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Thursday, December 28, 2006
Brazil Transfixed by 4th Anorexia Death
By VictorM: After the much-publicized death of model Ana Carolina Reston, Brazil is reeling from what is now the 4th high profile death due to anorexia nervosa. Just as Italy has done, the fashion industry in Brazil seems poised to bar modeling by girls younger than 16. That, it appears to me, is the extent of the proposed solution to this problem. Are they kidding? The problem is not the age of the girls; the problem is the fashion industry perverse fascination with super thin models, who serve as role models for many young girls. Why not demand that models have a minimum body mass index, as a Spanish show just recently did? But I doubt we’ll demand that the models feed themselves as long as the current setup feeds the greed of the fashion executives.Labels: ana carolina reston, anorexia, models
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