Vogue Magazine Bans Skinny, Underage Models From Its Pages

The editors of all 19 editions of Vogue around the world have pledged to use only healthy models no younger than 16 on their editorial pages in an attempt to shift the fashion industry's approach to body image, reports Australia's ABC News.

"Vogue editors around the world want the magazines to reflect their commitment to the health of the models who appear on the pages and the wellbeing of their readers," he added. In a six-point pact to appear in their respective June issues, the editors pledge to not to knowingly work with models under the age of 16 or with those "who appear to have an eating disorder". "We will work with models who, in our view, are healthy and help us to promote a healthy body image," they said. The editors will also instruct modelling agencies not to send them underage models, require casting directors to check models' ID prior to photo shoots and encourage "healthy backstage working conditions". Fashion designers, meanwhile, will be encouraged - though not obliged - to "consider the consequences of unrealistically small sample (dress) sizes ... which encourages the use of extremely thin models." "We will be ambassadors for the message of healthy body image," the pact concludes.

source: ABC News