Ralph Lauren fires Photoshopped model for being "too fat"
Filippa Hamilton, the 23-year-old model who was Photoshopped into a stick insect by Ralph Lauren, has revealed that the brand — which later apologised for the image — quietly fired her for being overweight. More...
Plus-size model Crystal Renn sizes it up - how to take care of the whole you (article by Metro)
Discovered at age 14 by a model scout in Mississippi, Crystal Renn thought she was living the dream. But when her obsession to conform to her stick-thin peers nearly took her life
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Are we ready to see plus-sized models in magazines?
While fashion magazines and designers may not cater to women of all body types, it would be nice if they started to broaden their spectrum of coverage
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2 out of 5 women and 1 out of 5 men would trade 3-5 years of their life to achieve their weight goals.
In 1970 the average age of a girl who started dieting was 14; by 1990 the average dieting age fell to 8.
The “ideal” woman - portrayed by models, Miss America, Barbie dolls, and screen actresses - is 5’5, weighs 100 pounds and wears a size 5. The average U.S. woman is 5’4” and weighs 140 pounds. The average U.S. model is 5’11” and weighs 117 pounds.
After viewing images of female fashion models, seven out of ten women felt more depressed and angry than prior to viewing the images.
A study found that women overestimate the size of their hips by 16% and their waists by 25%, yet the same women were able to correctly estimate the width of a box.
Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer, or losing their parents.
30% of women chose an ideal body shape that is 20% underweight and an additional 44% chose an ideal body shape that is 10% underweight. Colorado Students Wellness Site
NYC.com reports that each of us is exposed to 400-600 ads per day, an average of 40-50 million by age 60. 97% of the ads feature a woman in a degrading image. The average weight of models in these ads weigh 23% less than the average woman. 20 years ago the difference was only 8%.
69% of girls reported (in a media study) that magazine pictures influenced their idea of the perfect body shape and 47% of them wanted to lose weight because of these ads.
88% of girls feel the need to “look perfect”
The average woman’s dress size is 14 and the average mannequin’s dress size is 6 or lower.
Over 8 million people in the USA are anorexic, bulimic or have eating disorders Plus-size model and author Nancy Hayssen