Please. Just Have One Chicken Finger
mikethemadbiologist | September 11, 2006More than a few blogs have discussed the kerfuffle over the Australian fashion designer who had a runway show with women who were not emaciated. Not much to add, but I came across this survey of 100 models at Fashion Week. What shocked me weren't the eating habits, but their ages:
14-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
16-17 . . . . . . . . . . . 26
18-19 . . . . . . . . . . . 41
20-21 . . . . . . . . . . .24
Over 22 . . . . . . . . . . 4
That's right, 31% were younger than 18 (paging John Derbyshire...). Only 4% were over 21. What's even worse than the emaciation fetish (although that's pretty…