What I mean by this, and I am taking a very North American viewpoint, is that the Average person isn't that healthy anymore. I don't think obesity is any more healthy or attractive than anorexia. Both are serious disorders. Models should portray a rolemodel. Someone with toned muscle and defined curvature, who is obviously active, and is eating right. This, along with very open conversation on behalf of the fashion industry about the diet and exercise regimes of their models could have very positive effects, especialy for young girls. If girls were seeing women in the media who are portrayed as health conscious and hard working, their more likely to mimic that, which is could create a much healthier "average woman" in society.

though I find it common in some 'naturally thin' girls is that they don't pay attention to what type of food they eat or how much they need and tend to eat lots of crap like mr.noodle and pizza all the time. an example would be my brother who eats mc.d's everyday and is pretty thin, but he only eats when people give him food or he's out because he is a lazy fuck.

also for the model in question, she was bigger when she was on that mtv show so I doubt she's really healthy

And no, a lot of models actually do starve themselves without realizing. The nutritional intake of an average model in NY just plain stinks, with a lot of awful balances. If you take a look at the day of a model in NY magazine and tally up the nutrition she takes, you'd find she takes in an awful lot of carbs and not much in the veggies department. That's hardly healthy. She ate two red velvet cupcakes and therefore is she eating healthy? No.

I agree that some just have naturally small body parts, but having larger knees than the thighs is not normal.

The simple reason why there are no more Lindas and Naomis dominating the industry is because that kind of a body is VERY hard to come by. It is much easier to turn yourself into a skeleton than into Linda Evangelista, and much cheaper. I can say for certain, though, that I'd rather have Gisele's body than Kate Moss. But just how many of us can have that kind of curves?!

and to Samantha- i say that – for every 100 models who r naturally thin there might be one who starves her self and not the other way around like u would LOVE to assume – so stop trying to take our jobs away from us , just because there are some silly 16 year olds out there who don't take care of their bodies and give us all ( models ) bad names . I've been in the industry for over 8 years so i know.

so just stop the hate , people come in all sizes and shapes . skinny is beautiful too !!!!!!!!

We can also all agree: lets encourage each other to be healthy.

Ladies, we especially need to uplift each other in the body image department.

Just so you know, a few people are naturally very thin. It hurts thin people just as much when we hear the "God, she's anorexic" speech as when fat people hear the "Oh, if only you were thin." speech. I'm 5' 8", and 33-25.5-34. I hear it all the time, but have no E.D.

We all need to learn to live with our bodies and each other.

i never seen before too thin babes

amazing

great post…