Three models banned from fashion show in Madrid for being too thin

[Foxy Brown]

Three models have been sent home from Spain’s top fashion show after being rejected as too thin.

The week-long Cibeles show in Madrid, which started yesterday, bans models with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18, believing them to set an unhealthy ideal for teenage girls. The three models rejected by the organisers had a BMI of less than 16.

[chokkan 2]

that's good

[Mugen]

got pixs?

[meowchi]

To those who think this doesn't seem like such a big deal:

The fashion industry largely impacts society and what its views are of what is obtainable, what is normal and what to aspire to.

That being said, the fashion industry has always promoted this type of lifestyle. They should have done this a long time ago. Of course, being such a huge industry they won't take the blame for it, but rather, look to be the caring protagonist by placing bans on the "too skinny ones".

Honestly, no one gives a damn about underweight propaganda, or the well-being of underweight models.

That's why you, me and everyone else supports, encourages, and funds these industries. If one has the courage to not support them, I applaud him/her. But I don't believe anyone can anymore. That's just the kind of society we live in.

[frozenthrone]

Yes, money does run society these day.. Im sure there is alot of people with the courage to not support this type of thing in the industry. Just like how there are unions in the workforce.