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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The BMI requirmen under the EU law is 18[/quote]

honestly that is high for a minimum. i had a bmi of 17.5 in high school and now i'm just under 18 in my 40s.  i don't diet, never been anorexic - just naturally thin, but there are plenty of women thinner than me, especially in france.[/quote]

Teens have a lower normal range for BMI, so your 17.5 is not that unusual.  And at a BMI of 18 you could work in the industry.  There is a big difference between 17 and 18, basically the last ten pounds of fat you have left.

There are plenty of thinner women, and a bunch of them have eating disorders.  [/quote]

That's my point. I wasn't and am not that unusual so the minimum is set too high. Many models are teens and I would think a bmi minimum of 18 would have many of them overeating to reach it if they're naturally thin. That's not healthy either. [/quote]

Teenagers need not be models. Why should they be?[/quote]

Did you read the thread (off topic) about finding a "credible" children's modeling agency?  Parents see ka ching and instantly whore off their kids.  [/quote]

There're age-appropriate jobs (I think we can all agree that Seventeen and Teen Vogue fashion spreads should be modeled by teens!) and there're completely inappropriate jobs. I wouldn't allow my children to model, but recognize that a need exists. But why are clothes intended for adult women - perhaps 1-3% of whom will keep a truly teenaged-[i]shaped[/i] body well into adulthood - designed and fitted with 15 year olds in mind? And why is their natural body fat level - unnatural to many normal, healthy-weight adult women - the enforced standard on the runway? [/quote]

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