Gisele Weighs in on Skinny Debate

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Just what we need, more finger pointing as to who or what is responsible for causing eating disorders (NOT!). This time it's families who are to blame, that is at least according to Gisele Bundchen. "I never suffered from this problem because I had a very strong family basis. Parents are responsible, not the fashion industry," she recently told a newspaper while visiting her home country of Brazil. "Everybody knows that the norm in fashion is thin. But excuse me, there are people born with the right genes for this profession."

Helpful Gisele, very helpful. Instead of professing ridiculous notions such as this, how about getting behind a solution?

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Gisele Weighs in on Skinny Debate - Comments

  • SweetAngel

    i think that model or NOT a bad influence for young girl.

  • Penelope

    i guess i'll get slaughtered for this, because it appears that nobody really agrees with me, but i have been anorexic for eleven years and i can honestly say that it was pretty much entirely caused by pressure in the household. my bmi has never been over 17.2, but i've been pressured by family to lose pound after pound. when home is a stressful, overly controlled place, young kids, such as i used to be, can feel like the only thing they can control is their weight, and if their family isn't supportive, a "thin phase" can turn into a lifetime of hell. don't be so harsh on her, when i originally read that she said those things, my first thought was "thank god they're finally got it right."

  • elaine

    It's true that severe eating disorders have a lot to do with compulsions within the person themselves.....but we can all see how influencial covergirls, models, celebrities etc have on people...

    I think she's just stupid to say that, she should know better....eating disorders aside....hasn't anybody seen the programme I Want A Famous Face...?!?

  • Sam

    Amen, Cassandra.

  • cassandra

    I think Gisele is wrong. BUT I do feel sorry for her and others in her profession who clearly don't have an eating problem - some obviously do, but most are simply so young and tall and athletic that their metabolism makes them naturally thin - but they get abused and called out for simply having the bodies god gave them. Models play a very important role in the success of the fashion industry, and as a lover of fashion and design, I believe that they definitely enhance clothes. Fabric draped on a tall and thin and beautiful frame is more aesthetically pleasing and highlights the clothes much better than a dress clinging to the curves and brushing the calves of a normal-sized woman.

    Their beauty, and the reason they command such high salaries, is their rarity. Why can't women just accept that they don't look like that, and so what? When I look at a model I don't grab my stomach and bemoan my 5'2" frame, I appreciate their beauty in the same way I appreciate the beauty of a flower, or the clothes they're wearing. I don't hate Chanel just because I can't afford their bags!

    Being a fashion model does NOT make you a role model and models are NOT the cause of eating disorders - if someone has a predisposition to a compulsion as severe as anorexia or bulumia, it's going to manifest itself anyway with or without the influence of pretty skinny girls in magazines.

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