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Since fashion week...
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VOLUME I, ISSUE IV HTTP://IWEB.
SCISDRAGONS.
NET/JOURNALISM/ FEB 2010
PAGE 1
The Emerald Eye
Put your advertisement here! Be seen and
talked about! To purchase ad space contact
Mr.
Mason at gmason@scischina.
org
LISA CHASE
STAFF WRITER
Since fashion week is this month, pictures and videos of
long leggy models strutting down the catwalk are appearing
everywhere.
Their long thin frames proudly display the
creations that the designers have worked so hard to produce.
What the media fails to show us, is the stress these models’
bodies undergo to fit into that size zero garment and how
the glamorization of the skinny model affects the mindset of
the public.
The industry pressure for models to be sickly
thin is everywhere.
Former “average” sized model Crystal
Renn went under so much pressure to keep up with the industry ‘norm’ she developed an eating disorder, and at 5’9
(1.
75m) dropped 95 pounds(43kg).
The fashion industry’s demand for
skinny models cause models to take desperate meas
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