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Voted : No oh my beloved Spain, what are you doing?
by oh_what_a_relief on Thu Sep 21, 06 9:54am
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Voted : No Yet again, that nagging "free choice" thing rears its head... If these chicks want to look like the Corpse Bride, they're free to do so. But, speaking as the ncle to a beautiful twelve-year-old girl who thinks she's a "blimp" despite the fact that she's only begun her first serios growth spurt and has a family history of abnormal height and thinness on her side, I wish that these women would jst fold up their tents and go home, taking their unhealthy looks with them. It's what's *inside* that counts. To *me*, anyway.
by Truthseeker013 on Thu Sep 21, 06 10:29am
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Voted : No Let the market decide.
by margaret123 on Thu Sep 21, 06 10:50am
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Are they banning Plus size models. How healthy are they. I bet their body fat is highter than it should be. A country of Obese girls mirroring them. Enough political correctness. If it's based on health, no problem. I thought "heroin chic" was too much as well.
by Lovelynice on Thu Sep 21, 06 11:56am
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Voted : Yes Models should more accurately reflect the real world. Some of these models would absolutely qualify as one meal away from "famine victim" status. They have a huge psychological impact on young women (and men); and there is absolutely no question that these unrealistic standards by which people judge each other are a pervasive influence with regard to eating disorders. What are the poor, ultra-thin models to do? Either start phoning in the pizzas, or find another job that doesn't involve getting paid vast sums of money for standing around and looking beautiful. The ban could be a little harsh, though. Maybe the cut off point should be 17 instead of 18. Voted : No No, let the market decide. Always choose freedom, even if you think people will make the 'wrong' choices. But in europe I suppose this level of government involvement is more tolerable than it would be here. No one has the right to ligislate a ban on models with a BMI of less than 18. Maybe a broader range of sizes woould be a good thing but there are some of us like me who are extremely thin and have just as much right to see fashion shown on size 0 or 00 models just as those of more "ample proportions" need to see a US size 10. Actually I think anything size above a US 10 should be banned. Really obeisity is a greater health problem. Did you know the average woman in the 1960 was just over 5'3" and weighed 140.2 lbs and today she is 5'4" and weighs 164.3! She is barely and inch taller and has gained 24 lbs! 140 lbs was bad enough in 1960 but now at 164 lbs we are a nation of overweight and obese and self destructive women. ED's are not to be trivialized at all but parents who place perssures on children to be "perfect" and over achieve are the main problem and cause behind this problem not 5'9" size 0 models. If thin models were the cause of ED's can you imagine the effect of designers filling the runways with parading size 16 models?
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