"It is not reasonable for a modern and advanced society to establish stereotypes of beauty that are far removed from the social reality of a community. It is everyone's commitment that beauty and health go hand in hand," Health Minister Elena Salgado said at a signing ceremony Tuesday.The agreement follows last year's unprecedented decision by Spain's main fashion show, Madrid's Pasarela Cibeles, to ban some models from the catwalk on grounds they were too thin, saying this looked encouraged eating disorders among young people.
The Health Ministry's program aims to end a situation in which a woman who buys a size 40 dress from one designer may not fit in a size 40 garment from another designer. The ministry said the differences sometimes lead women to feel compelled to lose weight.
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Addendum: Just in case that photo up there of the mannequins somehow ends up making thinness look glamorous and something to aspire for, maybe a photo of a real-live woman will bring home the point that maintaining a skeletal physique, even if you bask in the spotlights on a runway, is NOT a good thing when you are still alive in the first place.
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She reminds me of famine in Africa but I must admit she brought glamour to it.
Well, I think you're talking about MANUFACTURED IMAGES of glamour which the media have been spreading. Sadly, a lot of people are being fooled by those images. There's nothing glamorous or beautiful about starvation or striving to be all skin and bones. The same goes for trying to make these LOOK glamorous.
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