For a long time, awful treatment was just considered part of the modeling deal.
Young models would be put on restrictive diets, ordered to lose weight in absurdly short amounts of time, and have their ‘flaws’ pointed out to their face with no consideration of how it might affect their mental state.
Add in constant travel, little sleep, and being ordered to walk in shoes that no human should be able to walk in, and being a model hasn’t been quite as fun as non-models assume it must be. And designers have got away with it, because poor treatment of models is just part and parcel of the industry.
Now, models are starting… Read the full story