Not only print media, but the catwalks too. Girls who are size 0 have a BMI below 18 which is classified as underweight and deemed so by the WHO. So should these girls be allowed to parade themselves around?

IMO it's pretty nasty....the more i see them, the more I know I would never be retarded enough about my weight to go down to that freak size.

American Size 0 = UK Size 4

Bust = 31.5 inches

Waist Size = 23 inches

Hip Size = 34 inches


Size 0 celebs:
















Lily Cole (the next Kate Moss apparently) is only 18, she's 5'10 and only 8 stone (112lbs) is that too skinny for someone at her age and for someone in the industry? Obviously at 18 she's still got some filling out and growing to do. Her BMI is approximately 16.1

Recently banned from the catwalk in Madrid Fashion Week 2006, do size 0 celebs have a place in the media?

Sexy? Hot? Normal looking? Healthy?

It should depend on height. Size 0 on someone who is under 5'5" is not too skinny at all. I usually wear that size but since I'm fairly short I don't look emaciated like that model in the first picture.

I doubt Nicole Richie is a 0. She's gotta be like a 00000. She probably gets her clothes tailored.

I don't think most models are a size 0 either, most of them are like a 2 from what I've heard. And no, I don't think they should be banned because people think they're disgusting. Their job is to be walking clothes hangers. They're not trying to tell people to emulate them. The stuff they wear on the catwalk isn't even what is actually sold to the public.

omg how tiny is Starry? Another 5"3?

Is 5'3" really that tiny? I'm actually 5'3.75"....almost 5'4"...

That's pretty tall for a five year old actually.

The U.S. population must consist of a lot of tall 5-year-olds then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height

My gf is the equivalent of 00

And you said she was tall right? 5"10?

If she is in the States, where the hell does she buy her clothes? It's hard enough finding 0's and XS.

I dont think they should be banned.

I feel that bigger models should be encouraged, having more diversity in shapes may make other models (and women) feel that beauty is not dependant on size... or lack of and dieting is healthy but there is a point when it is taken too far and effects your health.

I wonder how much those women eat....

I thought the world was going fatter not smaller?
And those skeletons better get some meat.

Btw, whos the girl in the top picture? Her face is so damn sexy. The girl Lily cole is ugly, the next kate moss my @$$. I swear every white small model is the next kate moss and every black girl with big @$$ booty is the next tyra banks. Where is the next asian superstar? THERE AINT ONE, and we are normally skinny and flat chested so we are the typical model bodies.

I think my eldest sister is close to a 0, but shes 5'2 so its alright...

I don't know about all size 0's, but I'm in favor of banning Nicole Richie from all forms of media -- and that goes for her on-again, off-again friend, too.

It's like promoting negative health. If you can censor smoking, you might as well censor this.

you get sexier and sexier by the minute, big sis

yeh i agree. i find girls who are petite and are size 0 dont look emaciated at all. its just those runway models who have to be a certain height that makes them look emaciated.

im a guy and im super short too and i prefer something like what starry described, simply because it'll look ridiculous if I go out with someone taller and fatter than me.

I don't see what's so great about uber thin models. Most women aren't that thin, and most clothes look better on healthy women.

i think uber-thin bodies are believed to exhibit the clothes on them more effectively but I don't really get it either. I like it when girls dress nice and wear stuff that actually fits their bodies quite nicely.

Well, the clothes they show on the catwalk aren't really for the general population. They're like a cover of a book that shows off the designer's creativity. I mean, would anyone really wear something like this to school?





EDIT:

I didn't notice the bit about print media before. Yeah, it would be great if they could use models that better reflect the general population in stuff like catalogs (although the models would still have to be pretty tall so that they can display the clothes to optimum effect). But if that happened then sales might go down. People look at the pretty, thin models and buy luxury items in the hopes that they will become like them. If they believed that Prada is meant for the girl next door, would they really want to spend as much money on it?

I really like thin girls but thats a bit too much
5'4 is good height for girls stairy

My friend works in fashion, she had it right when she said that all models are super freaks. She said when they're all in a room together you can't take your eyes off of them because they're so alien.

Despite the fact that she's 5"10 herself and like a size 6...not quite size 0 but she looks hella skinny next to me.

Yeah, it totally depends on height. Nicole Richie is definitely WAY past a size 0. Some of the other celebs you posted might be too.

I'm a size 0 at 5'5", and I don't think I look emaciated. Do I?

No, you're fat, go lose more weight till you suck into yourself.











Just kidding Captain, you're not fat, but it's fun to pick on girls for that.

I dunno but I don't think size 0 is that small. Whenever I go around looking for them, they actually end up being too big. Yup, agree that it depend on height and I'm freakin short XD.

You lot are totally making me feel like a whale now.

No Charlee, don't feel like a whale. Size 0 is not a good thing, as demonstrated by those pictures you posted. I would honestly like to see more stars the size of Catherine Zeta-Jones, or at least proportioned like that in print. That was part of the idea of the Dove campaign early last year when they put regular sized women on their billboards. It was to stop the image perception that super skinny is normal and what people should strive for.

And, size 0 is different depending on height too. Shorter people with size 0 don't look super skinny and dying. And honestly I feel like being bigger than a size 0 would be better. Then I wouldn't look like I'm 12 and then maybe I wouldn't look retarded wearing dresses.

You sure didn't look like one in that picture you used to have as your avatar!

Oh man trust me...you could be my size and still look retarded in dresses....>.<



HOLY CRAP! Starry remembers!!!

I hate looking like I'm 15

Well, not like every detail down to your pores.... I just don't recall the girl in the picture looking big at all.


Why? When you're 30 you could date 18-year-olds without strangers looking at you like you're a perv.

RUDE

Ah Charlee, don't be such a put downer on yourself! And as starry has said, you don't look like a whale. Remember, whales weigh well over a ton.

^ I'm a size 0 whale then...^_^



It says she was born in 2002 in her profile!!!

wait...which means she's not 5 yet...she's 4.........god dammit...>.<

let them do what they want. if they want to be sick, let them be. maybe some of them will start dropping dead and that might not be a bad idea. loool I'm kidding.
"the skinny ideal" the media puts out doesn't effect me.
I'm comfortable the size that I am.

lol.. i'll just say it was your bad math skills that led me to misinterpret your joke

Pretty much 5'10.................it's all Koreas fault


lol nah shes working in SK, she used to be mostly the equivalent of an American 0 sometimes a 2, now its mostly a 00 sometimes a 0...........I dunno why she tells me this crap in American sizes

Is 00 a UK 2?

i'm the same height, but i'm a size 4. i must be a heffer compared to you

no breasts

*runs before jess beats the $hit out of him*

but the gay guys behind the scenes must love them!

my mom has worked with anorexic people before, they're messed up.

THIS is why Takashi. This is why.

Get your cousin to kill him.

lol silly jess, you don't have any breasts, just cause I noticed doesn't mean I don't like you

Damn Takashi, teach me your lady charming skills.

She has got boobs...that time where she posted a pic in this section to be exact...I remember she was wearing a white top.

hell even puggles got boobs

If they look healthy and not scary, then being a size zero is okay.

I should.


Well sir, I don't like you.


LOL. Grey top, but possibly can look white too I guess?

^ refresh our memory !! ^^

I wasn't really looking at the colour...



hehe...

It's another fat conspiracy against thin people.