Pass that Dutch

So Madonna has adopted a Malawian baby and is apparently having a "rough time" with the media coverage/scrutiny. Hmm, let's see... I work in Show Business... I spend my career pissing off Catholics and others In Power, shamelessly, for attention and nothing more sincere... I make a billion dollars and pose with my kids for Vanity Fair... but now I don't want attention, this is my private life, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah.

How'd that actually go down? How was this child chosen? What currency changed hands? Did this child have siblings that were not deemed worthy? Was a selection of children lined up, kickball- or criminal-style, from which she or her people made a decision? Is there any good way this could have been handled?