Madrid fashion week bans skinniest models

Madrid fashion week bans skinniest models
Sep 17, 2008 02:30
JANE01 Points: Join Date: Mar 3, 2008 Status: offline	Spain's top fashion show Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week opened. The organizers banned the emaciated models from the catwalk in order to develop a more healthy image for the event. 45 models was not allowed to participate for being too skinny. Madrid organizer has ordered that every model on show must have a body mass index (BMI) of at least 18. Models who are 5ft 9in (1.75m) tall must weigh a minimum of 8st 11oz (56 kg).

Sep 17, 2008 02:30

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Spain's top fashion show Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week opened. The organizers banned the emaciated models from the catwalk in order to develop a more healthy image for the event. 45 models was not allowed to participate for being too skinny.

Madrid organizer has ordered that every model on show must have a body mass index (BMI) of at least 18. Models who are 5ft 9in (1.75m) tall must weigh a minimum of 8st 11oz (56 kg).

Sep 17, 2008 02:32	#1
JANE01 Points: Join Date: Mar 3, 2008 Status: Offline	When Ana Carolina Reston arrived for her first foreign fashion shoot, the 8st model was warned she was too fat. Two years later, and two stone lighter, she died from complications due to anorexia. She was 174cm and weighed only 40 kg when she died.

Dec 1, 2010 12:00	#2
GUESTLEILA	omg They're so beautiful (: I hope i will be like these girls, in the future. I already have a BMI of 16.3. But I'm still too fat (175cm / 50kg). Only about 5-10kg i have to remove and I have my dream weight ^ ^ stay strong.

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