SIZES OF MODELS

Early day motion 1240, tabled 31 March 2009 by Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 20 members.

That this House notes that approximately 24,000 16 to 18 year old women and men suffer from anorexia; further notes that for many the desire to be thin is driven by societal pressures that determine thin as beautiful; further notes that such pressures are fuelled by the media and fashion magazines, and therefore welcomes those positive images for average-sized and larger women such as the selection of Crystal Renn, a size 16, as the face and body of Evans and the promotion of this in the April edition of Cosmopolitan magazine; and therefore calls on all in the fashion industry to select models who are of larger sizes for inclusion in magazines.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 10, Labour 8, Conservative 1, Independent 1.