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If a young Tyra Banks wanted to start her modeling career today, she couldn't because she'd be too fat for the size 0 trend that the industry is favoring right now. The model herself makes the claim in an open letter to The Daily Beast. Just recently, Vogue magazine announced that it was instating a ban a... |
17 May 2012
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Even as designers continue to use size 0 (sometimes underage) models on the catwalk, the discussion on whether the industry encourages eating disorders in young girls is heating up. Natalia Vodianova's recent comments have literally poured gasoline on the fire.
The 30-year-old Russian model and various other k... |
25 April 2012
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Hearing Victoria Beckham saying she stands for the average woman is confirmation that she had too much California sun and it's making her senile, Katie Price, her longtime nemesis says in her column in The Sun. Her comments come after Victoria's interview with the British version of Harper's Bazaar, in... |
2 April 2012
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Victoria Beckham might be a lot of things, but she's definitely not average in any way. Though at one point striving to prove she was more than met the eye, Posh is now trying to play the relatable card, in a new interview with Harper's Bazaar UK. Posing for a gorgeous, retro-inspired spread, the former pop... |
29 March 2012
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As a response to the size 0 trend, plus-size models emerged on the scene, starting to pop in conversation regularly. In a new editorial, Plus Model Magazine argues for variety in fashion, stressing that most models now used have BMIs of anorexics. To back up this rather startling claim, the magazine also offers stati... |
12 January 2012
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Jennifer Hudson has lost about 80 pounds (36.2 kg) in the past two years: an amazing transformation that she says wouldn't have been possible without Weight Watchers. In a new interview, the star denies she took dieting to extreme by becoming a size 0. A while ago, reports began to emerge that Hudson had reached... |
13 December 2011
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To have a body that can fit into sample sizes from some of the biggest designers out there doesn’t come with sacrifice, but fashion icon Daphne Guinness is more than happy to make it, saying she’ll eat when she’s dead. The 43-year-old artist, born into the legendary Irish Guinness family as the Hono... |
21 September 2011
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Just recently at the Sydney Fashion Festival, department store Myer hosted a Big Is Beautiful show, using only plus-size models. The Australian is arguing that this is just as worse and irresponsible as using size 0 girls. In a piece that begins with “BIG can be beautiful but fat should not be in fashion,&rdquo... |
25 August 2011
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Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson is half the woman she used to be a year and a half ago – literally. After becoming a Weight Watchers spokesperson, she lost over 80 pounds and is now officially a size 0, says a new report in the Daily Mail.Fans know that, months after the birth of her son, Jennifer vowed to g... |
7 August 2011
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Topshop is in troubled waters with industry watchers: after promising it would not use size 0 models, a photo of model Codie Young has sparked quite a debate on whether it’s not doing precisely that. The photo in question has been removed, but the controversy ranges on. The Daily Mail reports that Young, who ha... |
13 July 2011
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Daisy Lowe may be a successful model, but that’s not to say that she doesn’t have body image issues. In fact, she reveals in the latest issue of InStyle magazine, it’s not long ago that she couldn’t accept that she’d never be as thin as the other models she was working with. This is not ... |
7 June 2011
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Crystal Renn is perhaps one of the few models to make the transition from size 0 to plus size and still be successful. She’s now thin again but she still feels pressure from the media to look a certain way, she says in a new video.
Renn, who famously broke her silence on the fashion industry in her book &ld... |
8 February 2011
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Model Daisy Lowe, the daughter of rocker Gavin Rossdale, is featured in the March 2011 issue of ASOS magazine, where she also talks a bit about her childhood, what modeling means to her and what’s the one thing the fashion industry needs right now.That would be more curvy models, figures that regular women can ... |
2 February 2011
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Isabelle Caro, the French model and actress who, back in 2007, participated in the “No Anorexia” shock campaign, has died at the young age of 28. A rep for her doesn’t mention the causes but he does say she’d been very sick. Caro first grabbed international headlines when she agreed to pose na... |
30 December 2010
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Thin doesn’t always equal healthy, just like fat doesn’t necessarily mean unhealthy, singer turned plus-size model and fashion designer Beth Ditto says when asked about body image. The singer, who has long stood up to speak up for curves and how thin shouldn’t be norm, is stressing again t... |
27 September 2010
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Only one week before the 2010 Emmy Awards, “Mad Men” actress Christina Hendricks still hadn’t picked out her dress for the big night, for the simple reason that she was deemed too “big” for Hollywood. In recent months, Hendricks has been getting lots and lots of media attention both for ... |
31 August 2010
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An aspiring model named Ann, whose waist is so impossibly small a man can encircle it and touch his hands on either side, is featured in a new trailer for America’s Next Top Model, thus reigniting the skinny debate.
Though host Tyra Banks, a woman to whom modeling literally has any secrets, has mostly a pro... |
13 August 2010
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She’s been praised and embraced for her curves and, most importantly, for making real women relevant again in the industry. Christina Hendricks, star of “Mad Men,” is gorgeous and healthy – and has the kind of body that all women should aspire to, British equality minister Lynne Featherstone b... |
26 July 2010
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In a context in which more and more fashion designers and publications (and the industry at large) are starting to consider plus-size models as alternatives to the much criticized size 0, Welsh designer Julien Macdonald is fighting back. He’s a judge on Britain’s Next Top Model and, as far as he’s c... |
17 June 2010
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The size 0 controversy continues to rage on, with both pro and con sides bringing to the table seemingly irrefutable supporting arguments. While fashion designers insist that it’s their right to use size-0 models if they so desire, more and more celebrities are speaking out against the trend in order to help im... |
23 May 2010
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Until not long ago, it was Madonna who was most often cited as the worst example of what obsessive working out can do to a woman’s arms, especially if she has zero body fat. As of late, it’s Sarah Jessica Parker who’s making headlines like “SJP and the Hand of Death” possible, all due to... |
21 April 2010
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Emma Thompson is one of the most vocal feminists in British showbiz, not once missing the opportunity to use her star power to draw attention to topics close to her heart. Her most recent interview with the Daily Mail is no exception, with the 51-year-old star lashing out against the industry for telling girls and yo... |
19 April 2010
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Not only fashion is taking a stand against size 0, but retailers and manufacturers are too, at least in the UK. Prestigious underwear brand Bravissimo is also joining the cause by casting curvy women for its latest ad campaign, women who also happen to be customers of the brand, as the Independent informs. In doing s... |
27 February 2010
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Crystal Renn is a very well known name in the fashion industry, though, these days, she’s rarely to be seen on the catwalk. After developing anorexia to remain a size 0, Renn realized her condition was serious and got professional help. She is now a size 12 and is one of the highest paid plus-size models in the... |
25 February 2010
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK is thinking of an initiative that should change media for the better and, at the same time, make it so that many young, impressionable people will improve their body image. The initiative is now seeking support from the government and should imply the inclusion of more div... |
24 February 2010
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This weekend at the London Fashion Week, what was until not long ago unthinkable happened: real-life models walked alongside regular models during a presentation of designer Mark Fast’s latest collection. That’s to say size-6 girls were joined by size 14 and 16 on the catwalk, in a bid to make the industr... |
22 February 2010
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Coco Rocha is a gorgeous girl who weighs somewhere around 50kg. She’s also tall because she’s a model, and has been working as one since she was only 15 – she’s 21 now. However, she’s considered overweight by some fashion designers, who have repeatedly told her she needs to lose some wei... |
18 February 2010
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She’s been criticized for her waif-like figure many a time and she had to deny starving herself just as many times, much against her will. However, Victoria Beckham insists that the fashion industry should not discriminate against size 0 models and that fashion designers should be free to use them on the catwal... |
18 February 2010
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A shift in women’s perception on what a “perfect” female body should look like has started to be noticed. While recent polls have established that men would always choose a curvier woman over a size 0 model, now it’s the ladies too who have come to the same conclusion: a stick thin figure is n... |
2 January 2010
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Only a few days ago, we were telling you about a special “shape” issue of V Magazine, which features a plus-size and a regular-size model side by side in what is certainly a first photospread of the kind. The plus-size model, Crystal Renn, is now very appreciated in the fashion industry – and she&rs... |
28 December 2009
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Crystal Renn is a well-known name in the fashion industry, having gone over a relatively short period of time from being one of the hottest high-fashion models to a plus-size one – the most successful nonetheless. In a new photospread for V Magazine, which pits her against Jacquelyn Jablonski, a “regular&... |
23 December 2009
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Back in the ‘90s, Kate Moss was considered representative for the emerging “heroin chic” look. Today, she comes under serious fire with health organizations and concerned groups for saying that there is no taste as good as the feeling of being skinny. The comment, once out in the press, was immediat... |
20 November 2009
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Ever since she first broke on the scene when she was just a teen, Kate Moss has been repeatedly criticized for allegedly encouraging young girls to aspire to be just as thin and frail as she is. Not that she ever said anything specific as regards that, for that matter – until a recent interview, when she reveal... |
19 November 2009
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Filippa Hamilton is the Ralph Lauren model that recently found herself at the middle of one of the biggest “photoshop flops” of our times, as the media dubbed the promo photograph that popped up in a mall in Japan, showing her with hips and waist smaller than her head. Appearing just hours ago on Today wi... |
15 October 2009
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Karl Lagerfeld, while famous for his highly innovative and boundary-breaking creations, is also known for saying the most hurtful things in the most blatant manner. He’s made his views on fat people public in the past as well, so it’s probably no wonder that he’s getting serious heat again, now that... |
15 October 2009
04:33 GMT |
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The size 0 models controversy has been raging for far longer than most of us would care to remember – and this definitely applies for people effectively working in the industry, such as designers and, bosses and staff at modeling agencies. In its desperate attempt to relieve some of the heat it’s constant... |
18 June 2009
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The size zero model controversy has never abated since it was ignited a couple of years ago. Following the tragic death of no less than three models in recent years due to complications stemming from anorexia, talk of who precisely in the fashion industry is to blame for the new standard of female model has only come... |
16 June 2009
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Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine have been, for many years, the voice of no-nonsense fashion. Their initial show on BBC, “What Not to Wear,” brought in millions of viewers eager to hear the latest do’s and don’t’s from the self-styled fashion gurus. Now, years later, the show no l... |
25 May 2009
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Less than a year after giving birth to her second child, Tori Spelling has lost the baby weight, and then some from what several reports in the media are saying. Apparently, the former “90210” star is now a mere size 0, and her weight continues to plummet as friends and family are voicing their concerns a... |
3 April 2009
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He’s often been called “the Chanel supremo,” and his many eccentricities have undoubtedly not gone by unnoticed. Yet, his latest interview for Radio 4 Today program, as cited by The Telegraph, has certainly drawn all kinds of negative attention towards him, especially as he tackles the topics of siz... |
5 January 2009
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