Image of ultra-thin Ralph Lauren model sparks outrage

[bytor2112]

Someone needs to feed this gal a cheesburger and milkshake!!

[Guest Godless]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Looks like someone needs to have their Photoshop privileges revoked.

[Gwen]

reminds me of meg..... well at least they tried to balance meg out with some hips but not sure it helped much....

[Generally_Me]

You've seen those big-headed puppy pictures, right? That's what this made me think of. Also a Bratz doll. I don't see why anyone took that picture seriously.

[beefche]

bytor, your comment reminded me of when Glenn Beck had Janice Dickinson on his program (when he was on cnn). He told her that he thinks models are way too thin and whenever he sees her he wants to say, "eat a sandwich!" She said to bring her one and she would eat it. So, they brought her a sandwich, she took a nibble and Beck ridiculed her for her nibble. He said he likes real women who can take a big bite of a sandwich without being self conscious. It was actually really funny and she took it as humor.

[Honor]

Reminds me of a Tim Burton character...

You know it's bad when the corpse bride chick looks curvy compared to the Ralph Lauren model.

[talisyn]

If she was 7 years old she'd be taken away from her parents for child neglect

[Misshalfway]

That cover is totally airbrushed. 200 bucks they made her look skinnier than she really is.

[TruthSeekerToo]

I truly hope that she is healthy and that pic is altered. Speaking as one thin woman to another...

[Generally_Me]

There's no way it's a real picture. Has anyone here ever met a woman that had a bigger head than pelvis? Bigger hands than butt? Aerodynamics would result in her falling over when whe tries to walk.

Here's another ad I was told was with the same model.

http://www.blogherbaldiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ralph-lauren.jpg

[Hemidakota]

bytor, your comment reminded me of when Glenn Beck had Janice Dickinson on his program (when he was on cnn). He told her that he thinks models are way too thin and whenever he sees her he wants to say, "eat a sandwich!" She said to bring her one and she would eat it. So, they brought her a sandwich, she took a nibble and Beck ridiculed her for her nibble. He said he likes real women who can take a big bite of a sandwich without being self conscious. It was actually really funny and she took it as humor.

Younger also...I guess you need people who are not bound by pre-mature wrinkles.

[Hemidakota]

That cover is totally airbrushed. 200 bucks they made her look skinnier than she really is.

How many mags or rag sheets, where the front cover is airbrushed to conceal the person true looks?

[talisyn]

There's no way it's a real picture. Has anyone here ever met a woman that had a bigger head than pelvis? Bigger hands than butt? Aerodynamics would result in her falling over when whe tries to walk.

Here's another ad I was told was with the same model.

http://www.blogherbaldiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ralph-lauren.jpg

She looked just fine in that ad. That's the problem with these magazines. They take people who for the most part look just fine (if a little underfed) and make them into Revenge of the Stick People with Amazing Mammaries. It's that attitude that made me stop buying magazines. That was about when Vogue said they wouldn't feature Oprah on the cover because she 'didn't fit their image' (too chubby). I understand she's been on the cover since, but their comment has always stuck with me

[Generally_Me]

Revenge of the Stick People with Amazing Mammaries

Love it!

[Gwen]

Was the photoshopped Ralph Lauren model fired for being overweight? - Fashion + Beauty on Shine

[ADoyle90815]

Here's an excellent ad from Dove showing what is done for fashion magazines.

YouTube - Evolution

[Bini]

Here's an excellent ad from Dove showing what is done for fashion magazines.

YouTube - Evolution

I try to use just Dove products because of their bringing awareness to this very issue. Anyway, seen that vid quite awhile back and it definitely opens your eyes a bit to the whole photoshopping process :]

And 120lbs at 5'10 is crazy thin! My heaviest is like 115lbs at 5 foot.

[Connie]

Was the photoshopped Ralph Lauren model fired for being overweight? - Fashion + Beauty on Shine

Well, they must have a different calculation system than what everyone else uses. According to BMI she is underweight.

[unixknight]

I, for one, do not understand the motive for this. I mean, do people REALLY find that extreme waif look attractive? Do the marketing people for these magazines really believe this is what gets mens' attention?

And why aren't more guys out there speaking up?

I find this incredibly unattractive, not only because these are obviously not human proportions, but because even when not airbrushed most supermodels these days are ridiculously thin.

I find healthy looking women attractive. I think most men do.

And if we're talking more than just healthy but into the chubby range, that's fine too. Still way more attractive than these waifs. I'd much rather be married to an overweight woman than one I can count the ribs on from twenty paces.

Curves, people!