Are models too skinny? by Maia Nicholls

Are models too skinny?

Some of the main headlines in the news at the moment like “Ban on gambling TV adverts to be lifted… Schoolboy killer's sentence raised” but the one that stood out the most to me was “London Fashion Week won’t ban skinny models”.

At the moment there are a lot of people who want to be skinny. the cause of this is making many people, mostly women are being diagnosed as anorexic. A lot of girls see in the media that a lot of the celebrities a skinny, e.g. Nicole Richie, Calista Flockhart, Mary-Kate Olsen and Victoria Beckham. These celebrities are always on TV or magazines and seen by all of our young population. When youths see this they read that the celebrities are so called perfect. Because of this they think ‘I need to be slim, people will accept me, boys will like me and I can wear short tops without feeling self-conscious.’

There is nothing wrong with being slim but when you take it to another level you either become anorexic or bulimic.

London’s fashion industry refused to ban ultra thin models from the catwalk even though they refused they said they would use healthy models between a weight of 18.5-25.
In Madrid they were a Go Go for the new idea they said they would agree to the terms.
Sir Philip green head of Top shop he said he would not use skinny models anymore.

By Maia Nicholls