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MTV’s New Model Reality Show Is All About Getting Contestants to Lose Weight
'Model Maker' is a competition for "overweight" contestants to jump-start their modeling career by getting skinny.
Posted 08/20/08 in The Cut : Model Tracker
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One Aspiring Model Isn’t Thin Enough, Turns to Cocktailing
'America's Next Top Model' casting directors and agents from top agencies told Tatiana Stewart to drop at least ten pounds.
Posted 08/14/08 in The Cut : Body Issues
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Trying On Clothes Makes Women Less Confident
A new poll reveals 88 percent of women "reevaluate" their bodies after they try on clothes in a changing room.
Posted 08/13/08 in The Cut : Body Issues
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Oprah’s, Gwyneth’s, and Beyoncé’s Delusional Detox Diets
Doctors say detox diets don't really improve your health. But let's take a look at the extreme plans a few famous ladies follow anyway.
Posted 06/12/08 in The Cut : Body Issues
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The Real Reason Mariah Carey Brought a $20,000 Gym to London
She'll probably hold interviews with the British press in it to discuss her recent weight loss, since that's been her main tactic for promoting her new album.
Posted 04/23/08 in The Cut : Cult of Personality
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Britain Fights Photoshopped Magazine Images
Judging from the clavicle action on the runways this past Fashion Week, the British Fashion Council's Model Health Inquiry hasn't had a major effect on catwalks, but the council is pushing for change in editorial departments.
Posted 04/02/08 in The Cut : Body Issues
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Online Miss Bimbo Game Promotes Anorexia, Angers Brits
Mis Bimbo is an online game that allows girls ages 9 to 16 to compete to become the best bimbo by losing weight, buying sexy outfits, and getting plastic surgery.
Posted 03/25/08 in The Cut : Body Issues
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Model Eats, Obviously Sent Home From Paris
Here's a good one from Paris: It's not as if the scant body mass indexes on runways are good things. But the absurdity marches on, and still some strong-headed young things refuse to accept the conventions of modeling's narrow vision.
Posted 02/28/08 in The Cut : Body Issues
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New British Agency Bans Size 0 Models
We've known for a long time that in order for the number of frighteningly thin models on runways and in magazines to diminish, someone would actually have to do something rather than just talk about it. It would have been awesome if that person were, say, Marc Jacobs, but we'll settle for Camille Parker Bowles's nephew Ben Elliot. He's just launched a modeling agency in the U.K. called Quintessentially Models which doesn't sign any "size 0" girls.
Posted 02/21/08 in The Cut : Body Issues
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Lessons Learned From ‘Elle’ Editor's Derriere Diary
Anne Slowey is the fashion news and accessories editor at Elle. We base this on nothing more than looking at her pretty picture and reading what she's written, but she strikes us as one of those women who's a perfectly normal size but can't help but strive to be thinner, because she — like everyone else in the world, ourselves included — can't remember what a healthy woman looks like. Allow us to explain.
Posted 02/14/08 in The Cut : Body Issues
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