So when is the last time you let out a huge sigh and shoved your plate of food away on seeing those ultra-skinny and assumed “hot” models walking down the ramp?Or when was the last time you looked into the mirror and tried to compare yourself with those models ..saying Iwish I could be like them .If you have been undergoing such feelings a bit too regularly ,then my piece of advice is…….CUT IT OUT!Anorexia …………a problem that seems to have spread to a great extent amongst todays youth especially young girls.
Perhaps this is what prompted tv.show host Tyra Banks to invite a 14yr old girl Anorexic on her show. At just 5 years old, JUSTINE GALLAGHER was so afraid of gaining weight, she began skipping meals and eating paper instead. And she says the TV show, “America’s Next Top Model,” didn’t help her self image!
Justine recalled “I would eat a little bit of breakfast, a bite or two at lunch and a bite of each thing that my mom gave me at dinner and then the rest was paper,” “I had a little baby fat on me and I saw other kids being teased, and figured if I didn’t put on weight then I wouldn’t be made fun of.”Her nervous habit soon escalated into full-blown anorexia, and her weight dropped to a shocking 32 pounds. She began seeing a counselor, but when she tuned in to the reality competition show, “America’s Next Top Model,” several years ago, Justine says the images of all the young, thin girls on it sent her spiraling backwards.”I was kind of thinking that if that was the definition of the model, beautiful and skinny, then maybe I should be beautiful and skinny,” she said.
So Tyra Banks the face behind ” America’s next top model” invited Justine over . Well it does appear that it did have a great effect as
Justine said : “I watch it (America’s….) all the time and I see that they encourage the girls to eat, and I see that she’s trying really hard to encourage a good body image,” Justine says. “There were times I might think, ‘Maybe I won’t fit in now because I’m a certain weight.’ But I’d rather not fit in than be somebody who’s miserable and fits in!”
Well that is so true ….Tyra what should I say you amaze me everytime. And to all those girls.”the next time you shove your plate of food away just remember you could also become another Justine ……and perhaps you wont be as lucky as her !