WHAT DO YOU THINK in Spain Madrid there is a ban on very skinny models in top fashion.?

Question

they said they wanted to help tackle body issues a among young women. i think it's a good idea to have a clear line that staes just because your stick thin doesn't make you beautiful. i also read about this girl that i had her first fashion show as a model and she so wanted to look her best she starved her self to death and died just after she came off stage in her sisters arms. so i think this is good but the fashion industry is outraged at the ban. you do think it's a good idea ?, do you think there is a need for reform?

Answer 1

I think that it is a great idea, I posted the article last week on here in a question of my own.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnnwOQeFZUSr2cRh.xB921Psy6IX?qid=20060909061512AAvjWdD

If you read/listen to the entire story, it's not just about dress size. They are trying to make sure that the models are healthy.

It's been a growing problem that young women and teens have started to have more and more disorders from trying to be too thin. Everything from eating disorders to misuse of diet pills has cause some teens and young women to become very sick, and like you mentioned, sometimes even die.

Fashion models have become the standard for beauty, so I think that women who have these health problems should not be applauded. We wouldn't tell our daughters that it is good to starve themselves, so why should we want their role models to look like that?

Their rule for women with a BMI under 18 to be excluded, and any women with a BMI under 16 will be given a physical at the location by a qualified doctor. They are telling these women, and the world, that unhealthy women will no longer be the accepted standard for beauty anymore.

If you look at a picture of the women who are suspected of having a too low BMI, they look sick. These women are underweight and frequently malnourished. Not only is it unhealthy, it looks like they came from an underprivilaged country.

I honestly don't see this ban as any different from other public health laws. Smoking in public has been banned in many states, drinking laws have gotten more strict some places, soda machines have been taken out of many schools, schools are doing BMI testing on students, and even the fast food places have tried to offer healthy menu chioces after protests that they are contributing to US obesity. If we can help people from being unhealthy and overwieght, then what is the difference in trying to help people avoid being unhealthy and underwieght? In my opinion, there is none.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It's about time the fashion world and hollywood started taking responsibility for the images of super skinny women they project. I think it's a wonderful thing that there was a ban of very skinny models in Madrid. I hope the ban goes global.

I'm sick and tired of the twisted messages that the fashion world and hollywood sends out nowadays that to be seen as beautiful, you have to be stick thin. Nicole Richie is one of those sad images shown around the world.

I don't ever want to look as thin as her or women like Madonna or Keira Knightly or Teri Hatcher. They all look so horribly gaunt with their cheekbones so sharp, you could cut your finger on em, and tiny waif like body's that look very unrealistic and unappealing.

So, i'm all for the ban.

Answer 4

yea i think its a very postive idea ... i dont understand why the fashion industry is outraged ! why? do they want there models to turn into bones ." a nice healthy svelte figure " is what people should want not "a stick thin bag a bones" i am glad someone has spoke out and madrid fashion week is the first to create some sort of positive ban!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I think its quite insulting. Like myself, some of these models were born naturally skinny. Not all models do starve themselfs and make themselves look anorexic. I am quite lucky, i can eat and eat and not put on weight and still look stick-thin. Does that mean i am anorexic, NO!

Answer 7

I thinlk it was an excellent idea. I don't see how these women think that seein your bones look "sexy". It scares me to see some women in Hollywood looking as if they need to be force feed. I think they should have something like that here in the States. So many young women die from this "look" and something needs to be done about it.

Answer 8

i think this is a very good idea as it may decrease the rate of anorexia and bulimia also it means the models won't starve themselves and bigger people will think "yeah i can do that" coz they wudn't have before coz they were alot fatter than previous models... If that makes sense

Answer 9

yes i agree bcoz most women look up to these models and there has to be a stop to the belief that very thin is still not enough

Answer 10

yes it's a good idea, they're taking a responsible stance, knowing how young girls especially are influenced by copying models.