Is Anorexia No Longer Hot?
From Yahoo:
Naomi? No way. Kate? She's a string bean! There's a new class of model on the scene, and they’re threatening to shove the supermodels off the catwalk (or at least elbow them aside momentarily). These bold newcomers aren't rail thin or waiflike. In fact, some of them look kinda like, well, you or me. So settle in your seats -- these gals are about to strut their stuff…
Appearing in their pale undies and pearly whites, the Dove girls open our fashion show. The "real women have real curves" campaign sent searches on "dove.com" fluttering up 164% this week. Regardless of the ability of a cream to firm thighs (did someone say "snake oil"?), these beaming models charmed the Search box.
You don't have to confess to crooning "Uptown Girl" to recognize our next model. Christie Brinkley (+468%) waltzed back into the spotlight with word of her return to CoverGirl. She's going to peddle a new line of cosmetics for women 30 and over. Yeah, yeah, she's a supermodel of yore -- she doesn't exactly look like the girl next door. But the fact that she's making a comeback at 51 is reason enough to rejoice. Just the thought of it sent legions of middle-aged men into a swoon: The vast majority of searches on the blond beauty came from 40- and 50-year-old guys.
Following the former Mrs. Billy Joel down the catwalk, the lovely Brittany Harper paused to smile for the Buzz cameras. Searches on the plus-sized 20-year-old rose 437% after a recent profile in Teen People. The young lady competes in beauty pageants against "average-sized" girls -- and wins. You go, girl!
So has the age of tummies and hips arrived? We're not ditching our calorie-counters yet, but we just heard of Nike's new "thunder thighs" campaign, and we like the sound of it.
And of course we get conflicting messages. Here's the text at thinthin.com:
Want to be thin? Thin is in - has been since the beginning of time. But being thin doesn't always mean healthy. Achieving optimum health should always be a person's primary goal - and those other things will slowly slip into place.
Thin Thin is packed with weight loss articles, diet recipes, fun weight loss suggestions, weight loss advice and dieting tips that are intended to make getting healthy FUN! We've got diet tables, information on diet labels, diet fables and information on diet exercising equipment and cables - all intended to help make you diet able - to reach optimum health safely.
This prologue is followed by several Google Ads. Those who know Google Ads know that the webmasters have minimal control over the content of the ads that appear on their pages (although certain domains can be blocked). Well, after this message about optimum health, here are the Google Ads that appear:
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Ouch.
Meanwhile, recent Mary-Kate Olsen news doesn't have anything to do with eating disorders:
While Ashley will reportedly be returning to Manhattan for her sophomore year at New York University, her darker-haired sister will be pursuing independent study opportunities elsewhere, reportedly at a California art school, according to Us Weekly magazine.
However, the teen queens' rep, Michael Pagnotta denied reports that Mary-Kate was transferring from NYU's Gallatin School, where the 19-year-old twins completed their freshman year in May.
"Mary-Kate is not transferring from NYU," Pagnotta said in a statement to E! News. "She will be doing approved independent study for credit through the Gallatin School in the fall. She will continue to be enrolled there."...
Luckily for Ashley, Mary-Kate's change of plans won't affect her living situation. The duo moved into separate apartments in January and placed the $7.3 million condo they purchased together but never inhabited on the market in March....
According to Us Weekly, Mary-Kate's decision to study on the West Coast may have been partly motivated by someone else she's grown close to recently.
The diminutive actress has reportedly been dating Greek shipping heir and L.A. film student Stavros Niarchos of late....
However, Mary-Kate's decision to delve deeper into art studies is likely academically motivated as well, seeing as the teen has displayed a bona fide interest in the arts at NYU and spent last spring interning for Annie Leibovitz....
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