she will be adopting another Malawi child on her trip to Africa, she already has a 3 year old girl called Grace picked out.   

MADONNA “set her heart” on adopting Malawian tot Grace after watching video footage of her playing in an orphanage. She fell for the smiling three-ye.ar-old as she viewed a documentary about a £2million day care home she is funding for orphans in the impoverished African country. A source close to the star, who last year adopted Malawian lad David Banda, said yesterday: “Madonna saw a film of children at a place called The Consol Home”.

“She spotted a beautiful girl called Grace who lit the room with her smile, and fell head over heels for her.“Madonna kept saying, ‘That girl has so much love in her. I want to help her achieve her potential’.  But adoption officials are being very strict after the uproar when Madonna adopted David. They know Grace is her first choice, but have insisted she looks at other girls first — and that the final decision is theirs.   Officials have asked the star to view as many as TEN girls before a decision is taken on which to adopt. Two others, called Jessica and Mercy, who are both two, are also expected to be considered by the star.

However due to the furore that accompanied David Banda’s adoptions, Grace won’t be coming home straight away:  ”The singer has been warned it will be very unlikely that she could take her new tot home straight away, after the furore over David.

“Grace is healthy, stunning and has no living relatives. The fact David’s dad Yohane was alive and well caused most of the problems last time.”

Reading this I feel slightly uncomfortable, all these celebrity adoptions are starting to wear thin.  Obviously it’s great for the kid who gets adopted, but for the other 9 who are lined up and rejected for the ‘healthy, stunning’ orphan, it just seems on the cruel side. 

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