Tuesday 13 March 2007

Model Behaviour

Young girls look up to models for inspiration. But not only do they copy their outfits and fashion tips, but they aspire to have figures like them too. However, one ex-model is not following suit. She is setting an example that young girls should really be following. She is Tyra Banks, who has recently been criticised for looking 'fat' in a swim suit whilst holidaying at the beach. Tyra now weighs 30 pounds more than she did when she was a model, although in her time models were generally larger than the size 0 models of today.

Answering back to critics, she said
"I love my Mama, and she has helped me to be a strong woman so I can overcome these kinds of attacks, but if I had a lower self-esteem, I would probably be starving myself right now. That's exactly what is happening to other women all over this country."

What i found especially shocking is that the media criticises models for being too thin and setting a bad example for young girls. However, when the pictures of Tyra were published, she was labelled 'Tyra Porkchop'. This society that we live in makes it difficult for a woman to be happy whatever her size. It's clearly wrong to be a size 0, but apparently so is it to be a curvy and healthy size 12, which is what Tyra is now. Along with the average woman in the UK!


1 comment:

Unknown said...

All the girls in UK are now following models for their look. They are now concentrating on zero figure.
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