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The authorities collaborated with a Spanish health organisation to come up with a minumum body mass -- a height-weight ratio -- of 18 for the models.



17.5 or lower is considered anorexic.

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Spanish daily ABC said it was the first time such restrictions had been imposed on a fashion show, although a recent wedding dress exhibition in Barcelona banned fashion models who took a dress size below 38 (British size 10, US size eight).




A 38 usually = US size 2 or 4. Even most designers wouldn't run their sizes that small and call it an 8.

Bridal isn't really considered part of the fashion world. No reputable couture designer would sacrifice his collection by getting heavier models to please the masses and their feelings of inadequacy.

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Organisers said they wanted to "help ensure public opinion does not associate fashion, and fashion shows in particular, with an increase in anorexia, a disease which, along with bulimia, is considered ... as a mental and behavioural problem".



Exactly. Fashion models do not cause eating disorders. Anorexia or bulemia has less to do with looks than you'd even imagine.

Besides, the population in the US and Europe would be getting thinner , not fatter if fashion magazines and the media provoked anorexia since the idea body type has been getting thinner even in the past decade
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