17-year-old model Ireland Balwin got creative with some live starfish while longing on the beach Saturday in Santa Cruz, California, her “favorite place on earth.

t seems no one in the public can forget the leaked tapes of Alec Baldwin calling his then-11-year-old daughter Ireland a “nasty little pig,” and other hateful things. There’s a good reason for that: it was verbal abuse, and a very difficult thing to hear. But Ireland, who is now 17 and seems to have a wonderful relationship with her dad, wants to stop hearing about it. She took to tumblr to make a plea:

Alec Baldwin has had a good year. First, he and his wife Hilaria revealed that they are expecting a baby, and now, his daughter Ireland has been signed as a model with two major agencies. Ireland, whose mother is Kim Basinger, will now be working with Two Management in Los Angeles and IMG Models in New York.

Oscar winner Kim Basinger turned 59 December 8, and she still looks amazing. On her birthday her look-a-like daughter Ireland with ex-husband Alec Baldwin gave her mom a very sweet message via Instagram: “Happy birthday to the most beautiful woman in the entire world. You are the most influential and inspirational figure in my life, [...]

Everyone knows Alec Baldwin had a sever case of The Very Bad Dads a few years ago when a voicemail leaked of him screaming at his then 11-year-old daughter Ireland, and calling her a “thoughtless little pig” because he hadn’t been able to get in contact with her.

Now 16, Ireland is speaking out about it.