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Solution? Robots.
The fashion industry should develop a robot skeleton that can do the catwalk stomp down the runway. That way, they can indulge in their desire to not have a pesky body get in the way of the drape of the fabric. Naturally thin girls would find better things to do with their time, like take up track. Girls who are not naturally thin can chuckle at the robots and go buy kicky fun things that actually fit.
Seriously, though, shouldn't modelling be covered under existing child labor laws?
As for any arguments about anorexia - the photos and models are a trigger to something that already exists in the patient. From what I can tell about anorexia or bulimia, there are other problems besides a desire to look like a fashion model.