Does anyone else hate the image models and fashion portray?

Question

I am an average healthy weight for a girl my age and height.

but yesterday i was watching a show about model, and they were taller than me, and thin.

And one girl that was still thinner than me got yelled at for being fat.

It pisses me off, because stuff like this gives girls self esteem issues.

Like my best friend, who is a model, is also anorexic because the industry wants her to remain extremely thin.

It worries me, and stuff like that kills people.

What are your thoughts?

Answer 1

It's not that i hate the models i hate the media im 135lbs

and for modeling you have to be a size 0 if your more then that you

would be considered "fat" and a plus size girl would be considered a size 2 in the modeling industry its kinda messed up it gives the girls the wrong image which makes girls belive they are fat when they are a healthy weight or size, i personally love my curves and i wouldn't trade them for a sack of bones, girls love yourselfs and don't let the media trick you!

Answer 2

I hate the sickly, anorexic, "high fashion" look but I love the victoria's secret, thin with curves look!

I don't think the fashion industry should completely change and portray average girls, because people wouldn't take interest since average is...well average & you can look in the streets for those people

but I think they should portray the really beautiful yet healthy people. The perfect models to me are the Victoria's Secret models.  

Answer 3

it makes me mad too. but unless the fashion industry wants to change their standard of beauty this will always go on. and i dont find super models even remotely attractive

Answer 4

I am a model too. But I am not anorexic. Check out my 360 yahoo page. I know what you mean though, but not all models are like that.

Answer 5

i think that the industry should put out real models like models that have healthy weight and isnt stick thin. if they put out anorexic models then girls would think that that is the definition of beauty extremely thin and not heathly i think that it is wrong because i wouldnt want to see myself soo skinny that i can see my bones poping out of me!

Answer 6

I agree. I think thats why so many girls have eating disorders today. They see all these commercials and videos and pictures of models who are super thin and gorgeous. They don't realize these girls are starving themselves or on diet pills and that they have alot of makeup on to cover all the flaws. It makes it reallt hard for girls to have self esteem and feel secure about how they look. And then guys are just as bad cause they expect girls to look that way too. We need to live in the real world.  

Answer 7

I think people would rather look at thin and tall girls and thats why they are what they are.  it depends on what type of model you are.   not all of them are like that.  but i must say that i would rather look at thin pretty girls instead of average.  

Answer 8

nope, i love it

Answer 9

You are ABSOLUTELY right!!

It frustrates me too!

I CAN'T stand the fascist media-generated image of  the "beautiful" female body.

That's why I DON'T watch television very much or read so-called beauty magazines. They are in fact designed to make women feel inferior!

First off, the women portrayed in the media aren't normal women... they have either been nipped and tucked, or they have to spend every second of their life starving themselves (which is extremely unhealthy!) to obtain the "look".

Pfffff on the media. NATURAL women are perfect the way they are!!!

And we should stop torturing ourselves with diet programs that don't work... we are only filling the pockets of industries that feed off of women's insecurities!!!

I am perfectly happy with my weight and natural body.... everyone should be happy with theirs!!!!! :D

Answer 10

I don't hate the model image. It helps designers portray their creations the way they pictured it- on a thin tall model. And, modeling is a job. Models do what they have to do in order to pursue their career. Maybe sometimes they go to the extremes by having eating disorders. But, my favorite models are the Victoria's Secret models. They look healthy, thin, and most of all, beautiful.