if there was any doubt to the fashion industry conspiracy...

[AdminAssistant]

For the record, most "plus-size" models are a size 10 or 12.

[Cats]

Models like this sicken me. Seriously.

My BMI is about 19, and it's only that high because I'm short (4'11). I'm one of those pepole who can eat all day but since I'm pretty active, I don't gain weight easily at all. For me, it's half-blessing, half-curse.

While I am mostly comfortable in my own skin, it is mostly because there is no healthy way for me to change it much. The front of my hip bone can be felt though a pair of pants. If I lean over, my spine is CLEARLY visible to the point where you could make music on it. The bones in my hand are pretty visible too.

My thighs are a decent size and I do have boobs (though they're small), so I do have some meat elsewhere. But considering how skin and bones I am in some places, it really makes me worry for these models.

I would love to see models in ALL shapes and sizes. Not just skinny as hell, plus size, and tall (though occasionally I do see petit).

[Canarr]

Okay... that is just wrong on so many levels, I've lost count.

But, yeah: there needs to be some kind of regulation regarding weight and size of the models. Some years ago, there was a fashion show in either Milano or Madrid (I forget which) that outright banned models below a certain BMI from working there. While I realize that BMI is far from ideal, it still provides *some* kind of limitation, and was - at that time - applauded.

And, spoken as a male with a (I believe) healthy interest in women: I. Don't. Get. It.

Who really wants this so-called ideal that the fashion industry is propagating? What man really *wants* to look at a skinny, half-starved girl with hardly any curves on her? Who here has *ever* seen a shot from a fashion runway and thought, "Hell, yeah! I want to HIT THAT!"

I haven't. Not ONCE have I seen a fashion model (on TV; don't really frequent those circles regularly) that I found interesting as a woman. Years ago I witnessed a presentation for the clothing line of a Formula 1 driver (some Brazillian guy, I think) and talked to the models afterwards - students, who did that as a job to pay for living expenses - and yes, *they* were pretty; you could actually look at their chest, hips or ass and immediately tell that they were female (and yes, I did). But they probably wouldn't have found work in the fashion industry, either.

Some ten or twelve years ago, I think, a German comedian named Michael Mittermaier had a running joke where he'd poke fun at Kate Moss. She was doing commercials for a scent called Obsession at the time, and he'd joke how her stumbling through the commercial mouthing "Obsession!" made him think of a starving girl asking for "WaszumEssen!" ("Something to eat!"). When I was out one night with a couple of guys and one girl, us guys were retelling that joke and laughing about both the joke and the model when the girl, having been mostly silent before, suddenly said, "I think she's pretty. I'ld love to have a body like that." Now, THAT shut us up, quickly; we just sat and stared at her for a moment. You could tell she was completely serious, not trying to pull our leg or fishing for compliments. She actually believed that - and she was pretty. Had a bit of a belly, and generous hips, but far, far from fat, with a very nice figure (curves where they needed to be).

That right there really scared me, because I could feel the conviction behind her words. Fortunately, she didn't try for a Kate Moss figure, but worked out her issues with herself, and is now happily married with a healthy kid. But I just can't shake the feeling that there are girls out there who weren't so lucky.

[Andara Bledin]

The fashion industry needs some major regulation regarding model sizes.

As for Andrej, he looks like a skinny boy. A few of the head shots are sufficiently ambiguous to make it difficult to tell, but his hips and thighs and waist (particularly together) are definitely those of a boy.

I feel sorry for girls who can't recognize the difference and who hurt themselves in the attempt to emulate his or any other model's appearance.

^-.-^

[BlaqueKatt]

the hottest runway model for women's clothing is a male.

yes he even advertises for women's lingerie

so yup that body image problem for teen girls just got worse. A teenage girl cannot anatomically have the same body structure as a male. Yet this is what's being promoted as "ideal female beauty." As if airbrushed and photoshopped wasn't enough.

this article reveals that he is borderline anorexic