And health is more important than any promise of fame or success. Enjoying your childhood and adolescence should be a priority.
This is a work environment that values girls solely for how much their exteriors can be commodified, sexualizes them without any regulation or emotional support, and encourages their thinness at any cost. The entire construct - placing young women on pedestals where they are exploited, prematurely sexualized and constantly reminded that their value has an expiration date - needs some serious rethinking. In this OMW promotional video we feature several images from a recent. Olivia is an excellent Teen Model from Europe. OMW Teen Modeling Video Featuring Olivia. The fact is, very few models actually “make it.” Year after year young women sacrifice an education and their own well-being for the misdirected hopes of what modeling might someday bring. Models presented in this video are Norina, Panna, Mirtil, Adrienn, and Helga. Outside the industry, young women gaze at these models’ images and become increasingly dissatisfied with their own bodies, often feeling driven to sacrifice their own health just to look like them.Ĭhildhood, education and health should come first. Many models in the industry are trapped deep in the throes of body image issues and eating disorders. The message that sex sells, skinny sells, youth sells and perfection sells has led countless young women into mental and physical health crises. If you show up to a photo shoot and the only size available is a double-zero, the unspoken expectation is still loud and clear. And all too often there is an implicit size expectation. There is pressure on young girls to get thinner without any nutritional guidance or concern for the link between dieting and disordered eating.
The impact of the industry’s body size and weight standards cannot be overlooked. The modeling industry has very real and very dangerous body-size standards. Young models are expected to shrug off their instincts and comply with the industry’s very grown-up demands. It’s challenging for young people to assert boundaries, to trust their instincts and to determine whether an adult in a position of power is doing right by them. Employment of minors is only one of many of the industry’s perilous practices in need of radical transformation. While a new age requirement is a step in the right direction, even at 16, models are entering an adult world with adult expectations and adult problems. Young models are children in an adult industry.Īs a model for nearly 25 years, and now a mother of two young daughters, I have a strong and certainly personal viewpoint on some of the dangerous and often overlooked pressures within the modeling industry. We should remember three crucial facts when we talk about teenage models and age limits.
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