i think its hideous to say clothes look better on skinny girls...look at marylin monroe....what people need to realise is that we are buying into an industry con!...fashion in itself changes...be induvidual...start the trend..be an icon not a sheep..its induviduality that stands out not ribs!

sasha c, Belfast, N.Ireland

i am a size 0 and i am sick of being called anorexic...i do watch what i eat but do not have an eating disorder...at the end of the day clothes look better on skinny girls and people need to realize that.

Aileesh Kelly, Dublin, Ireland

I am a size 12 (US size 8). I don't c how a number can define the person u r! You might b a size 8 and b unhealthy, u might be a size 12 and b unhealthy. It all comes 2 the prson an how healthy they r within themselves. As long as u r clinically healthy and happy! Whatever your size!!!!

Laura, melbourne, Australia

it takes so much time to lose weight but so little time to put it on, especially for females, so i can understand why anorexics dare not stop until death intervenes. very difficult mindset to defeat.
however - in modelling - the clothes do look fabulous on 'skinny ', and dreadful on 'norm - fat',

jethro wood, london, uk

The's an incrasing amount of people developing eating desorders, it's Particularly common in teenage girls and its mostly because there are so many skinny people with influencal status being exposed to the youth of today. It's up to people with authority to doing something about it. Bringing up the fact that people are over weight has nothing to do with the crisis that is at hand. People are over weight because they chose to be or parents influence there children by feeding them incorectly, the's no over weight models or stars that inspire people to become over weight them selves, it's a completly different issue!

Chanelle Robinson, Derby, England

I am always amazed at how hypocritical people can be. What people do to their own bodies without posing any harm to anyone else is their prerogative. Nobody bats an eyelid when hundreds of people attempts to climb Mount Everest each year, although the attrition rate is about one in eight! There is just as much sanity in trying to die on Mount Everest than to be a thin/ anorexix model. Though the one is being hailed as a hero and the other a villain/sick person. When some daredevil is attempting a death-devying stunt, nobody bats an eyelid, but everyone is on the case of the anorexics. How many people are out there that risk life an limb on a daily basis just to make a living an some even millions by cheating death, but no no, anorexics are not allowed to make their own choices. How many obese and ugly fat people walk the earth by overindulgence but they are allowed to be "proudly fat" etc. I am not anorexic at all - in fact my BMI states that I am overweight - so this is not my fight.

NON-OBESE, cape town, south africa

I'm more outraged by the "skinny girl" remarks than the article itself!! Wow, how could you girls say its the fat people's fault. I would like to say first, I'm, 5 foot 9 and 150. Perfect BMI, but I also work for it. You skinny girls need to look at the whole picture and not in the mirror. I can figure that with your reaction, you probably have a disorder yourself. Getta Grip!

Brittney
Ark.

Brittney, Harrison,

While this is a tragedy, it's no secret that the world of entertainment promotes unhealthy BMIs. However, let's look at it another way. How many people are outraged by this? Looks like quite a few. Now, how many people die each year due to heart disease in the U.S.? Please. If we're going to boycott individuals for being underweight, let's do it for the overweight individuals too. If we look at it like there should be a set standard, that being far too underweight will result in the loss of a job, let's do it for those that are overweight too. That's just as unhealthy, but anytime someone who is morbidly obese is discriminated against, it creates a public outrage. Give me a break.

M.h., California,

Some people are just genetically smaller than the average. There is no need to discriminate against them. I mean, I'm not aneorexic and i'm a size zero. Why is it that FAT people continually ridicule skinny girls? It's more jealousy than a desire to "save" smaller girls from the dark pits of eating disorders. Fat people want to be skinny. So they ridicule the ones that naturally are because they can't be themselves.

Rachel, WA, Australia

the size 0 debate has been blowen way out of proportion.
shops have ben slowely increasing dress sizes for the last 10 years, for instance here in the UK what is currently a size 4 (US size 0) was a size 10....

i know people who 10 or 20 years ago were classed as being size 10 or 12, but those measurement now equate to less than a size '0'

size 0 was invented by the media to shock readers and the public, its all a sham to cover up the US and UKs growing obeasity problem.

Rachael, Porstmouth, England

why is anorexia becoming a issue with models?? Too become a model in the U.S you were requiered to be a size 6 now it went down to a size 0 whatys next a newborn size????? desingners are putting to much preassure in the models

jaquelin, paramount, ca

Our club disscussed this issue at our last meeting, and we all agreed to stop purchasing clothing from designers who featured models who are obviously too thin or unhealthy. Our chairwoman has also contacted several other clubs in the Houston area to encourage this boycott as well. I seriously doubt that the several thousand I, or any of my dear freinds spend on clothing per season will be noticed immediatly, but if enough women follow suit, we might get the attention of some of our favorite designers.

Gail, River Oaks, Texas

Maybe it is time to ban the whole caboodle. What earthly contribution does all of this make to the sum of human endeavour and achievement? It is an apalling thought that young women across the globe are abusing their bodies, and even killing themsleves, to be part of what is no more than a modern version of the 19th century freak show. As then, the bottom line is exploitation of course. And exploitation with overtly sexual overtones to boot. Sick.

Bill McCann, Suzhou, China

It is about time that legislation was passed banning under 18's from modelling where their BMI is less than an a limit set by Doctors.

alan stepney, Guildford, uk

I am a former model. I was very successful, working extensively from LA to NYC to Milan. The people who 'control' modeling, i.e. those who are responsible for the hiring and making of careers, are the designers and photographers. They, in general, are an abnormal lot. There is within them a preoccupation with models being very skinny - 'like young boys,' we used say.
This problem of emaciation has always been around, with the media just jumping on it lately. It won't change, especially in a tv world when all are considered equal, no matter how abnormal they are. The desire for the ultra-emaciated will exist as long as the ultra-polite run the business.

sam, edinburgh,