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ARE MODELS TOO SKINNY? By Jeanette Zhukov

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ARE MODELS TOO SKINNY?

By Jeanette Zhukov

THE BEGINNING In the 1800s when a

women had extra weight it was a sign of good health and wealth.

In the early 1900s being thin was in.

In the 1950s the ideal female body image was Marilyn Monroe.

She was a size 14 which in today’s society is considered overweight.

THE BEGINNING In the 1960s the

supermodel Twiggy popularized the “waiflike” look.

It was the first time in history that the ideal body image standard for woman was to be underweight.

TODAY This new trend made

the everyone self-conscious.

The diet industry boomed. Everyone became obsessed with losing pounds and being skinny.

This also brought about eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia.

TODAY In today’s society people are

taking a stand. Spain has disallowed models

to walk down the runway if their BMI is lower than 18. They said they wanted to promote a healthier body image for younger girls to look up to.

London’s fashion week are refusing to agree. They say that it violates designers rights to use whatever models that they want.

But some designers around the world are embracing the plus size models too.

THE FUTURE More steps are being

taken to get a more “healthy” size model on the runway.

Some people don’t see any problems in skinnier models because they believe it sells more. So the model body image may stay the same.

THE FUTURE Some countries have

taken the whole modeling approach in a different direction. Like Tokyo, Japan , they have created a robot model. It has a robot body and a doll like face. Its 5’2’’ so there wont be as much tension to be stick skinny and perfect.

So are models too skinny? I’ll let you answer that yourself.