“Size Zero – how not to look good”
Has anyone noticed how there are so many ridiculously skinny models out there who look as if they’re about to curl over and die?
I think this is an outrage and something the modelling agencies should be ashamed of. They have made an increase in the way that the public think about their personal image. So many girls have become anorexic and bulimic due to their fellow peers calling them ‘fat’ just because of the number of skinny models they see spread over the covers of magazines and through out the media.
There are many doctors which have spoken out about how this new fashion crazy is bad to each individuals health. We asked a doctor if we could have his opinion on size zero and how it can effect people health -
“There are a lot of young people who are influenced by what they see on t.v. Size zero is not a normal size and to portray it as normal is harmful to young people and their health and perception of body image. We need to promote healthy eating and that involved eating sufficient calories to keep the body in its proper range.” – Doctor Brian Dunn.
He then went on to say -
“A lot of models, to stop themselves eating, tend to smoke, so they would be getting the bad effects of smoking. Other long term effects are low calcium levels which could lead to brittle bones. I would suspect a lot of them are anaemic and generally their resistance to disease would be a lot lower than it should be.” – Doctor Brian Dunn.
After that we asked a nice lady from a modelling agency what she thought about it all as she was a women employing models and had to make sure they were suitable for the job.
“I would never use size zero models because they look unhealthy and are unhealthy. I would strongly welcome any investigation into models health. I very much believe that you shouldn’t put your health at risk for any job. There is a belief among some designers that clothes hang better on bonier models but retailers in Northern Ireland are not really interested in size zero – they prefer much more real looking girls.” – Alicen Campbell.
She also said “We do not have any size zero models in our books. There just isn’t a market for them here – no one requests them because they are just to small. Its different if the girl is 5ft and size zero but most of our models are 5ft 7ins or 5ft 8ins tall and size zero would be too skinny for them.”
I have discovered that whole generations of teenagers are growing up and believing that size zero is the ideal. The fashion industry seems to be ‘dictating’ who we are suppose to be, what we are suppose to look like and who we are suppose to be. We are presented with these ‘photo-shopped’ and ‘fake’ images of ‘beautiful’ people that have spent hours getting their hair and makeup done. Unfortunately what the younger generation do not realise is that these people do not differ from us when they get up in the morning, or when they go shopping, only when they have their makeup done for hours on end before a photo shoot, they are not glamorous all day long.
Not only this but their are commandments being posted on pro anorexia web-sites to give anorexics help, and even tips! I was outraged when I found this, this is what it said;
“Being thin is more important than being healthy
You must buy clothes, cut your hair, take laxatives, starve yourself, do anything to make yourself look thinner
Thou shall not eat without feeling guilty
Thou shall not eat fattening foods without punishing oneself afterwards
Thou shall count calories and restrict intake accordingly
What the scale says is the most important thing
Losing weight is good/ Gaining weight is bad
You can never be too thin
Being thin and not eating are true signs of willpower and success”
