France will not put a ban on skinny models

France will not put a ban on skinny models as the Health Ministry of the country suggested that underweight models need to be given special attention instead of being banned from podiums. Following the caused-by-anorexia death of two models in Latin America in 2006, the representatives of the fashion industry have been strongly criticized by the publicity for the promotion of ladies' weight loss.

Young women eager to get to the catwalks often suffer from serious eating disorders. Other countries, including Italy, Spain, Brazil, and India, have already restricted skinny girls from the catwalks. In France, there have been launched special awareness-promoting campaigns. According to the officials, the Ministry is making voluntary agreements for bringing young women into the field of mass media, advertising and fashion industry.

Health & Fitness (29 Mar, 2007)
France Will not Put a Ban on Skinny Models

After the death of 2 Latin American models, caused by anorexia, the fashion industry started paying more attention to young women with eating disorders. However France would not ban skinny model from the catwalk, it would rather call for a voluntary agreement. ...
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//3 May 21, 2008 01:13 AM | posted by: fatty 101

It is not about Banning skinny people, it is about trying to save the lives of young girls who are starving themselves for the sake of fashion

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//2 Apr 23, 2008 01:34 PM | posted by: Not a fatty

If you're going to ban "skinny" people you darn well better ban the fat people. I don't want to see that, no one wants to see that.

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//1 Apr 10, 2007 09:00 PM | posted by: Fred

It is not only the media and designers that have brought this sad situation about, it is also the general public. To me there is little difference between skinny girls who aren't looking after their bodies and denying their health and those at the other end of the scale who are obese, neither really cares for themselves nor posesses personal pride. Bring back the days of Marilyn Munroes and the like where a womens figure was allowed to be full (but not fat) and curvaceous and maybe there will be a change in public attititude. This is the responsibility of the designers, they initiate the market trends for the masses (lets be fair no-one with any decorum wears some of the freak stuff from the catwalk in real life) and they too can sway the "way" women look and what is acceptable, maybe its just a power thing to be able to make someone want to starve themselves to death just to get a job modelling....very sad !!!!