Models to be banned for being too thin

The Telegraph ^ | 9/9/06 | Fiona Govan in Madrid

[bruinbirdman]

Spain's main fashion show is to turn away models if they are too thin, striking a blow for fuller-figured women.

Organisers of the Pasarela Cibeles have devised a formula to calculate the models' body mass index and 30 per cent of them are expected to fail, said the Association of Fashion Designers of Spain.

The move is part of a voluntary agreement with the Madrid regional government, said designer Jesus del Pozo. The association said it wanted models to project "an image of beauty and health" and shun a gaunt, emaciated look at the show, which begins on Sep 18.

Last year's show drew protests from medical associations because some models were bone-thin. This year, organisers have been pressed to hire fleshier women as role models.

[bruinbirdman]

It has been my understanding that fashion designers dress their models as they would like their boyfriends to dress.

[Terpfen]

Finally. Less Paris Hilton, more Salma Hayek.

[crazyhorse691]

Now that they have solved the crisis of skinny models, does that mean that soon the auto makers will start making their midsize cars so that I can actually see out the front window?

[uptoolate]

Now that's funny!

[traditional1]

fashion designers dress their models as they would like their boyfriends to dress."

LOL

[A CA Guy]

[kinoxi]

I think it's called 'heroin chic'. It's still slightly more expensive than 'crack whore'.

[umgud]

YUK !!!!

[Charles Henrickson]

fleshier women as role models.

Roll models?

[citizencon]

Good bye to 'gaunt, emaciated' and cocaine-snorting models...

[Coyoteman]

Models to be banned for being too thin

[originalbuckeye]

I have a good friend who is borderline ( she says she's not) anorexic. We are now post-menopausal age and she has osteopenia. I suspect that this will be an epidemic in the model and the Hollywood actress worlds. I have already seen Sally Field advertising for a medication for osteoporosis.

[patton]

OMG, that's HORRID. If my daughter looked like that, I would check her into a hospital.

[pcottraux]

Ah...now this is good news.

[CindyDawg]

Now if we could bring the height down to about 5'2" :')

[MrEdd]

Spain Bans Slender models! Anorexics and Bulimics Most Effected.

[A CA Guy]

[A CA Guy]

[jackibutterfly]

Oh, my God! What is THAT?????

[rawcatslyentist]

So, how are the sales in Ethiopia and Mogadishu going?

[HairOfTheDog]

That's photoshopped by the same guy that did the fake smoke in Lebanon.

[Triggerhippie]

Ahh, the latest fashions from the Auschwitz collection...

Someone get her a BBQ sammich!

[Charles Henrickson]

Spain's main fashion show is to turn away models if they are too thin. . . .

The rein in Spain falls mainly on the vain.

[martin_fierro]

The association said it wanted models to project "an image of beauty and health" and shun a gaunt, emaciated look at the show

You tell her she doesn't qualify.

[RichInOC]

I was wondering where Dennis Rodman had disappeared to.

[DoughtyOne]

I'm not into the fashion scene, so I don't really know what they are dealing with. I do know that a lot of women get pretty upset about the young girls looking so thin. The probl is, young people are naturally thin.

If we're talking about skin and bones, one or more examples on this thread (if for real), there should be some sort of help made available for these women.

If we're simply talking about women in their late teens to late twenties that still have a youthful figure, then the fashion police should back off.

I couldn't gain weight no matter how much I ate when in my late teens to my early thirties. Everyone said I should put on weight. Hey, that was just me. I ate more than most and still looked thin.

I remain amazed at how much time some folks seem to have to look for new ways to "fix" everyone else's problem.

[xzins]

If we wanted dead models, we'd use mannequins on wheels.

[Fiddlstix]

[EricT.]

Finally, a cutie with a booty. Cushion for the pushin'. A lass with some @$$. A woman that looks like an adult female human.

[El Gato]

Ann is thin, too thin for my tastes, but she's not emaciated. That picture makes her look nearly so, but this one makes it clear that she's not.

So does this one

[G Larry]

I'm establishing a 'comfort and care' center where I can console all of the rejected skinny models.

[originalbuckeye]

The biggest problem is that those who are emaciated think they are still too fat. They are playing with fire.

[KarlInOhio]

I like Ann, but someone please give that woman a sandwich.

[oyez]

Thin models are now being considered too bourgeoisie. The overweight proletariat are better suited for the job. Seventy-five years ago it was the the other way around. Back then the poor were seriously underweight.

[DoughtyOne]

There are definately people like that out there, to be sure.

I've never gone for the twiggy look. Give me a nice healthy looking woman whose toned and has a good personality.

[cpdiii]

I like Ann, but someone please give that woman a sandwich

If I had my way I would lock her up, feed her Cajun Cuisine to excess and tell he she could go free as soon as she gained 15 pounds. Unfortunately I think that is illegal, :( dam it>

[cpdiii]

I've never gone for the twiggy look. Give me a nice healthy looking woman whose toned and has a good personality.

To put this in perspective the most beautiful woman to ever grace the silver screen (Sophia Loren) would be considered fat and ugly by today standards if compared to her at the absolute height of her beauty when she was 35. Hell at 68 she looks better than these skinny emaciated things that pass for beauty today.

[Global2010]

I was the same 100lbs dripping wet.

Then at 30 had a severely diseased thyroid totally removed and well... now eating is such a freedom now.

[non-anonymous]

Ugh. Reminds me of a woman I used to see speedwalking along the Charles in Boston.

[Toby06]

OK, the ultra skinny is gross, and so is Kirsty (not as gross, though). How's this? She's a size 12, fat by American standards:

[Prost1]

One sick picture!

[July 4th]

[ByDesign]

"To put this in perspective the most beautiful woman to ever grace the silver screen (Sophia Loren) would be considered fat and ugly by today standards if compared to her at the absolute height of her beauty when she was 35. Hell at 68 she looks better than these skinny emaciated things that pass for beauty today."

It's definitely a problem, I've seen comments in other forums where people (mostly guys) have called Alicia Silverstone a "BBW".

We've lost our way, when it comes to the definition of "beautiful" and "hot". Women should have HIPS, not be built like a 13 year old boy (with d-cup implants).

[A CA Guy]

True, she should have done her hair differently.

[Fiddlstix]

I'll see that size 12 and raise........

[DoughtyOne]

When I look at some of the old time stars, not Sophia Loren mind you, they do look a little hefty. Loren had long legs, nice hips and a large chest. This came together to make her look a but heavy, but I don't think she was. She was quite attractive and had two of the most beautiful eyes.

She did age with grace. I saw her a few years back and she was still a very attractive woman.

[Toby06]

Welllllllllllllllll, that's not really what i meant, but the other pics of that girl show she is very nicely proportioned.

[DoughtyOne]

I'm not sure what that thyroid removal caused for you. Did it allow you to over-eat without worry?

[Fiddlstix]

LOL. All in good fun, my FRiend.

BTW, you have a great FR profile page too.

[Toby06]

Thanks, and thanks for the work you do on helping us noobs post pics!