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,