Is it fashionable to be so skinny you're ribs stick out? How far is too far to go for fashion? Is it beautiful to starve yourself? Studies have shown that girls as young as 8 are dieting or have tried to diet. This short essay will, look at the two main illnesses of anorexia and bulimia, and also have a look at some examples from the media, where fashion inadvertently causes these illnesses in youths. Firstly, …showed first 75 words of 1061 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1061 total…don't end up like this!" All these sources show that thinness is very important in the fashion world, but even if illnesses do develop, treatment is available and as in the case of Sophie Dahl, who sadly went on a crash diet to lose all her weight, which made other models comment on how she was losing her looks as well as her weight, you can still have a figure and still be a model.