I recognize some of the models in those pics and those aren't their bodies. But the pictures bring up a very real issue that young girls face in this country. Everyone is so weight conscious that young girls feel like they need to starve themselves to be beautiful. This summer my 12 year old stepdaughter from Florida stayed with her dad and I. She is a beautiful girl and already at 12 years of age she has a very curvacious body. I call her mini J-Lo because she has that Jennifer Lopez booty.
My husband would tease her that if she kept eating the way she does, she is going to blow up. I warned him not to do that because she is very conscious of her body image and an innocent comment like that can cause her to stop eating. It is so sad to see girls like Nicole Ritchie wither down to skeletons. The worst part is no one helps these girls, in fact our society encourages it. It makes me so mad.
