Posted: 31 May 2012 07:27 PM PDT
New York City - In the wake of the controversial ban on underweight models by Madrid’s fashion week, and the recent publicized death from anorexia of a Latin American model, the fashion industry and the media went into a short-lived frenzy of self reflection asking, what is too thin? The proposed ban drew support from only two other countries – Israel and India – while it was flatly rejected by the major fashion capitals of the world: Paris, London and New York. In a climate where whoever is thinner gets the job, the pressure to be thin is enormous and as these are the women and girls who are relentlessly photographed, they become style role models for a population fascinated with celebrity.
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