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How Skinny is too Skinny?

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The newest proposed solution for monitoring models' health comes today, out of France. The French parliament's lower house just approved a bill that, if passed by the Senate in coming weeks, could effectively make it illegal for anyone to "incite extreme thinness."

The law would allow a judge to imprison and fine any offending fashion magazines, advertisers, and web sites up to $71,000. Didier Grumbach, president of the French Federation of Couture, expressed strong disapproval:

Never will we accept in our profession that a judge decides if a young girl is skinny or not skinny. That doesn't exist in the world, and it will certainly not exist in France.

I feel the bill has a great meaning and a great purpose but not so sure how anyone can legally prove whether someone "excessively" "incited others to deprive themselves of food." hmmm.. I know this has always been an issue in the industry...what do you all think??

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