The Cut Posts Tagged: bodyimage

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
Tags: ali michael, body image, coco rocha, diet, eating disorders, michael flutie, model maker, Model Tracker, models, mtv, reality tv, television, weight loss
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
Tags: america's next top model, body image, Body Issues, eating disorders, models, new york fashion week spring 2009, nightclubs, skinny models, weight
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
Tags: body image, Body Issues, shopping
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
Tags: beyonce, body image, Body Issues, diet, gwyneth paltrow, oprah, robin quivers
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
Tags: body image, Cult of Personality, diet, mariah carey, weight
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
Tags: body image, Body Issues, british fashion council, celebrities, models, skinny models
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
Tags: body image, Body Issues, eating disorders, miss bimbo
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
Tags: ali michaels, body image, Body Issues, fall 2008, fall 2008 women RTW, models, paris fashion week, weight, yohji yamamoto
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
Tags: ben elliot, body image, Body Issues, health, lancome, marc jacobs, models, nivea, olay, quintessentially models
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
Tags: anne slowey, body image, Body Issues, elle