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I feel that Anorexic Models should not walk the runway. However, there is always an argument against your beliefs. Like, shouldn't all girls, no matter how skinny, be able to walk the catwalk. Is anorexia a change in beauty or a strange obession?

__ Anorexic Models Essay __ Imagine, your sitting at home watching a fashion show. Your totally in to fashion and you can’t wait to see what’s new. First, you see a beautiful young lady walk out in a turquoise, silk fashionable dress. You love it. Next, you see a not quite as beautiful as the first model but still really pretty young lady come out. She’s wearing what you think is a slightly wrinkled, lavender coloured dress. But, as you look closer, you realize it’s not wrinkled at all. What you thought was wrinkles was actually her ribs! That makes you ask your self, ‘How skinny is too skinny?’ Now after hearing that little tale, how do you feel? I feel awful. I would have asked myself the same question. So, what do you think? How skinny is too skinny? Should anorexic models walk the runway? My opinion is no for three simple reasons. Those reasons are the effects of anorexia, they don’t look good and the influence models have on people. First, the effects of anorexia. You may think anorexia is reasonably harmless. If you think that then you are WRONG! The fact is over 3,000 young people die each year of anorexia. That’s not all. Some risks of starvation/anorexia are dehydration, kidney failure, heart failure, your body becomes weak, constipation and affects to the menstrual cycle (it can actually stop it). Plus, as much as 15% of a person's total body weight can be lost. That’s a lot. Also, 10% of teens die from anorexia each year. An interesting fact about anorexia is that 4% of the world population suffers from anorexia and the truth is most of them deny having it. Many of those people refuse to get help if they do realize they are sick. A lot of people who have anorexia wear baggy clothes, so people around them don’t realize how skinny they are. At least 30% of people suffer from eating disorders including anorexia. The amount of deaths caused by anorexia continues to grow. Next, do you really want to look at that? When I was looking at pictures on Google I felt sick. What if you were at a live fashion show and you saw an anorexic model? Would you be grossed out? I know I would be. It’s not good when you see someone’s ribs. It’s so unhealthy. The person who has anorexia thinks she looks fantastic, but it looks totally unflattering. No one is going to want to buy clothes that a bony, unhealthy looking person modeled. Would you? Finally, the influence models have on people. Back to my little story at the beginning. Imagine the exact same thing, except pretend you were looking after your little 11 year old niece. What if she walked into the room while that anorexic model was walking the catwalk and she said, ‘I want to look like her!’ Anorexic models have a huge impact on everyone in the world, but mostly on young women from the ages 14 to 25. Fashion models are role models, so if anorexic models walk the runway they are setting examples for teens all around the world. No one wants their little boy or girl to have anorexia because of a bony, little fashion model they saw when they were 8, do you? It is estimated that 1% of teens develop anorexia and ten million men, women and children suffer from eating disorders every year in the U.S. alone. That’s a lot of people. Now I know what you’re thinking. Is there anything good about anorexic models walking the catwalk. Well,.............no. At least not from my point of view. But, we all know it’s wrong to discriminate against other people, so it can’t be okay to do so to anorexics, can it? Of course not. It’s like discriminating against someone whose coloured or someone with a different religion than you. It’s just plain wrong. But, that doesn’t mean we can’t try to influence people not to become anorexic or help the people who do have anorexia. . .. It’s up to us to figure out how to fulfill these ambitions, though. Do you have any ideas? Again, I state that anorexic models should definitely not walk the runway because of the effects of anorexia, they don’t look good and the influence models have on people. Finally, I have two simple questions for you. How skinny is to skinny? Should anorexic models walk the runway? Think about it.