Thin Models

Israel Bans Underweight Models

AP | DIAA HADID and DANIELLA CHESLOW | Posted 05.20.2012

JERUSALEM — Told she was too fat to be a model, Danielle Segal shed a quarter of her weight and was hospitalized twice for malnutrition. Now tha...

'Extremely Thin' Models Cause Concern At Sao Paulo Fashion Week

Posted 05.25.2011

Creative Director of San Paulo Fashion Week Paulo Borges expressed concern over the "extremely thin" models on the country's catwalks, according to th...

Robin Givhan: 'The Fatter The General Population, The Thinner The Idealized Woman'

Washington Post | Robin Givhan | Posted 05.25.2011

The fatter the general population, the thinner the idealized woman. And for all the public posturing and blogging, the only force that stopped people ...

Germany: Brigitte Magazine Swaps Thin Models For Real Women

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 05.25.2011

BERLIN — Germany's most popular women's magazine announced Monday that it is banning professional models from its pages in favor of "real women"...

Fashion Capitals Ditch Plans To Ban Size Zero

The Times | Alice Olins | Posted 05.25.2011

An initiative to banish "size zero" models from Britain's catwalks has been abandoned after other fashion capitals refused to follow London's lead. T...