USEFUL WEBSITES

http://www.stormmodels.com/womenboards/mainboard-women


http://www.premiermodelmanagement.com/

http://www.nextmodels.com/#/home


http://www.elleuk.com/

http://www.vogue.co.uk/

http://fordmodels.tumblr.com/

NEWS ARTICLES

NEWS RELATING TO MY TOPIC

http://www.newser.com/story/114849/sad-secrets-of-the-modeling-world.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/opinion/its-fashion-week-poor-models.html?_r=2

http://www.newser.com/story/76784/model-lara-stone-people-still-call-me-fat.html

http://www.newser.com/story/94130/australia-tries-to-ban-super-skinny-models.html

http://www.newser.com/story/139901/marc-jacobs-sends-girls-14-down-runway.html

STATISTICS

STATISTICS about the health related issues that are commonly associated with models and the industry...

• In 1950 the models closely resembled the average measurements of women of that time

• The average U.S woman is 5'4" and weighs 140 pounds, in contrast the average U.S model is 5'11" and weighs 117 pounds

• Some of the pictures of models that are featured in magazines do not  really exist. The images are computer modified of different body parts, from alternate people.

• Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman now (today) she weighs 23% less

• Kate moss one of the most famous and influential models of our time is 5'7" and weighs 95 pounds. that is 30% below ideal body mass. 

• Supermodel Elle Macpherson  also meets the body mass index physical criteria for anorexia

•  In a study, 3 out of 4 woman stated that they were overweight although in fact only 1 out f 4 of them actually was. 

GENERIC RESEARCH - BEING A MODEL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2abkUwPI5Q


This three-part series takes a look at the unforgiving world of fashion, from the models whose faces grace the covers of Vogue to the people who find them, groom them and put them there

'A good model can advance fashion by ten years.' Yves Saint Laurent

'If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.' Lord Chesterfield

'A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.' Edith Head

'When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.' Lord Chesterfield

'In difficult times fashion is always outrageous.' Elsa Schiaparelli

'We live not according to reason, but according to fashion.' Seneca

'The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates.' Dave Barry

RESEARCH INTO MODELING

MODEL DEFINITION

A model, sometimes referred to as a mannequin is a person who is employed to display advertise and promote commercial products (predominantly fashion garments)