When she gets out of the car to go to a stable for a performance, the passenger seat is always occupied by a loved one. “I’m still in accompanied driving!” I can’t wait to be 17 to get my license”smiles Mila Fromage, originally from Thoury and passionate about horse riding.
On site, perhaps the teenager will be entitled to the surprised looks that her journey inevitably provokes, she who has just obtained her baccalaureate at the age of 16 and created, in June 2024, her equestrian photography micro-enterprise. “It arouses interest and catches the eye. But there is an obligation to achieve results, otherwise I will be told that I am just starting out. »
Nausea, exhaustion and fulfillment
Returns “positive” on his photos thought of as “memories that stand out” and the numerous requests for photoshoots or competition follow-ups can reassure her: she has not taken the wrong path, she who searched for her own path for a long time during a tortuous school career.
Mila Fromage, at work, during an equestrian competition in February 2024.
© Photo Michel Morello
“I knew how to read very well when I entered first grade, I was bored. In CE1, I had a stomach ache, nausea, I finished everything very quickly with very good grades. » “She was in a lot of pain, we were helpless”remembers Marie-Claude, her grandmother. The girl takes tests and a psychologist diagnoses her “high intellectual potential” with an IQ of 143. “I immediately skipped class, in CE2. »
But boredom persists, depression lurks and emotions fluctuate, violently. “I was in 5e during confinement and I was sent the lessons of 4e. I didn’t need to study before the tests, but I was mentally exhausted. » Loss of appetite and morale “catastrophic” in high school become his daily life. “I had to get out of the school system. We’re not all the same so we want to get everyone to the baccalaureate in the same amount of time, it’s illogical. »
Mila Fromage studied remotely until her baccalaureate with her grandparents in Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire.
© Photo NR, Fabien Burgaud
On the advice of a doctor, she is out of school. The solution involves two years of distance learning with his grandparents in Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire, until he obtains his baccalaureate. The future also brings doubts and anxiety.
But when Mila « pique » the camera bought by her mother to immortalize her equestrian competitions, she reconnects with this passion for images and horses. The teenager “learns quickly” and is trained in the field thanks to the photographer from the company Flash One Instant.
A link to develop
The teenager wants to avoid studies and created his company, guided by the valuable advice of CPME 41. All he has to do is obtain his emancipation to stand on his own two feet, at 16 years old. A letter to the court and an appointment will suffice.
Now thriving at the head of Design The Light Studio, the teenager arouses the admiration of those close to her. “She is ahead in her head, believes in her dreams and dares! »underlines his grandfather Michel. “I feel much better with more responsibilitiessmiles the one who already has a monthly turnover of €1,000. I want to start using video and speed up communication because you have to make yourself known. »
Square in her approach, the teenager does not forget the audacity that allows her to create her own luck. “In February, I took photos of a 17-year-old British rider, Sofia Oliver Games. I sent them to her and she used them to illustrate her competition weekend in a British magazine. She contacted me again for her return to France at Le Mans, at the beginning of November. She won three events for her first international competition! She loved my photos and wants to use them. We created a bond and I would like to continue this collaboration internationally! » His ambition, too, has high potential.
