Minimum Weight for Models

Models these days are really watching their figure. They’re constantly trying to lose weight to fit the media’s vision of a perfect model. To stop this, there should be a minimum weight for professional models. What do I mean by that? I mean that models who make money by modelling should weigh more than a certain weight. The competition between these models has become so fierce that they don’t care about their health anymore!

Statistics shows that the death toll is equal for people who are fat and thin! So it doesn’t make sense to lose weight when you know you’re damaging your health. Losing too much weight might really be bad for you.

Eating disorders

Some models these days are really harmed by eating disorders. One type of disorder is anorexia. Those suffering from Anorexia don’t eat a lot of food because they think they’re fat. But, in fact they are underweight.

People suffering from Bulimia are people who eat a lot, mostly sweet and high calorie foods. They then compensate for this by self induced vomiting or by using laxatives. Unlike anorexics, they are aware of their behaviour but don’t want to do anything about it.

Role models

Professional models aren’t the only people who are being harmed. They aren’t only models by beauty but they are also role models. People are watching these models being so thin, so they are trying to copy them. People around the world are trying to become underweight so that they can look good in front of other people. This is an example of companies creating a stereotype and feeding it to the public. About one in a hundred women are bulimic. This shows the effect of bad role models towards ordinary citizens.

Solution

This problem can be solved. Modeling companies should make limits to the weight of models. This has been started by one company but should be continued by others. The company that banned underweight models was the Madrid fashion show. They banned women with a Body Mass Index of below eighteen. The women whose BMI was below eighteen were classed as unhealthy and in need of medical help.

This just backs up my point of minimum weights for professional models. There should be a minimum weight for models that make money by modeling. If a minimum weight was applied around the world, a lot of lives would be ameliorated. People will not view these models as skinny and try to copy them.

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