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    Default Banning Skinny Models

    Not sure if this is the right place to put this, so move away if I'm wrong... but....

    In Spain, a fashion show just banned "overly skinny models" in order to prevent eating disorders and promote health: See the link:

    http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...els/index.html

    Good thing? Overly simplistic? Government going wild?

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    Default Re: Banning Skinny Models

    Is it nessacerily fair to ban these women from work? They are only skinny because they have been made to, not being able to get a job if they arn't that thin.

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    Default Re: Banning Skinny Models

    You some times i think the stigma on skinny comes from peoples unwillings to work to achive the standard and thats kinda sad. I am not saying that eating disorders are not real i am just saying that people should not be punished for having the ideal body.I mean should yale lower there acctpance requirments becuse most people only get a c average. I know this sounds harsh but thats how i see it.

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    Anorexia is not "ideal." There is a difference between slender and malnourished.

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    It's friggin' ridiculous. What's next? "Overly" busty chicks banned from porn?

    The problem with this eating disorder "solution" is who gets to decide what percent of body fat is too skinny? And why is it inconsistant with the rest of the fashion world? What about fashion magazines and designer's ad campaigns?

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    Fashion desingers are artists and should be able to display there work how they vision it.

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    Default Re: Banning Skinny Models

    What if they're genetically like that? That's not fair at all...and pretty ghey.

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    Default Re: Banning Skinny Models

    I think it would do more to help their cause if they went ahead and added curvier models in with the rail thin ones. Instead of excluding people they could try to include more variety.

    And really, ideal? Fooey on that, I'll take my curves any day over those sickly bodies.
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    In Israel I believe they did something similar pretty recently. All it is is that once a year all models must go get a checkup, and as long as they have a healthy BMI and are free of drugs they can continue working. I think it's wonderful.

    Genetically thin women still work.

    Gisele would be fine:


    THIS woman would have to readjust:



    Because fashion doesn't only affect models, it affects millions of women and men who view them. Smoking ads are banned from TV. Are we pitying the poor tobacco companies for losing an important venue of marketing? No! Same thing.

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    ^^ Wow thats a great concept. I wish they would do that in America. I dont have a problem with skinny models as long as they are healthy and arent perpetuating the use of drugs/stimulants.
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    Default Re: Banning Skinny Models

    In Israel I believe they did something similar pretty recently. All it is is that once a year all models must go get a checkup, and as long as they have a healthy BMI and are free of drugs they can continue working. I think it's wonderful.
    THAT I can agree with, but just straight-up banning anyone who's 'too skinny'? That sucks. Some people are just like that. Especially at the age most models are (teens). I was like that- everyone thought I was anorexic, and I sure wasn't.

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    Well.. I mean whats the difference between banning a girl whos to skinny and banning a girl whos to chubby?

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    Yeah I agree with it if the basis for suspension rests on solid science. Either drug use or severely low BMI's (lower than 1 are reasonable. Otherwise there'd be way too much room for unfair blacklisting.

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    Default Re: Banning Skinny Models

    Instead of banning skinny models, I think they should have to add curvier models. What constitutes "fat" in the modeling world, IMHO, is crazy.

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    Ban skinny models so we dont encourage anorexia. basicially ban them so we dont get to skinny. Ban Mc donalds so we dont get to fat. Ban alcohol and ciggs so we dont get to unhealthy. Ban sexy music videos so kids arent to promiscious. What ever happened to free will? Why dont we just try to EDUCATE the public so they are informed enough to WANT to make the right choices and decisions for their life? Keep trying to ban things in a public image so we dont encourage the wrong behavior and pretty soon we wil all be looking through blinders seeing only want they want us to see. This will onyl encourage closed mindedness. I personaly feel it would be better to expose people to everything, educate and inform them. and allow people to make their own educated decisions.

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    Yeah Vogue editor Anna Wintour was quoted a year or so ago as saying Adriana Lima was too big to have on the cover of her magazine (but actresses were ok because they sold copies).

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheSexKitten
    In Israel I believe they did something similar pretty recently. All it is is that once a year all models must go get a checkup, and as long as they have a healthy BMI and are free of drugs they can continue working. I think it's wonderful.
    The drug testing thing would eliminate someone like Kate Moss. Personally, I'd hate to see her disappear from modeling. She's a badass.

    I'm not into forcing people to get drug tested, weighed, or anything else. People should have the choice to hire who they want to hire. If they want to stop hiring skinny girls, that's fine, but I don't think it should be some type of industry standard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas_dancer
    What ever happened to free will? Why dont we just try to EDUCATE the public so they are informed enough to WANT to make the right choices and decisions for their life?

    IMO, it's really mainly benefiting the majority of models who may face the pressure of maintaining a size 2 body at 5'11'' or finding themselves out of work. Forcing them to be healthy forces the industry in general to take some of the pressure off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andygirl
    The drug testing thing would eliminate someone like Kate Moss. Personally, I'd hate to see her disappear from modeling. She's a badass.

    I'm not into forcing people to get drug tested, weighed, or anything else.
    I also like Kate Moss.

    BUT in almost every profession, including sports, drug tests are mandatory. So why shouldn't the fashion world have to go through them? And about the weighing, models are constantly weighed nowadays to ensure that they haven't gained.
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    Drug testing in fashion?? Are you kidding? Do you have any idea how many models pop pills and snort just to stay slim?

    Should they just go after the models or the designers too? Because I'll bet more of them get high than not.

    As skeletal and as skinny as some of them look- it will never change everywhere. When everyone is almost the same size, it saves time on photoshoots and fashion shows. Only long time vets like Naomi, Gisele or Heidi will gets clothes 'fitted' to them before a show because of their status.

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    Default Re: Banning Skinny Models

    Some people are just naturally small. I was under 100 pounds until I was 20 years old (now I am barely over 100) and I have never had an eating disorder.


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    We're talking about women who are 6 feet tall and 110 pounds.

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    I dont think it's a bad thing although I think it's a little simplistic. I would like to see more variety of body types in fashion modelling.
    Im one of those people who according to the BMI has always been underweight and I have never had issues with my weight or an eating disorder. I have been about 100 pounds consistantly since at least 1982/3 (pregnancy aside). I think girls who fail the BMI should have a second chance, maybe an appeal type thing if they wish with various tests to back up that they're healthy. Nutritionals tests, dental etc...

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    Well, the government isn't banning them. It is the event organizer. I think the government getting involved in the weight of models would be... questionable.

    But I do think it is important to keep in mind that it is not like these are sudden, very strict standards on a previously open and accesible industry. All sorts of girls have been rejected from modelling for all sorts of reasons, some of which are wholly and completely arbitrary, many of which do encourage anorexia, bulimia and durg and laxative abuse. By contrast, what is this likely to encourage?
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    I dunno, but I think there's good reason for NOT allowing the fashion industry to continue encouraging girls to be as skinny as possible. The two images posted by thesexkitten are perfect examples of the difference between normal skinny and overly skinny and unhealthy. I have HEARD agents and such talking about how they want their models skinny because they basically want their clothes to look like they're hanging on hangers going down the runway. How fucked up is that??

    I see this as more a wake-up call to the agents, designers, etc, to stop abusing their models. And YES, when they encourage them to be a skinny as possible, it's abuse.

    Re: designers are artists and therefore should be allowed to choose who models their clothes. Ok fine, but they shouldn't be encouraging girls to be so skinny that it's detrimental to their health. There's a point where it's just going too far.

    I agree the requirements should be based on science though, not mere opinion.

    And seconding the comments about the industry ALREADY having extreme standards in who gets hired or not. Come on. These girls get weighed already. They are expected to stay UNDER a certain size/weight/proportion in order to work. So why not have some limits on the other end to ensure they're not being forced to be unhealthy?

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