this is fantastic. the modeling/fashion industry just seems like it has gotten so far out of whack with the real world that it doesn't know what's beautiful anymore. This girl, Leah Green, according to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ in an article, is a size 12 and was turned down by modeling agencies. At a size 12, Leah is apparently two sizes smaller than the average british woman, but modeling agencies rejected her saying she was "too fat" and needed to lose weight. However, she beat about 200 other girls to become crowned Ms. London recently. from dailymail:
"The London College of Fashion graduate (Leah), who works as a design assistant at French Connection, said the industry was fixated with thin models and was responsible for many girls developing eating disorders.
"I helped out with London Fashion Week last year and many of the models looked like they were about to keel over and die," she said."
"I helped out with London Fashion Week last year and many of the models looked like they were about to keel over and die," she said."
The sad thing is, this is all too often true in the modeling world today. Girls starve themselves or result to eating disorders to achieve the size demanded today by modeling agencies, which (in the US) is around a 2 or less. And at that size, a lot of people could touch a thumb to finger around a model's arm right below armpit, or wrap hands (thumbthumb to fingertipfingertip) around a model's thigh, or even still wrap hands (same) around a model's waist. yes, it is very frightening.
According to an article on NewYorkTimes dot com, it is being proffered that designers are contributing to the demand for ever-thinner models. While this is still in speculation, it begs the question, why? Why would a designer want a thinner model? Perhaps it's easier to fit/make clothes for a thinner model. However, if your clothes are meant to be worn by real women, why not try them on more size-applicable, real-world representations? Who knows. Personally i've heard from a few guys who went to a victoria's secret photo shoot and came back expressing complete dislike for the way the girls looked. Apparently they were so skinny and without any sensuality or voluptuousness that they weren't attractive in real life, but in the pictures with photo editing software it's easy to make them look like they actually have boobs or their features are fully appealing. And the worst thing is that real woman who are Really beautiful/hot/sexy/attractive etc are being put down and rejected by this false representation of beauty and fashion, and are therefore made to feel inadequate. Hopefully someday we'll return to the days of true beauty. Check it out, here's the two women the modeling world might want to emulate:
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