1/23/2007

Artifact Seven: SUPERMODELS.NL

SUPERMODELS.NL. SUPERMODELS.NL. 23 January 2007. <http://supermodels.nl/>




These models, like any super model on SUPERMODELS.NL, in addition to their names, a photo gallery, their birthday and where they were born, they have a height, bust, waist, and hips. This strikes me as interesting... why just that information? Here's some information about where this model's born...and BAM! Here's their body stats! And that's all they give you. It's hard enough to be a super model, where your body and face are constantly on display, but your statistics announced to the world? I could understand why some are pressured into anorexia and unhealthy dieting! At least they don't put up their weight...
I was just flipping through the photo albums of these tiny models on the covers of Cosmopolitan with their waists measuring a mere 61 cm. What an unrealistic goal for any girl in the U.S. to have! People are shown each and every day the media's prospective on beauty and what is beautiful on the covers of magazines and on TV. It's easy to understand why girls slip into unhealthy eating habits. "Oh, if this model on the cover of this magazine is beautiful, and her waist is 61 cm, to be beautiful my waist needs to be that tiny!" It sounds crazy, but that's what teenage girls think when they look at these magazine covers.
How can modeling agencies expect their top models to gain weight and get a healthy BMI when something so personal is displayed on the Internet with other super models?

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