Models, do they really or they are all anorexic?

For the first time in history, a severely underweight woman became the female ideal with the arrival of model Twiggy. Lesley Lawson, world-known as Twiggy, was the first woman to become a super model. Although Twiggy was from England, she became famous throughout the world, especially in the USA. The fashion industry started to want skinny models to represent their clothing lines. Nowadays, we can see how the media has taken this horrible trend to the extremes.

Do models never really eat? The social media in the USA have caused an incredible impact in women perspective throughout the years. There are thousands of women magazines that emphasis the fact of being skinny. Many say that for a woman to be “sexy” or “attractive” they need to lose weight and be skinny.

Most of the time this reality is not exposed in obvious ways. Nevertheless, media uses only skinny girls to show a product. This situation impacts teenagers most of the time. There is a high percentage in the USA of teenagers with low self-esteem or anorexia. This is an evidence of how media can change peoples’ perspective and make them do certain things. There is a social implication expressing that girls need to be skinny.

In my opinion, social media has always had a powerful influence in peoples’ mind. In this case, it is clearly represented the message that they are trying to convey. This is affecting thousands of girls in the USA and around the world. However, we have seen the great power that American media has. We have also seen how popular the ‘weight loss programs’ are in America. It goes beyond the famous TV commercials; we can see this in all forms of media. Women working for the fashion industry are naturally skinny, that is their body constitution. They do in fact eat, many others don't because of the pressure to have "a perfect body." American media should promote being healthy and comfortable with your body.