Fashion Model Scouts Target Girls With Eating Disorders As They Leave A Clinic
| May 15, 2013 | Posted by helbard under News |
The head of a Swedish eating disorders center is blasting model scouts who she says creep around her clinic, searching for new talent. “We think this is repugnant,” Dr. Anna-Maria af Sandeberg told the Swedish newspaper, Metro. “People have stood outside our clinic and tried to pick up our girls because they know they are very…
Israeli law aims to make ultrathin models obsolete
| January 12, 2013 | News |
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Margaux Stelman began modeling a few months ago, she always had her sister Aline in mind. Aline was an ex-model who died three years ago after a long battle with anorexia, a common affliction of models trying to look thinner and thinner — and girls trying to look like them. Now,…
Agency Scam Alert
| December 7, 2012 | News |
I had several of my model’s mothers let me know about this Craigslist posting. I investigated (as a young female model) and it turned out to be a scam. The person I contacted named “Rachel” asked questions about my look and then told me I would have to do implied nudes but also needed my…
Photographer Arrested for Luring Underage Girls
| November 29, 2012 | News |
One of the first questions a person needs to ask a photographer before agreeing to a photo shoot is “why do you want to take my photos”? It’s a simple yet very important question. If the photographer is doing it to build on their portfolio, you have a small chance the images will come out…
Models Sue Agencies in $22M Class-Action
| October 30, 2012 | News |
By Abby Ellin of ABC News: It pays to be beautiful, but it may not pay as much as it should. That’s the contention in a $20 million class-action suit against some of New York’s top modeling and advertising agencies, including Ford Models, Next Management and Wilhelmina. The suit, filed on behalf of 31-year-old American model…
Photoshop Fail
| October 30, 2012 | Posted by helbard under News |
We’re pretty used to fashion brands retouching photos to contort models’ bodies. But while slimming down legs, removing ribs and even doling out lopsided boob jobs are certainly jarring, we couldn’t help but feel completely stunned upon seeing J. Crew’s recent Photoshop fail – they completely obliterated a model’s thighs. Is nothing sacred? Our friends at PsDisasters tipped us off to this one, and it’s definitely…
Julia Bluhm, 14, Leads Successful Petition For Seventeen Magazine To Portray Girls Truthfully
| July 5, 2012 | Posted by helbard under News |
Facing pressure from teen girls demanding truthful images of young women, Seventeen magazine has vowed to ”celebrate every kind of beauty” and feature only photographs of real girls and models who are healthy. Editor-in-chief Ann Shoket made the announcement in her editor’s letter in the August issue, and her note marks a major triumph for the thousands of teen…
Checking Models’ IDs at the Door
| February 14, 2012 | Posted by helbard under News |
Here’s a great article by New York Times ERIC WILSON In the five years since fashion designers got serious about protecting the health and well-being of young models, there has been a measurable improvement in the prevailing ideal of beauty as seen on the runways. Many of the top models working today, like Lara Stone, Joan…
Top Modeling Agency Says 14 Is Not Too Young For The Runway
| February 14, 2012 | Posted by helbard under News |
Fashion week isn’t just about pretty dresses and champagne: it’s also about long hours for the people who work it. And some of those workers are children. The Times is reporting on the Council of Fashion Designers of America‘s efforts to ensure all models who work New York Fashion Week are over 16 years old. Last season, at least…
