Lets Decode Size Zero

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After the ramp was ruled by models resembling starving children from Somalia with a chest of 12-year old boys, Luisel Ramos fainted and later died of heart attack during one of the fashion shows. She weighed 44 kilograms, was 5 ft 9 inches tall and had a body mass index of 14.5. Luisel Ramos was only 22 years old and on a constant diet of lettuce leaves and diet coke for three months before she died. This shook the modeling world, that banned all the size zero models with BMI less than 18. The World health organization has declared BMI of 16 to be starvation.

This bought a screeching halt to the size zero demanded by the fashion industries. So, what is the 'size zero'? This is an American creation (like many other disastrous ones) that requires 31.5-inch bust, 23-inch waist and 34-inch hips. To acquire the size zero a woman has to cut down to 500 calories per day, against the 2000 calories per day on the normal basis.

Just when the world of glamor was recovering from the Anorexia attack, Bollywood actress, Kareena Kapoor serenades the camera with her wafer-thin size-zero. Her movie might have bombed, but nothing hit Karena Kapoor, as she was on the constant media coverage for her size zero image that even won her the the 'sexiest vegetarian' poll. This dug out the skeletons of anorexia and its harmful affects.

To be able to acquire the size zero one must be extremely be careful about its results as it should be done under the supervision of proper dietary intakes. Young girls should be ware that the size zero also leads to anorexia nervosa, a psychiatric disorder or bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder. As the youngsters today easily ape the celebrities and consider them as icons, it becomes the duty of the celebrity to portray the right image.

Not many people are ready to claim the blame, designers blame model-casting agents, who blame model agencies, who blame fashion stylists, who blame their editors, who blame designers for the thin aesthetic, and it starts all over again. But quite a few have been voicing their concern. 'You"ve got to have a bust line and a good butt to complement your waistline.' declares the top Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra. The other designers agree that they aim the common volumptious woman who loves her food as much as she loves her body. 'To me, this size means the girl has either disappeared into thin air or is just pre-pubescent. And am glad, I"ve never had the privilege to meet anyone of that size." says designer Nikasha.

On the close-up size zero is the 'girl locker room' talk, where the females themselves are the first ones to pounce on an inch more of flesh from the waist. As for the boys, 'sleek' is related to mobile phones, laptops and plasma TV, when it comes to women, the standard 36-24-36 sure is handful of desire. So, girls, 'Bon apitite'.

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