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Size 0 Models Die on the Catwalk
A teenage model whose sister starved herself to death has also died of suspected anorexia. Eliana Ramos, 18, collapsed six months after her sister Luisel had a heart attack during a fashion show and triggered an international debate over the use of size zero models on the catwalks. I didn't find much information on this article but I thought it was interesting. Just those two sentences say a lot. I went to different classes around school and asked teenage girls and three teenage boys about how they think the media makes us feel like we should look. I showed them the picture below and they all commented on it. Read below to see what they had to say.
Bryn Bachelier & Hannah Paulson: "That's the only thing they show so that's what we think is pretty. If they showed bigger people we might think that that's pretty."
Kayla Johnson: "It effects us a lot and we want to look like super models. The media makes you think that curves aren't in style. You think you have to be stick thin to be pretty."
"Hyphy": "I think pictures like that make girls want to be something they're not. I would rather be with a girl that's real not fake."
Sydney Stegall: "Girls believe anything. They think if they're skinny they will make it in the industry. If they think they should look like that then they will die."
Kayla Brown: "A lot of girls are effected by it and they take it to the extreme and they think being thin will make them feel good. I don't think it should be a big deal in the media and if it wasn't there could be less problems."
Phillip Swanson: "It is a personal decision once you make it. It is a direct influence. There is no willingness to be yourself. The models are just creating a standard."
Keenan Smith: "She looks disgusting. I don't understand why a girl this pretty or any girl would want to make themselves look like that. She just looks nasty. You can see all her bones. She looks like a dead person. She has no curves, no figure, it's just not cute."
Melody Gilbert & Rachel Stocki: "I don't want to look like that. She looks very unhealthy, like she's about to die."
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