‘Too fat’ teen model spotlights fashion’s dark side
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It’s one thing to have a figure to die for, but quite another to risk your life for your figure — a truth that teenage model Alexandra Michael is glad she learned before it was too late.
“My kind of wake-up call was I was on a plane from Paris to Texas, which is where I’m from,” Michael told TODAY’s Ann Curry Wednesday in New York. “I ran my fingers through my hair and when I took my hand away, there was a dry, brittle clump of hair in my hand.”
Michael had started her modeling career in Texas as a 5-foot-9, 130-pound 15-year-old, and at every rung she climbed on her career ladder, she heard the same thing: She needed to take off a few pounds.
By Mike Celizic
TODAYShow.com contributor
updated 8:16 a.m. PT, Wed., May. 14, 2008
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“My kind of wake-up call was I was on a plane from Paris to Texas, which is where I’m from,” Michael told TODAY’s Ann Curry Wednesday in New York. “I ran my fingers through my hair and when I took my hand away, there was a dry, brittle clump of hair in my hand.”
Michael had started her modeling career in Texas as a 5-foot-9, 130-pound 15-year-old, and at every rung she climbed on her career ladder, she heard the same thing: She needed to take off a few pounds.
By Mike Celizic
TODAYShow.com contributor
updated 8:16 a.m. PT, Wed., May. 14, 2008
[For the rest of the article...Click the link]
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- MissJonaLyn
- 2 months ago
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The modeling industry has a right to choose the looks they want but ultimatly are they not tring to suit our ideals?
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- starlightblue
- 2 months ago
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