An anorexic model, Isabelle Caro, famous for taking part in an anti-anorexia campaign in 2007, died on November 17th. She was 28-years-old. She got famous for taking part in this campaign for which the posters were banned in some countries. She brought the debate of how skinny is too skinny to the forefront of the modelling industry. She ...
It can be a lonely world for transsexuals who often feel like they don’t belong with people of either gender. The world’s first transsexual supermodel has hit the runways and with so much attention on who she really is she probably has it worse than anybody.
Dear Madame X, I saw an article on your website about BBW and it gave me hope. I am a large teenage girl and no one at school likes me. I ask my friends to ask boys whether they like bigger girls before I can talk to them but none of them say yes. I’ve ...
The recent trend of using plus-size models to appeal to the everywoman in advertising may be coming to an end. Apparently consumers don’t like looking at “heavy models”, it lowers their self-esteem, and researchers think this means they will be less likely to buy the products. I’m sorry, but I thought looking at skinny models made women’s ...
Amanda Seyfried, probably best known for her role as Sophie in Mamma Mia, apparently only eats spinach for lunch. I’m hoping this is a journalistic exaggeration of the truth because if she only eats spinach and exercises a lot then surely she would be collapsing on a regular basis. When asked in an interview what ...
Models may be stunning but to claim they show that “perfection…varies” is ridiculous. This is what Love Magazine is claiming to do with naked supermodels (such as Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss) on their next cover.
We have been following the trend of plus-size (i.e. normal like the rest of us) models for a while now. They have been in magazines and on the catwalk for a while but it seems like they have finally made it to be larger than life on the billboards of Manhattan. Is this just a ...
Marilyn Monroe would be proud. Sales of pointy boobed bras have gone up 33% for some products and apparently this trend shows “a desire to celebrate women’s curves”. Does this mean that skinny models are out and plus size models are in? The bad news is this means the economy is in the can!
Model Filippa Hamilton was cut down to size in this Ralph Lauren photoshopping disaster. The naturally beautiful model looks alien with a whittled waist, seemingly too small to include internal organs. Her voluptuous curves have disappeared, leaving her neither sexy nor aspirationally thin. Has Ralph Lauren’s concept of beauty become so distorted they think this ...
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Dear Madame X, I am in an interracial marriage. Things are fine most of the time, but members of...
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