What Are The Arguments Against Size Zero Models
Dannielle Robertson
Should size 0 models be involved in the media?
In the world that we live in, it is more likely to see a size zero model prancing about your television screen than a woman with healthy weight and size. Nowadays however, the pressure is on for young women to be as skinny as they can be, which borders on the skeletal. Although some believe this is beautiful, the ‘ideal’ body, it is a massive health risk and an unrealistic ideal to aspire to. For whose benefit is the media perpetuating this image and how damaging is this to our young people?
Research has shown that twenty six per cent of teenagers often don’t eat breakfast, that twenty two per cent skip lunch and that ten per cent regularly go without either. Young girls, …show more content…
While Italian fashion labels Prada, Versace and Armani have agreed to ban size zero models from their catwalks. An inquiry reported in September 2007 that up to forty per cent of models could have an eating disorder and made a number of suggestions to promote health, yet ruled out a ban on size-zero models. Larger sizes fourteen and sixteen would also be introduced into shows and all models under the age of sixteen would also be banned. In September 2010, Victoria Beckham banned size zero models from her New York Fashion Week runway show. She reportedly banned twelve models from appearing in her show after saying they were 'too skinny', stating that her clothes will be modelled by "healthy girls who look 'realistic' to encourage a positive image to impressionable teens”. Israel banned underweight models in March 2012 and their law states that women and men hired as models must be certified by a physician as having a BMI of 18.5. This also requires the inclusion of an informational note in adverts using photos manipulated to make models look thinner. One modelling agent, who had helped promote the bill, suggested that the fall in typical dress sizes for models in the preceding fifteen to twenty years amounted to "the difference between death and life". However, another described the law as "arbitrary" and "not appropriate for every model". The changes are already being made and there is a growing recognition that zero is not a realistic
Should size 0 models be involved in the media?
In the world that we live in, it is more likely to see a size zero model prancing about your television screen than a woman with healthy weight and size. Nowadays however, the pressure is on for young women to be as skinny as they can be, which borders on the skeletal. Although some believe this is beautiful, the ‘ideal’ body, it is a massive health risk and an unrealistic ideal to aspire to. For whose benefit is the media perpetuating this image and how damaging is this to our young people?
Research has shown that twenty six per cent of teenagers often don’t eat breakfast, that twenty two per cent skip lunch and that ten per cent regularly go without either. Young girls, …show more content…
While Italian fashion labels Prada, Versace and Armani have agreed to ban size zero models from their catwalks. An inquiry reported in September 2007 that up to forty per cent of models could have an eating disorder and made a number of suggestions to promote health, yet ruled out a ban on size-zero models. Larger sizes fourteen and sixteen would also be introduced into shows and all models under the age of sixteen would also be banned. In September 2010, Victoria Beckham banned size zero models from her New York Fashion Week runway show. She reportedly banned twelve models from appearing in her show after saying they were 'too skinny', stating that her clothes will be modelled by "healthy girls who look 'realistic' to encourage a positive image to impressionable teens”. Israel banned underweight models in March 2012 and their law states that women and men hired as models must be certified by a physician as having a BMI of 18.5. This also requires the inclusion of an informational note in adverts using photos manipulated to make models look thinner. One modelling agent, who had helped promote the bill, suggested that the fall in typical dress sizes for models in the preceding fifteen to twenty years amounted to "the difference between death and life". However, another described the law as "arbitrary" and "not appropriate for every model". The changes are already being made and there is a growing recognition that zero is not a realistic