Modeling Essay

Being a model may seem like a super fun job with no worries, or stress. You get paid tons of money if you're successful and famous, get to try on all these new clothes and possibly keep them, and tons of fans looking up to you. But it could really risk your life if you're not careful.

Modeling became famous during the 1850's. Typically the type of men and women to get the job are goodlooking. If you're not a successful famous model then you get paid a small amount. You have to work really hard to try to be successful to get paid big amounts. Or if you don't get paid with money you can sometimes get paid with clothing. Woman models had to be at a height requirement of atleast 5'9", slender, and with the measurements of 34-24-34. They had to be able to fit into production size samples. Men had to be atleast 5'11" with muscle, toned abs, and with the measurements of 37-43. The point of modeling is to sell a product or to promote something. Some of the types of models are print, runway, high fashion and fitness models. Tons of women and some men get so caught up in the looking skinny for modeling that they starve themselves and eventually develop an eating disorder. A lot of models have suffered with eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia to try to get ahead in the modeling world. Some have even died. A famous model in the 1960's named "Twiggy" made the thin look "in." Statistics have shown that if you're stick thin then you sell more copies. Models like Luisel Ramos, Eliana Ramos, and Ana Carolina Reston have died from Anorexia. Ana put herself on a diet of apples and tomatoes. Luisel died after weighing 88 pounds. Her diet consisted of lettuce and diet coke. Singer Karen Carpenter died from having a heart attack which was from her battling anorexia. Other celebrities like Kate Hudson and Mary Kate Olsen have suffered from Anorexia as well. Passarela Cibeles is a fashion show in Madrid, Spain that started banning stick thin models. Over 30% of models were banned from modeling because they didn't reach the BMI of atleast 18 in 2006. A lot of those models that got banned got offended.


I'm personally glad they started this thin ban thing because now a lot of women won't think that they have to be stick thin to be beautiful. Now a days, there are tons of plus size models that show girls that being a little on the heavy side still looks good and can make you a model.