The average American woman weighs 140 pounds and is 5'4" tall, while the average American model weighs only 117 pounds, despite being 5'11" tall. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, most fashion models are thinner than a staggering 98% of American women. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that many women suffer from low self-esteem and poor body image.
Why the Fashion Industry Uses Skeletal Models
According to modelling agencies in the UK, fashion models need to be thin to fit into the clothes samples provided for various catwalk shows and fashion shoots. Many clothes designers themselves openly suggest that their clothes look better when they hang well, on a thin model, thus attempting to rationalise and justify the use of skeletal models. If models are told by their agency that they need to be a certain weight and the agency is given tiny clothes samples by a designer, then surely the buck stops with the clothes designer?
Do You Find Skeletons Sexy or Anorexia Attractive?
The 2007 Model Health Inquiry highlighted that 50% of British models surveyed, believed that eating disorders, namely anorexia and bulimia, were a significant problem. Seventy percent of the models perceived there to be a trend for thinner models during the previous five years. This report is rather alarming, when one considers how seriously eating disorders can damage women, as well as men. While the presence of skeletal fashion models and stick-thin celebrities does not cause anorexia, it certainly does not help those trying to recover and maintain a healthy weight.
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