Super-Skinny = Scary

Do you remember that commercial where the announcer says to the model "That burning desire within, it's called hunger!" (or something like that)

You know things are out of control when the government is stepping in to tell the fashion world what to do. Apparently the industry doesn't have the good sense to regulate itself on issues that seem obvious to the rest of us - such as models should not literally be starving to death.

Setting such unrealistic standards for female beauty not only encourages women to starve themselves to achieve the perfect size, but also discourages others who are trying to eat healthy and exercise but can't achieve that kind of figure.

"The ban on 'skinny' models performing in shows, instituted by Madrid Fashion Week organizers after a model died during a show in South America last month, sent shivers around the world of haute.

But many people in and out of the fashion world believe the new ban is long overdue, and should have been considered even before 22-year-old Uruguayan model Luisel Ramos reportedly died of heart failure after stepping off a runway during Fashion Week in Montevideo."

It's a shame that someone had to die for someone to take action.

ABC News: New Message to Models: Eat!