I feel the modeling/fashion industry should take steps on getting models which represents the majority.Yes or?

I agree 100% because the majority of us are not stick skinny or model tall...although I'm 5'8" I'm not anorexic skinny either. I feel that most fashion industry are very limited with what they have to offer because the only people who can wear their clothes line are people who fit the model type physique. To add insult to injury, models on magazine covers are airbrushed like crazy and average joes and janes are forever trying to be what they can never be because the perfection they're trying to sell doesn't really exists.

I think that's a great idea.

However it's worth taking into consideration that some people are just model-skinny; so whilst I'd LOVE to see a heap of sizes 12 and 14 models in catalogues and strutting the catwalks, I think it'd be great to still keep on some of the skinny models. And get some overweight models too. Because in response to some of the comments above, size 16 is not always unhealthy. A healthy weight is something your body finds for itself when you eat right and exercise, whether that's size 6 or size 18!

Everyone wears clothes, and it makes sense to have modelling represent this.

(p.s. Spain is starting a move towards this, and recently an Australian designer caused uproar at a show after choosing women up to size twelve to model her new swimwear range. Power to the Ladies!)

The problem is the 'majority' happen to actually be overweight. So no, I don't think this is a good idea. However, I do not think having models that are underweight is any better.

I think models should be healthy weights and sizes. If they actually used more petitie models, then a size 2/4 would be ok, but not when they are 6ft tall and don't even get me started on size 0! HTH : )

sure, but the AVERAGE American is overweight. So I think the skinny models are doing just fine. If models looked like the "average" person then they'd all be FAT! And that would make more women think it's ok to be overweight. And no one likes looking at fat people!

Runway models are TOO skinny, but the average model on the cover of a magazine is what you should look like. I do. :)

the conventional guy or woman is merely too fats. the reality regrettably is that outfits do look plenty greater effective putting from a skeleton. the variety marketplace is interior the corporation of advertising clothing and could not do o.k. with its designs stretched over a barrel of lard bowling down the catwalk. those fashions certainly inspire fats-assed women human beings to consume much less.

Yes, being skinny is not always healthy. Showing your ribcage is ugly in my opinion.