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Models to be banned for being too thin
The Telegraph ^
| 9/9/06
| Fiona Govan in Madrid
Posted on 09/08/2006 8:48:36 PM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eatacookie; fashion; gagmewithaspoon; libertarians; nannystate; regulation; socialism; stateintervention; thin
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It has been my understanding that fashion designers dress their models as they would like their boyfriends to dress.
To: bruinbirdman
Finally. Less Paris Hilton, more Salma Hayek.
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posted on
09/08/2006 8:50:06 PM PDT
by
Terpfen
(And in the second year, Nick Saban said "Let there be a franchise quarterback...")
To: bruinbirdman
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?
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posted on
09/08/2006 8:52:14 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
(Diplomacy doesn't work when seagulls rain on your parade. A shotgun and umbrella does.)
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
09/08/2006 8:53:10 PM PDT
by
uptoolate
(The U.N. will be the tool of the Anti-Christ)
To: bruinbirdman
fashion designers dress their models as they would like their boyfriends to dress."LOL
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
09/08/2006 8:54:35 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: bruinbirdman
I think it's called 'heroin chic'. It's still slightly more expensive than 'crack whore'.
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posted on
09/08/2006 8:55:22 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: A CA Guy
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posted on
09/08/2006 8:55:53 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: bruinbirdman; mikrofon; martin_fierro
fleshier women as role models. Roll models?
To: bruinbirdman
Good bye to 'gaunt, emaciated' and cocaine-snorting models...
To: bruinbirdman
Models to be banned for being too thin
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posted on
09/08/2006 8:59:09 PM PDT
by
Coyoteman
(I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
To: bruinbirdman
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.
To: A CA Guy
OMG, that's HORRID. If my daughter looked like that, I would check her into a hospital.
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posted on
09/08/2006 8:59:57 PM PDT
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: bruinbirdman
Ah...now this is good news.
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posted on
09/08/2006 8:59:57 PM PDT
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: bruinbirdman
Now if we could bring the height down to about 5'2" :')
To: bruinbirdman
Spain Bans Slender models! Anorexics and Bulimics Most Effected.
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posted on
09/08/2006 9:01:30 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(The easiest way to LIE with statistics is to use the average instead of the Median.)
To: umgud
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posted on
09/08/2006 9:02:42 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: umgud
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posted on
09/08/2006 9:04:27 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: A CA Guy
Oh, my God! What is THAT?????
To: A CA Guy
So, how are the sales in Ethiopia and Mogadishu going?
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posted on
09/08/2006 9:06:39 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(If a monkey bangs away at a typewriter twice a week for ten years it could write an M. Dowd column.)
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