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travelbug · September 28th, 2006, 02:36 PM

I think an important point is that yes, a lot of these models are young teenage girls (albeit extremely tall ones) made up to look like adult women.
Normal teenage girls are somewhat "coltish" - I was myself though not tall enough to be a model. But you know what I'm talking about - the really long skinny legs, no stomach, no waist, even long arms. It's like their limbs grow long before they "fill out". I've got a 15 year old girl who lives next door and that's the way she is - tall and coltish. She'll fill out in time, getting a little meat on her bones. But in no way do I think she has an eating disorder. She's also a dancer, which contributes to the lean look.

Not to say that eating disorders aren't common in the modeling industry. I just think that a lot of the extremely skinny women we see on runways and in magazines are not women but in fact girls made up to look like women.

September 28th, 2006, 02:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
travelbug Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,146	I think an important point is that yes, a lot of these models are young teenage girls (albeit extremely tall ones) made up to look like adult women. Normal teenage girls are somewhat "coltish" - I was myself though not tall enough to be a model. But you know what I'm talking about - the really long skinny legs, no stomach, no waist, even long arms. It's like their limbs grow long before they "fill out". I've got a 15 year old girl who lives next door and that's the way she is - tall and coltish. She'll fill out in time, getting a little meat on her bones. But in no way do I think she has an eating disorder. She's also a dancer, which contributes to the lean look. Not to say that eating disorders aren't common in the modeling industry. I just think that a lot of the extremely skinny women we see on runways and in magazines are not women but in fact girls made up to look like women.