Ultra thin models and teen body image

Today in fashion, one of the big worries is that models are even thinner than they used to be. This worries psychologists and eating disorder experts because they believe models  are influencing teenage girls to become thin. But it is not just harmful to teenage girls, it is also harmful to the models' health. Teenage girls look at magazines with models and celebrities that are on television and wish they could be that thin. Then these girls starve themselves and become anorexic or bulimic. Have these models made thin the new normal? Should fashion shows not allow models to be extremely thin? These are questions you need to ask yourselves.

The Madrid Fashion Show didn't think agree thin should be the new normal and banned overly thin models from the show. The organizers believed these models did not represent beauty in a realistic way and that they just did not look healthy. Therefore, they decided that in order for the models to be allowed in their fashion show, they must be within a healthy weight range.

But what most people don't know is that these models are usually between 14-19 years old and at 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-11weighing less than 125 pounds. This needs to change. Teenage girls shouldn't be starving themselves; they are still growing. These girls need to be shown that they are beautiful no matter what kind of body type they have.

Not only are models starving themselves to become thin, but they are also smoking to keep their weight down. Models smoke because people who smoke remove the layer of fat from under the muscle. Therefore, models smoke because it is an easier method of losing weight than trying to watch what they eat. Models are engaging in extremely unhealthy behavior when they smoke because not only do they risk developing cancer they are also affecting their development due to starving themselves. Teenage girls do not need to be influenced to smoke now on top of becoming anorexic and bulimic. Now it is in the hands of the modeling agencies to ban thin models and show the world real beauty. Is that what you would do?