Being in the entertainment business and a loyal consumer of many fashion magazines including Vogue, inStyle and Allure to name a few, I see models in advertisements everyday. At work we have celebrities come into the studio on a regular basis who we then promote through our company to be “idols” for all of our viewers. The point I want to bring up is that whether you’re a model, celebrity or an everyday person, people look up to you and your image.
In today’s society our “idol’s” that we look up to in the entertainment industry may not be portraying the right image. Models in particular have the overwhelming pressure to be thin, paper thin. As Ms. Rocha addresses in the "A Model's Propects: Slim and None it is stereotypical that a model needs to thin and if your not you don't get hired. This has also applied to many A-List celebrities like the cover of the People Magazine photo "Pressure To Be Thin."
In today’s society our “idol’s” that we look up to in the entertainment industry may not be portraying the right image. Models in particular have the overwhelming pressure to be thin, paper thin. As Ms. Rocha addresses in the "A Model's Propects: Slim and None it is stereotypical that a model needs to thin and if your not you don't get hired. This has also applied to many A-List celebrities like the cover of the People Magazine photo "Pressure To Be Thin."
I think that the problem here is the that when you chose to model your going in knowing the consequences. When it comes to modeling if you're thin you win. These teenagers/women are too skinny and tend to have a whole set of unhealthy behaviors that go with it. This doesn't seem like it will end anytime soon even though models being too thin is advertised in the media negatively.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/fashion/16DIARY.html?ref=style
I agree with you 100% Kathleen. I especially think that when the fashion intentionally put up these advertisements of these ultra skinny women it sends out a completely wrong message to impressionable young girls, giving them the completely unrealistic body image. The average woman is not a size 0, in reality they are a size 12. I think that once the designers and ad industries and real life people get all on the same page, we won't have as many girls and boys with eating disorders or unnecessary hate towards their own bodies.
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