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Model Ban Poll - If they ban underweight..... If they are banning underweight models based on health reasons alone...
Shouldn't they ban models who are a high weight that show a risk on the BMI scale or in the waist measurement(heart disease risk factor measurements)?
I don't really see a difference. Do you think underweight and overweight models should be treated equally if the objection is to show the picture of health based on less than accurate diagnostic tools?
Do you think all (over/underweight) models should be treated equally and banned on BMI factors?
I say no just because its not an accurate tool to diagnose health status of either body type being that most models are above average height and different than average frame sizes.
But if they are going to ban skinny models because of health they should treat everyone equally and ban models who are too high on the BMI then as well. Otherwise to me it just seems like pandering a marketing scheme to people who have an anti-skinny agenda on the brain and labeling that lie as "for the health of all".
I voted for "other". Here's why - first of all BMI is a complete joke. It baloney. Hogwash. Its a horrible method of determning someone's health/weight so it should never be used or discussed. Secondly, I mean come on here, how many designers actually use sickly thin models to display their work? Very very very few. Most models now days are NOT the sickly thin waifs that people who are stuck in their 1970s and 1980s mindsets seem to think they are.
I am a HUGE fan of FTV (Fashion TV in HD) and rarely if EVER see any models on the runway who appear or look like they are sickly thin. This is 2012 not 1970, things are quite a bit different now. Those who actually watch and/or are up to date on todays fashion and popular collections will know that this is not a problem or issue. Sure some models may be thinner than what I normally would go for in real life, but that is okay.
Model Ban Poll - If they ban underweight..... If they are banning underweight models based on health reasons alone...
Shouldn't they ban models who are a high weight that show a risk on the BMI scale or in the waist measurement(heart disease risk factor measurements)?
I don't really see a difference. Do you think underweight and overweight models should be treated equally if the objection is to show the picture of health based on less than accurate diagnostic tools?
Do you think all (over/underweight) models should be treated equally and banned on BMI factors?
BMI is a terrible tool to use when banning somebody from being a model.
Models are there to make the clothes look good. If the clothes look good on an extremely skinny individual, then let him/her model it. If the clothes look good on an extremely overweight individual, then let him/her model it. Fashion shows are not generally done to show "average" consumers what they look like in a specific piece. They're to show off styles and concepts.
I believe that every model who doesn't look like me should be banned. Every time I watch tv or flip through a magazine I want to only see 40-ish slim black women; anything is is a personal affront to me, solely intended to make me feel bad about myself. And yes, this should become a law.
Personally, I think most modeling is ridiculous and I don't really base any of my life decisions on someone who makes a living by being 'ridiculously good looking'.
Personally, I think most modeling is ridiculous and I don't really base any of my life decisions on someone who makes a living by being 'ridiculously good looking'.
What about really, really, ridiculously good looking? Does that make a difference?
Man, I wish there were a Zoolander emoticon.
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