against

Against

After the deaths of several models in a short time span in 2006, there was a huge outcry to stop the Size Zero craze. Women were taking extreme measures in order to be as thin as possible.
It has been reported that models will live on packs of cigarettes, diet pills, daily colonics and laxatives are the weapons and also metabolism boosting injections. Many models themselves are calling for size zero to be banned and telling of their stories of the pressure to become a tiny Size Zero. "When Crystal Renn was anorexic, her career as a model flourished. She had had heart palpitations. She was so weak that she fainted if she walked too far, and her bones had poked out sharply from under her paper-thin, taut, grey skin. But she was a US size zero – a UK size two – and the work rolled in." (The Observer, 2009)

Doctors are warning of the Size Zero Faze impacts as more than 600 children under 13 have been admitted to hospital with anorexia, they blame the "Size Zero Culture", however with anorexia, there is more to blame then just the size zero culture. However, it is clear that to be size zero does not come naturally to all. The risks of trying to obtain a skinny body, if the body does not receive the nutrients it needs, the results can be deadly as found with the death of four models in 2006.


After the deaths of the four models many fashion designers and fashion shows were urged to not use size zero models. After the 2006 deaths, Milan Fashion Show and the Madrid Fashion show banned underweight models with the Spanish fashion industry banning models under the healthy BMI of 18.  (The Telegraph, 2007)



There are very few who are a size zero naturally and men and women should be celebrated for their size no matter what size they are. 


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Whitelocks, S.'Cigarettes, daily colonics, laxatives, pills': Model reveals horrifying dieting methods used by peers to shed weight for fashion week (2012) Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2198961/Cigarettes-daily-colonics-laxatives-pills-Model-reveals-horrifying-dieting-methods-used-peers-shed-weight-fashion-week.html#ixzz2SXVq6FDj [Accessed on 27 April 2013]


Derbyshire, D.Fashion leaders refuse to ban size zero models (2007) Available from:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1540595/Fashion-leaders-refuse-to-ban-size-zero-models.html [Accessed on 27 April 2013]

For Size Zero

If people want to be Size Zero , let them be happy!

As much as people are against the size zero there are many who want to be a size zero and are striving to get the size zero look.

Another factor to consider is: is it fair to punish models who are naturally very thin? After the size zero debate started in 2006 as a result of models deaths and many designers refused to hire size zero models does this mean that if you are naturally very slim you will not be allowed to get a job?

Although many fashion events were urged to ban underweight models some fashion weeks refused to ban the size zero. The British fashion Council said that rather than ban size zero they will work hard to promote healthy weights. Models will be asked to "provide medical certificates to prove they are a healthy weight." (The Telegraph, 2007) This means that in some cases you can be a size zero and a successful fashion model as long as you are healthy.

In 2011 The Telegraph reported that scientists at a London university have found that being thin can be in a perons genes, and that they cannot change their small sizes due to their thin gene. (The Telegraph, 2011)

There has even been a cream created called "Size Zero" by Rodial, claiming that this cream will give you younger looking skin, and a more toned contour. (Rodial.co.uk) Although there are no claims that the cream will turn a person into a size zero, the cream has been named size zero, giving indication that many woman are wanting to be a size zero and with claims that results can be seen in just four weeks! Who could resist?!

                    The Rodial size zero cream could be the answer for many looking to lose weight!



But who's decision is it? If a person wants to be slim and a Size Zero then it must be their decision.









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Adams, S (20011) Size Zero? Maybe you've got the thin gene Available from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8733022/Size-Zero-Maybe-youve-got-the-thin-gene.html (Accessed on 25 April 2013)

Rodial; Size Zero Available From: http://www.rodial.co.uk/product/bodycare-TUMMY-TREATMENT/size-zero/384?gclid=CL6nnIeW97YCFTIQtAodxDQACg (Accessed on 25 April 2013)