Models don't have to be skinny, they have to be diverse and healthy, whatever their weight. Not everyone is supposed to be thin, some women are big boned and curvy, some are naturally thin and small boned, some are tall, some are short, some are light skinned and some are darker. There are so many different looks in the world today and the fashion industry needs to change the perception of perfection. Body image in our society is out of control. We have young men and women comparing themselves to unrealistic models and images in the media and feeling guilty about the way their bodies look because they somehow don't measure up. (Dunham, 2011) The fight for models to be thin has led to models becoming anorexic or bulimic, premature deaths and inferiority complexes. Even worse is the fact that they influence an entire generation of young women who look up to these models and think that “thin” is the way they should be. They influence what we buy, how we eat and what we wear. Why has this specific group caught our attention so much? Why do we seem so fascinated by their lives, to the point of trying to look and act just like them? The media is largely to blame for this, many people believe that the media has forced the idea that everything supermodels do is ideal. Others believe that society is to blame because we have created a glamor for their lives. There are many opinions and I agree with both of these specific opinions. We are fascinated by the lives of these people and the media representation of their lives also seems to fascinate us. (Customessaymeister, 2013) Despite the serious risks of forcing models to become too thin, designers, fashion editors, brands and fashion agencies are still... middle of paper... in the modern age defining beautiful as having less weight. (WiseGeek, n.d.) Another argument is that thinness is a feminist issue and they simply use it as a headline because 39.4 million Americans suffer from obesity and the UK NHS survey on disordered eating found 620 hospital treatments for anorexia or bulimia (with some patients recorded twice or more) for the period 2005 to 2006 compared to 17,458 for the same period for obesity. They also claim that more material is saved when the models are slimmer and the clothes appear more elegant and drape effortlessly on the slimmer models. Most models and stylists argue that models should not eat and that they should be thin to sell more clothes or appear more attractive. In conclusion, I hope that most fashion brands start to diversify and change the idea that fashion models need to be thin