Is Thin Still In?

Over the past decades, the media has been very powerful in influencing females of all age, portraying the superficial meaning of being beautiful. Thin, beautifully airbrushed models wearing sexy swimsuits on the covers of the magazines and on television ads are creating an illusion to viewers, an illusion that if u can't be this then you're less than attractive.. not sexy.. not hot.. just NOT IN!

However recently, with the alarming cases of bolemia and anorexia, the perception of being thin become less influential in fact, degrading. Celebrities who become abruptly thin almost skin and bones are faced with criticisms. Calista Fockhart and Ellen Pompeo were the TV's target. Now, the young actresses of '90210' namely Shenae Grimes, Jessica Stroup and AnnaLynne McCord are taking heat from blogs, publications even their male co-stars have stepped in to convince them to eat.

Fashion shows such as the ongoing Spain's top fashion show Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week doesn't allow models to walk down the catwalk for being too skinny. Each model undergoes Body Mass Index calculation done by the World Health Organization (WHO) itself. Body Mass Index calculated on a height-weight ratio, a model must measure at least 18 to be considered healthy. A model measuring 1.75 metres, for instance, must thus weigh at least 56 kilograms.

It's good that having this measure, media-pressured teens would develop their self-esteem and self-worth even without desperately shrinking their bodies.