When Spain banned models below BMI 18 from its fashion shows earlier this year, the industry was shocked. (BMI below 18.5 is considered anorexic by WHO). But model Luisel Ramon paid with her life for the thinness obsession: she died of heart failure in August: heart failure that was obviously connected to her low weight. Now another Brazilian model, Ana Carolina Reston, just died as a result of anorexia. Growing criticism of the use of anorexic models is certainly in the air as reported by various news sources around the world. The 1.72 cm tall Reston for instance weighted only about 40 kg - a weight suitable to a 12-year old according to the doctors.
Why are female models so thin when male models look rather good in a normal sort of way? Why do they have to look anorexic if the end customer is a normal woman? Is the whole fashion industry business yet another example of male cynicism and abuse of the female form? Should someone look into the fact that some of today's top models come from very poor backgrounds and their work supports whole families? Would these girls be willing to take on any dangerous chances just to earn a living? Who decides how much they should weight?
The only good development is that London's Fashion Week may ban below 18 BMI models too.
Undoubtedly, these dead models will be forgotten soon. No one remembers their names. That is why I wrote their names here - after all they died for something, didn't they? They died for the fashion industry!
What a banal way to leave this world.
posted by Emilia.kk @ 11:15 AM
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