Size 20 models

Recently there has been a big debate on ‘size 0’ as young girls and models are starving them selves and even killing them selves to be skinny. The Debate was sparked when 22 Year old Luisel Ramos died on a catwalk after starving herself for days. Skinny models and celebrities such as Marianne from make me a super model and Nichole Richie is examples of anorexic models that experts have band from the cat walk.
However, on October 4 2006 designer Jean Paul Gaultier proved “bigger is beautiful” and swapped the skinny size 0 models for a big size 20 model. The size 20 model strutted her stuff down the cat walk. On Gaultiers 30th anniversary in Paris for fashion week.

Some people do agree that Bigger is more beautiful and shows that woman can be beautiful no matter what their size;. But others disagree. “Being anorexic isn’t good but either is obesity”. James Whetzel Commented.
Other company’s such as Dove has also used big woman to campaign their products, to say that you don’t have to be skinny to be beautiful and that any size is or can be beautiful in addition to their new firming range. This has proved to work since the campaign they have sold millions more world wide.

Other people such as Body Shop has Set up a campaign called The Body Shop Anti-barbie doll campaign.

This is a campaign saying again that you don’t need to be thin; you can just be your self and feel great. It was also saying you don’t need to look like a Barbie doll and that you could look like this (the picture to your right).

Research has also shown that men prefer woman with curves. But Magazines, celebrities, the fashion industry and film do not help show that young girls and woman can be curvy and healthy; that they don’t have to be a size 0 to be happy and that a size 0 doesn’t mean that you are healthy,

So what do you think?
But is big beautiful or just plain obesity?
Is ‘size 0’ the new ‘size 20’? Or should the fashion world stay the same?
What are your views?

By Kiya