You may have heard of the new show, hosted by Jessica Simpson, The Price of Beauty. In the show Jessica and two friends travel the world to various countries to see what their culture's idea of beauty truly is. This past summer I was mindlessly flipping through channels and suddenly stopped on Mtv. The Price of Beauty was on and it was the episode where they visited Paris, France.
As know, Paris is pretty much the fashion central of the world. So while there, they visited some top fashion shows and talked to one specific model, Isabelle Caro. Caro is a former model and suffering with probably the most severe case of anorexia I have ever seen. In the interview Caro explained that a designer told her she had to lose 22 pounds if she ever wanted to model. Isabelle Caro now weighs only about sixty-two pounds. There aren't that many things that really bother me, but this is definately one of them. I don't think you should have to be super skinny to be a model. Ribs, shoulder blades, and a spine sticking out of your body is not attractive... Or healthy. A few years ago, Caro was in a coma and was expected to die. Although she has started eating more now, she is still at an unhealthy weight.
It is unbelievable to think about how many young girls have been torn down and forced to lose weight by the modeling industry. Not only do they develop awful eating habits, but also self esteem issues because they're constantly reminded they're not skinny enough. Girls are constantly battling with low self esteem, anorexia, and bulimia because they think they have to be tiny to be pretty. I don't think the modeling industry realizes what their harsh weight qualifications are really causing..
I worry about the effect that has on teenage girls. If that is what they see in magazines and on TV, do they think that they also have to be super-skinny to be pretty?
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