
That's right! I'm the guest blogger for this wonderful blog. You can also check out my blog at stardollfashionphilosophy.blogspot.com. Enough about me, let's get onto the post....
The fashion industry is an amazing place. On the runway you see thin models in clothes that are to die for, and in photo shoots you seem happy women showing off the latest trends. Who wouldn’t want to be like them? Models are everywhere, on television, in magazines, on billboards, everything seems fine. Right? Wrong.
Being a model doesn’t just mean that you’re a body to fill some clothes, it means that you’re a role model. People are always going to be looking at you, whether you like it or not. People, especially tweens and teens, will take after you. Being a model seems like the perfect life [even though it’s not] so who isn’t going to do what they can do seem just like a model? So what does this lead too?
Most models are infamously known to be skinny. Too skinny. You hear all these stories about models starving themselves, throwing up, taking diet pills, and doing other unnatural things to make themselves thinner. It’s sick and disgusting, and needs to be stopped, but is it already too late?
Out of 200 women, 1 in 6 are anorexic or bulimic and only 2-3% will ever get treatment. 86% of these women will be diseased before they reach 20 years of age and many of them could die. Is it all worth it, just to look too skinny? People can tell when you are anorexic or bulimic, and it’s a complete turn off to everyone. No one likes it, so why even try?
Having a healthy weight is important, and key to living a long fulfilling life. If you being anorexic or bulimic, you will quickly loose strength and muscle mass, making it hard to do everyday things. If you are bulimic, your esophagus [the tube that brings food to the stomach] will dissolve from the acids in the vomit you throw up. If your esophagus forms a hole, you will never be able to eat like everyone else every again. Most likely, you’ll have a food tube for the rest of your life.
Weigh the options. Is being model-thin really worth giving up that much in your life? You could even die! It’s always important to love your body- because it’s the one God gave you! Be confident with who you are, and realize that your weight, is a healthy weight, and that’s all that matters.
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Sophie