The Model & Celeb Weight Thread [Read post #1 before posting] #1

[carmen_kass]

^So true, I saw "I'm A Boy Annorexic" on Youtube and this boy said he ate around 200 calories a day (like half a sandwich), and he cycled for four hours a day and did Karate as well, and that was while he weight 5 stone and 5 pounds (75 pounds), granted he was 14, short and young but the thought of his little legs peddling that much while his stomach was completely empty, really got to me. I doubt any model is 75 pounds, not even Snejana or Siri at their thinnest, so it doesn't surprise me at all that these young models can starve and still constantly be on the run, they're young and their bodies can take it. Though I suppose it catches up with you, I hope it doesn't for their sake.

[kasippu]

Come on
kate moss healthy? kate moss?
I think we all now how she stays thin! she is anything but healthy!

[DandyWarhol]

okay.. when one has an eating disorder, they can still have massive amounts of energy (or drive), even though it doesnt make sense for them to (you know, know food put in, no energy released).. there IS evidence showing this, even Marya Hornbacher writes in her book "Wasted" that when she was going through her lowest point of having EDs (anorexia and bulimia, she suffered since she was NINE years old) she was still running around, working like a dog, excersizing, still completely functioning. whether or not their energy is more psychological or not could be arguable, but it is fully possible for a model with an eating disorder to continue modelling without showing signs of fatigue.

[masquerade]

Originally Posted by smartarse

do you have a boyfriend/husband or male friends? see how THEY eat? like that.

oic, I didn't know all men ate the same way and all women ate the same way.

your comment is misogynistic and misandric

[smartarse]

Originally Posted by masquerade

oic, I didn't know all men ate the same way and all women ate the same way.

your comment is misogynistic and misandric

i'm speaking typically of men in general.

[*Bianca*]

Originally Posted by Les_Sucettes

Exactly I totally agree, but Not all the girls that are very skinny because they model and are pressured to diet have eating disorders.

I know, I never said all do.

Hmm, maybe I misinterpreted your post.... what I inferred was that you were saying that someone who models for a profession can't at the same time develop an eating disorder (or spiral down into an eating disorder from an extreme-diet) as it's something that was a result of work-pressure.

If I'm wrong in what you said, then plz ignore this

People aren't born with an eating disorder at birth - they are born with a vulnerability. Again, eating disorders need triggers. Whether that trigger be a reaction to more traumatic events such as molestation or abuse....or the lesser though traumatic: school stress, work stress, bullying, family dynamics, parents divorcing, change of location (such as when girls move to college), beauty and fashion ideals, etc.... I don't think that the level of trauma that preceded the ED should judge whether or not someone's problems are more real than others. Does that make sense? We just can't know what someone is experiencing unless we are inside that persons head.

but i do not think at all that is the same as having a full blown eating disorder, almost all the models that have been talking mention issues with food but that's very different from having a full blown mental disease that is for life and does no go away by someone telling you to eat again because the "Anorexia look" is out.

I agree that an ED doesn't go away by someone telling you to eat, but my point to your original post (which I think this was a reply to?) was that you don't have to have a full blown eating disorder to actually have an eating disorder. Severities vary. Those who have full-blown ones, most likely did not START as full-blown, but it was something that escalated with time. IDK, I think when we begin to compare severities to judge how 'real' someone's problem is, we'll find that there's always going to be someone more severe than what we thought was severe.

Again, if I totally misinterpreted your posts then I'm sorry. I don't want to be putting words in your mouth.

Basically what it comes down to, as its often been said, just as we can't assume that ALL models get eating disorders because of their job, we also can't assume that NONE do.

[masquerade]

Originally Posted by smartarse

i'm speaking typically of men in general.

but the stereotypes you use highlight the underlying societal issues that influence how men and woman are viewed and the body issues and restrictions women, and to a lesser extent, men, deal with.

as a post above you suggests, men are not immune to eating disorders.

[nyc_art_style]

Originally Posted by Marcel

she's so fat now that it hurts my eyes
disgusting how can she walk down the runways without getting a heart attack because of her "new extra weight"

is it wrong that i laughed hysterically at this?

[AnaBGD]

^ No, so did I

[lilypetal]

Originally Posted by carmen_kass

^So true, I saw "I'm A Boy Annorexic" on Youtube and this boy said he ate around 200 calories a day (like half a sandwich), and he cycled for four hours a day and did Karate as well, and that was while he weight 5 stone and 5 pounds (75 pounds), granted he was 14, short and young but the thought of his little legs peddling that much while his stomach was completely empty, really got to me. I doubt any model is 75 pounds, not even Snejana or Siri at their thinnest, so it doesn't surprise me at all that these young models can starve and still constantly be on the run, they're young and their bodies can take it. Though I suppose it catches up with you, I hope it doesn't for their sake.

I completely agree, the fear of failing, and the deception that goes hand in hand with an eating disorder would be more than enough to keep a girl moving and putting on positive happy front for other people.

why do you think models have such a reputation as caffeine addicts?

Yes some are genetically blessed, some are naturally thin, but most have to go the extra mile with their diet whether they are naturally thin or not.

[superFashion]

Originally Posted by Marcel

she's so fat now that it hurts my eyes
disgusting how can she walk down the runways without getting a heart attack because of her "new extra weight"

Of course she is still very very thin, but she did NOt loose weight like other models,

she gained - I admit - a very little bit.

Louis Vuitton fall/winter 06/07 (celebritycity)
versus Prada Cruise spring summer 2009 (firstview):






Of course she still has a very very small body frame,
but she looks very beautiful now, no protuding ribcage or collarbones anymore:


firstview

Thats my personal view of Vlada.
If you disagree, please don't pick on me or her.

[MissAnia]

This is weight thread not Vlada thread. We should focus on weight not on our worships .

[superFashion]

Originally Posted by MissAnia

This is weight thread not Vlada thread. We should focus on weight not on our worships .

Thats true.

She is only an example, that you dont have to loose more and more weight every season like Siri, Kim and many others. I think she is an example that you can be very very successful without that.

[nyc_art_style]

no offense superfashion, but i think valda is a horrible example.

[iluvjeisa]

Originally Posted by smartarse

take a look at the Thread : Models in a Hurry at the Etc of the Modeling World sub forum ...

if a model is suffering with eating disorder/anorexia can she do what these girls do?

*i say there's no way a model with such disorder can have that much energy , stress and adrenaline even if the model was starving themselves for 5 months straight. IMO.

I don't understand why you even say that. Do we have to start with all our little euphemisms again - dopamine, medicine, mother's little helper...ahnd the list goes on