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.

[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: