The imagine of being a super thin model is becoming
a problem in today’s society in an article back in 2006 by USA Today a former
Victoria Secret model Frederique van der Wal says “This unnatural thinness is a
terrible message to send out. The people watching the fashion shows are young,
impressionable women," and even Nada Stotland said "We know seeing
super-thin models can play a role in causing anorexia,” she is a professor of
psychiatry at Rush Medical College in Chicago and vice president of the American
Psychiatric Association.
In another article back in 2007 in Science Daily Laurie
Mintz, associate professor of education, school and counseling psychology in
the MU College of Education said "Most women do not go to a counselor for
advice; they look to Seventeen or Glamour magazine instead," Mintz said.
"These unrealistic images of women, who are often airbrushed or partially
computer generated, have a detrimental impact on women and how they feel about
themselves”
What women need to know is that being super thin is
not a good thing, its causing anorexia which can lead to death! They need to be
happy with their bodies, the image that modeling is sending is a bad one and
something needs to be done, even former models are seeing it and so are
researchers. back in 2007 ABC news did an article and they mentioned a model
who died at the age of 22! “In August,
22-year-old Uruguayan model Luisel Ramos died during Fashion Week in Montevideo
after reportedly surviving on lettuce and diet drinks.” I mean what more do I need
to say or prove that this is a negative impact on modeling and in pop culture.
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