We keep hearing that fashion models are too thin, but what exactly do they eat to fortify themselves for a demanding day of strutting and pouting?
Well, we photographed a meal backstage at a fashion show, and it’s illuminating. Models eat off an itty-bitty saucer that wouldn’t even hold a single pork chop or chili dog, heaped full of three tiny morsels that probably have curd or tofu in their name.
None of this really matters, because I’m pretty sure that thuggish guy is from Model Food Police, on his way over to knock the saucer out of her hand before she reaches her 22-calorie limit. Related post: The safest doughnuts on Earth
A model eats before Alexandre Herchcovitch’s 2008/2009 fall collection fashion show at New York Fashion Week February 2, 2008. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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I think she snuck it and got caught.
- Posted by Lady WeaselBob, dude, I hate to do this, but I have to tell you - this kind of nonsense is actually not funny. This is why my beautiful 16 year old daughter, who wears a size 5, now complains she is too “fat.”
The nincompoops who dictate fashion better watch their backs, because if I ever get within 100 yards of Anna Wintour, or Galliano, or their ilk, I will go Redneck Commando and slap them as hard as possible across their pinched, emaciated faces…
- Posted by Dee TDee T, keep her away from websites catering to young guys. There was a guy on one of those sites recently who was complaining that he was sick and tired of his “obese” girlfriend who at 5′8″ wore size eight, and was about to trade her in for someone who wasn’t, and I quote, “a hambeast”. Three hundred men agreed with him, one saying that any woman above size 4 was letting men down. (For reference, Angelina Jolie claims to wear a size ten.)
And then men wonder why women are so obsessed with weight and size!
- Posted by CharleneHaving lived in countries other than the US, I can state beyond with confidence that America has an unhealthy attraction to complacency. We let ourselves go fat and then pretend that folks who are thin have an unhealthy body image. Wake the fuck up, people. Every meal should not be a feast. Eat what you need and stop before you become stuffed. We men are obsessed with beautiful women and if you are a fat slob of a woman, expect repulsion to be reflected in our reaction. Let me refrase. Expect repulsion to be reflected in my reaction to you, although I have learned to mask it fairly well. Get up from the table and burn up some calories cleaning the house, putting on makeup, doing your hair, taking the kids out the the playground, studying for school (keep awake by walking as you read) or walking down the street to visit friends.
- Posted by Shawn Hendricks