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One Aspiring Model Isn’t Thin Enough, Turns to Cocktailing
Posted 08/14/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
'America's Next Top Model' casting directors and agents from top agencies told Tatiana Stewart to drop at least ten pounds.
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British Fashion Council Backs Off Skinny-Model Fight
Posted 08/13/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
Today it will announce that it will no longer push to require health certificates for models.
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One ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’ Contestant’s Dramatic Weight Loss
Posted 06/25/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
A 16-year-old finalist of the fourth season lost four inches from her hips after judges called her "bottom-heavy."
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CFDA Panel on Skinny Models: Coco Rocha on Her Struggle
Posted 06/11/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
Diane Von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, and Coco Rocha joined forces last night to talk candidly about eating disorders. And strangely, the fashion world paid attention.
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The CFDA Will Address the Skinny Model-Issue. Again.
Posted 06/10/08 in The Cut: Run Through
The fashion industry isn't going to change its size 00 model aesthetics, but it wants you to know its health concerns are genuine.
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‘Teen Vogue’s Ali Michael Story Sends Mixed Messages
Posted 05/20/08 in The Cut: Model Tracker
In the June/July issue of 'Teen Vogue,' Ali Michael shares her story of weight struggles as an up-and-coming model.
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Lots of Models Identify With Ali Michael's Weight Issues
Posted 05/19/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
Model Ali Michael spoke out on the 'Today' show last week about how unhealthy she became to lose weight for her modeling career. More models are now speaking out on the Internet.
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Model Ali Michael on ‘Today:’ ‘I Hadn't Had My Period in Over a Year’
Posted 05/14/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
Model Ali Michael was on the 'Today' show this morning, talking about her experience at the Paris shows this past February, where she was told that her legs were too fat for the runways.
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Carolina Herrera Will Tell You If You're Too Thin to Look Good
Posted 04/18/08 in The Cut: Party Lines
If Carolina Herrera sees a model who doesn't look healthy, she not only doesn't cast her — she'll pull the mannequin aside and give her a talking-to.
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Storm Agency Founder on Bone Structure, Anorexia, and Racism
Posted 04/17/08 in The Cut: Run Through
Sarah Doukas founded Storm modeling agency and discovered Kate Moss. She explains what it takes to make it as a model and why the runways are so full of white ones.
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Despite Impending French Ban, Fashion Industry Holds Fast to Thin Ideals
Posted 04/17/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
On Tuesday in Paris, a French bill that would imprison for up to three years and fine for up to $70,000 anyone who "incited excessive thinness" was passed by the National Assembly; the bill now just needs approval from the French senate to become law.
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Breaking: France Is ThisClose to Banning Skinny Models
Posted 04/15/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
A bill in France that would make it illegal for anyone to publicly incite extreme thinness has passed the lower house and is moving on to the Senate.
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France Revisits the Skinny-Model Problem
Posted 04/10/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
France is not ignoring the skinny model problem, pas de tout. But they expect the titans of industry to change the status quo on voluntary basis.
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Britain Fights Photoshopped Magazine Images
Posted 04/02/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
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.
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Anna Wintour Is Sick of Skinny Models, Too
Posted 03/21/08 in The Cut: Run Through
Is the age of the pale, nondescript waif model almost over? According to Anna Wintour's letter in the April "shape" issue of Vogue, it ought to be.
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Designer Bradley Bayou Calls Out CFDA for Too-Thin Models
Posted 03/13/08 in The Cut: Body Issues
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