2006-09-20 10:41:48 · 16 answers · asked by Kamunyak 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Would banning extremely skinny models be discrimination or would it be a step in the right direction to getting back to a realistic view of what so many young girls look up to?
2006-09-20 10:43:20 · update #1
Yes. Here's why:
When I was thirteen, I was in a size 13/14 (American sizes). I was NOT fat - I was, in fact, getting ready to go through a growth spurt. However, someone compared me to a magazine model and SAID I looked fat. The next five years of my life were a living hell, spent skipping meals, passing up treats like french fries and ice cream, and weighing myself at least once a day. If I went above 120 pounds (my "ideal weight" according to the height/weight charts is actually 133), I went absolutely insane. I was convinced I couldn't be beautiful, or even pretty, if I wore anything above a size six. I was on the borderline of full-blown anorexia - and a full seventeen pounds underweight - when I finally got help through my church.
When I was in that size 13/14, I was perfectly healthy - and, according to my European friends (since they don't subscribe to that stick-thin "ideal"), I was absolutely gorgeous. I permanently screwed up my body and my life trying to be "beautiful" according to those stick-thin model standards.
Mine is just one story of thousands. Girls get sick, and some die, trying to be that ever-elusive size four that's labeled "sexy" and "svelte" in the magazines. I'm now a size 7/8, and it's a daily struggle to remind myself that I'm normal and beautiful just as I am. Those models are NOTHING like reality, and they're giving many girls - even those who are considered realistic and level-headed - bad self-images, eating disorders, low self-esteem, and more.
Why SHOULDN'T they be banned? If they want to model, they should look healthy and truly beautiful just like the rest of us.
2006-09-20 10:48:40 · answer #1 · answered by living_in_a_bell_jar 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Do you know what I think the reason is the model business became a "forest of sticks"? I think it's because it's easier for designers to make their clothes. Think about it - with those "body" types, everything will always fit onto ANY of the models - you don't have to make a dress specifically for this one of that one. And of course once that method was accepted in "high fashion" world, people began to "try" that look on themselves. Well, let me tell you something, I am not thin, but I am not fat either. But even if you strip every single piece of "meat" off my body, my skeleton will be thicker that those models. Some people are just not created like that! And they SHOULDN'T BE!!! Come on, look at the old stars!!! Imagine E. Taylor weighing 70-80 pounds!!! Or Sophie Loren! Or any of them!!! And men ADORED them! (and still do!)
2006-09-20 19:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by almatinka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was so thrilled that they did it in Madrid! Spain is becoming such a hotbed for design that I'm sure it'll make an impact.
Of course, the ban's not permanent. It may encourage models to eat healthier again.
Even healthy, thin civilian women don't look like those models.
As for the obesity epidemic--many American women, like myself, have slower metabolisms because of crash-dieting. I'm not saying I shouldn't exercise more and eat less ice cream. I am saying that if I wasn't eating 500 calories or less as a teen because I had a bit of a pot belly, I would have been so much better off as a grown woman.
2006-09-20 11:39:16 · answer #3 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday, I read in the newspaper that a model died right after walking backstage from doing a catwalk show.
She had this heart problem(dont remember the name)...
In her picture she looked soo skinny.. and the thing is tht wasnt even her natural weight.. she used to be much healthier looking until someone from the biz told her that if she lost some more weight.. she would be famous... and now this is what happened to her.
And im sure thats not the first time u would hear something like tht in the skinny-weight industry...
Lindsay Lohan is thankfully back into her normal shape, but at the time.. her, nicole richie, the olson twins.. tskk.. u cudnt even look at them without thinking or feeling sorry for them.
For some reason, something tells me paris hilton is to blame for their weight-look-insecurities... almost all of their late pictures suddenly look like they were trying to resemble her.. or is it just me?
Just because their your role-models doesnt mean u need to go and look exactly like them. Or atleast thats not how I view the term role-models.. role-models are someone who has achieved something inspiring and ground-breaking .. not something tht would have u being sent to the hospital.
2006-09-20 11:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and locked in a room and can't leave til they least a few cheeseburgers with some fries. I've seen models that look like the starving people you see in 3rd world countries. Its disgusting and discraseful with how many starving people there are in the wrold and there are actually people rich enough to buy 500 + dollar meals with not breaking the bank that refuse to eat. Why do you think so many girls and women are belmic or anorexic? Don't gimme that crap " but it thier job!" That crap, they don't have to be THAT thin!
2006-09-20 10:45:23 · answer #5 · answered by All I have to do is dream... 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking that would be a step in the right direction.
But then dancers don't eat either-especially ballet dancers who have to be hoisted arond on stage.
I think the look is sickening. Why not just have healthy-looking people model. Healthy is better-even if you wear a --god forbid--size 6 instead of a 1.
I think ultra-skinny looks like death warmed over.
I don't even read fashion rags anymore because they are not for regular women, but rich, emaciated, druggies.
2006-09-20 10:49:11 · answer #6 · answered by Lottie W 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, because they are rubbing off on these young girls making them think that is what is beautiful and exceptable in society. Then they start starving themselves and developing eating disorders. Even a dog prefers a little meat on the bone
2006-09-20 10:48:43 · answer #7 · answered by Miss T 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i think it is a good idea becuz lil gurls and teens think they have to look like models and it would be nice to see some models that are not stick thin, im not sayin they should be fat or over weight but definitely healthy weights and with the body mass index is a great way to tell if they are healthy or not
2006-09-20 10:45:26 · answer #8 · answered by lisathebestone 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i say lets make models and fashion healthy so I'm OK with it.
I want women to look properly proportioned and not be presurred to look a way that isn't necessarily natural. Check outmy question.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqwnLRQX7kkT5QMJDYOdplnsy6IX?qid=20060920144255AA9zYcE
I think we can all agree there is such a thing as too skinny and it shouldnt be promoted. Not to mention-KATE MOSS IS ON CRACK. Do we really want to look or be like her?! BOO!!!!!! Send her to jail where she belongs!
2006-09-20 10:50:28 · answer #9 · answered by kermit 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. All thin models should be banned from public and forced to stay in my house at all times.
On the other hand...
I like big butts and I cannot lie.
2006-09-20 10:44:50 · answer #10 · answered by YahooGuru2u 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋