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When I flip through the channels at home on the couch, like the average American, I stop and look at that 6 foot tall girl waltzing down the runway with a grimace. Usually, the girls I see stepping out onto the catwalk are so emaciated looking, that I would probably never buy the clothes they model just because they look so disgusting in it. Who should say we should have unhealthily skinny models walking on our runways? Are you insane? I think models should have a thorough examining before even being considered to be a model, it's just too common for these models to be exercising some sort of eating disorder to drop down to weights so low, it's just unnatural. The media already portrays so many negatives, why not put that anorexic girl in the spotlight so we have a million new cases of girls who are throwing up just to look a smidgen more like the ideal? It's ironic that the majority of people are bigger than what they portray to us, and it's normal. They view something as beautiful that is hardly ever even the case with today's women.

I think it sells more to see a normal, or only slightly above average girl out on a runway. I'm not saying overweight, but the underweight women really have to go. It's just not right, even for those girls who are doing it to themselves! Even if they claim it's a genetic predisposition, you never know what they could be hiding. Drugs could be helping, too. Just look at Kate Moss! It's average for a runway model to have some sort of hold on their weight, to keep it that low.

Why don't these people judging models take in account that model's health? On an episode of America's Next Top Model, the judges told a girl who was obviously very sick that "...this industry doesn't care if you're sick" maybe they should! It could be the fashion industry's downfall if they don't get the right kind of girls out there strutting their stuff. It would help the world's women view themselves in a better light. There are so many things out there that could kill a girl's confidence. We want to boost that confidence, that should be the goal.

When thinking about whether or not it should be banned to have an underweight girl on a runway, I definitely say yes! Think about this, people, UNDERWEIGHT. When is underweight even remotely healthy? When you would go to the doctor, they would flat out tell you, pack on some pounds, do whatever you can. It's just not healthy, it's almost as bad as someone being overweight. We hold that as a covet of

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