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Too thin of models are sending a bad message. There are young people watching these fashion shows and gaze through the magazines of these emaciated models. The promotion of the thin, beautiful ideal in our society has created a situation where girls and women are dissatisfied with their bodies. Girls are being taught at a very young age that thin is a thing to strive to be.This could lead girls and women to participate in extreme measures to lose weight. It seems that its the norm to be rail-thin if you are model. Young girls should not be comparing these models to themselves. They are at an abnormal weight for their height. Most models are a size 2 to 4, models who are bigger than that will not fit into the designers clothes. What kind of message is that showing the youth culture? "The most celebrated, recognizable women today are famous primarily for being thin and pretty, while women who are actually changing the world remain comparitvely invisble", says Brashich. =====

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The world is trying to make a stand against too thin of models walking on the catwalk with Spain in the head of the pact. In a recent fashion show, Spain had banned 5 models because of their height to weight ratio. Women were not allowed to participate if they had a body mass to height ratio of 18. This is a start to banning models that are underweight. One of the models reached a ratio of 16. This is equivalent to a person that is 5 foot 10 and weighs less than 110 pounds. They want models who project beauty and health. =====

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Spain is making an effort to change the perception that being ridiculously skinny is something that young women should hope to be. The Spanish government is requiring clothes companies to change the sizing system on clothes to better women's self perception and most of all their health. According to the article, Spain will “measure 8,500 Spanish girls and women between the ages of 12 and 70 to determine the true shapes of Spanish women’s bodies.” =====