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Skinny models & New York City

  • Models who try to stay skinny - at a cost - "Milan is the only city of the four world fashion centers - with New York, London and Paris - to ban models with a body-mass index of less than 18.5 from shows." Skinny model spotlight on New York (tvnz.co.nz)
  • Model staying slim - while pregnant - Supermodel Natalia Vodianova discusses how dieting led to consequences after giving birth. Article also discusses being comfortable with food Hardly a model diet (Toronto Star)
  • Italy fashion industry to fight anorexia

    Italy was once famed for the sultry, full-bodied beauties it contributed to the international scene. A month after the death of an anorexic Brazilian model, the Italian government teamed up with the fashion industry Friday to promote a "healthy, sunny, generous, Mediterranean model of beauty."

    ...article continues here and also here...

    Underweight models

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    Too-skinny models banned in Madrid... calls for bans on anorexic models... and other info on skinniness-gone-too-far reactions:

    New York Fashion Week & the hottie index

    A week of design, along with the see to be scene...

  • Fashion Week - "Vogue Editor in Chief — and tennis fan — Anna Wintour, wearing a black-and-white de la Renta dress, greeted Federer with a hug and a pat on the back..." Celebs show faces at Fashion Week


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  • Todayonline - "New York's fashion week gets into full flow this weekend with a record number of shows on the catwalk and the promise of more color in the spring-summer 2007 collections after a fall of dark tones." fashion article
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    College students who model

    "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful - and smart"

    A story in the Village Voice about College Students who model refers to one student who estimated her earnings as a model, while in school, at $80,000 and $90,000 (US) per year.

    Another older (2005) article, not quite related, is Models strut graduating fashion students' stuff (San Francisco Chronicle).

    And in Malaysia...

    Morgan Fairchild joins the cast of "Fashion House."

    Fairchild, age 56, will play "Sophia Blakely", and joins actress Bo Derek on the show. The Fashion House show looks at the fashion industry. The show is on My Network, which is launching in September on TV channels being displaced by UPN's closing.

    Story appears here - Fairchild moves into MyNet's "House" (Reuters) - and also here Morgan Fairchild Joining 'Fashion House' (WTOP news).

    French PM's daughter Marie de Villepin is Givenchy's new model

    Blue-eyed Marie de Villepin, 20, the daughter of French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, was chosen Givenchy to be the model for its latest perfume "Angel or Demon". She will use her stage name, Steiss.

    Story appears here Daughter of de Villepin to head campaign (UPI), also in the UK De Villepin girl comes up smelling of roses, and

    Yoga, Pilates help models stay fit

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    This article from Canada highlights how fashion models stay fit with exercise.