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Parent Category: News and Stories
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Posted in: Fashion n Modelling on Monday, 11 September 2006 00:00
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Published on Monday, 30 November -0001 00:00
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Written by Models n Trends
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A major fashion show in the Spanish capital Madrid has excluded extremely
thin models for fear of encouraging eating disorders.The Pasarela Cibeles
show, which takes place from September 18 to 22, announced that models
must have a body weight index - weight divided by the square of the
height - of at least 18. A model measuring 1.75 metres, for instance,
must weigh at least 56 kilogrammes. Lights and make-up will also be used
to make models look healthy, according to organizers. The daily El Mundo
said 30 percent of applicants were excluded from the show. "Thinness is
not beauty, but shows some kind of deficiency," Madrid official Concha
Guerra said.Even the Senate recommended promoting healthier-looking
fashion images in 1999.