Should the modeling industry be done away with?

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I don’t understand questions like this. There is no entity that can eliminate any one industry the world over. Why eliminate one industry when others are just as problematic, often in similar ways. You might as well suggest that we eliminate the sport of gymnastics because of how very badly USAG botched the handling of known sexual abuse of children.
 
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Modeling that does focus on the body, I think, should be done away with. Any modeling that says “this is beautiful, if you don’t look like this, you’re broken or not good enough” should be done away with, because that leads to lots of low self esteem for many women and men.
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Isn’t this equivalent to saying that people who are born with natural God-given intelligence should be glorified because of it, but people born with natural God-given beauty should be told that they are no more beautiful than anyone else?
 
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Often, in the modling industry, we get a lot of people who look similar. Hourglass figures, women with big chests and big rears, or something of the sort. And because these women are always portrayed as beautiful, anyone who does not look the same way might feel as if they can’t be as beautiful because they naturally aren’t like those models - even though a lot of those models aren’t naturally like that, either.
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OK, I agree with a lot of this. I think that different societies emphasize different types of beauty, and it is good to counteract that.

However…
I wouldn’t quite say that beauty is necessarily a gift. The Bible says that beauty is vain. And it doesn’t last with age. So I wouldn’t put it on the same level as intelligence.
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I disagree with this. Beauty is one of God’s gifts, and it should not be denigrated, and we shouldn’t suggest it is utterly subjective. But as with all gifts, God loves ALL, not only those gifted in one particular way.
 
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Um, is there anything inherently wrong with a Facebook group that specializes in pictures of women wearing a certain type of outfit?
 
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I think a lot of people with really good looks grow up thinking that there is something wrong with them, because their gift is somehow morally bad or something. I hope we can find a way to validate their beauty without pretending that it is the only thing that matters.
 

The first woman in this video founded a magazine that doesn’t objectify the human body, so obviously she should be allowed to keep doing what she’s doing, which seems to be her passion
 
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I would guess on some level people have to take responsibility for their own eyes. The Gospel seems to focus on this more than it does on telling people who market clothes they are possibly making other people build lust or whatever the problem is.
 
Very well said. This includes any topless models who are otherwise covered in a fashion show.
 
The modeling industry consists of a number of self-styled designers, with a small clique regarded as the best. Recently, anorexic models have been banned, topless models should be banned. The idea that teenage girls are constantly shown that this face and this body shape is beautiful and then realizing their bodies do not look like that may lead to unhealthy behaviors and a distorted sense of what beauty is. Only models that fit what fashion designers regard as beautiful are acceptable and published. Then fashion buyers bring these clothes to various outlets and try to sell them. As an artist who understands average female anatomy, most women would not be able to fit in them. Dieting in an attempt to do so may be unhealthy for teenage girls and women in general.
 
God gave us free will.
The United States gave us free market.
I don’t understand how anyone could suggest that free will and free market should be done away with.
 
This not about a generalization. This is only about the modeling industry. God gave us His rules to follow for our own good and the good of others. There’s nothing wrong with being beautiful, but exploiiting women by forcing them to maintain a certain weight or exploiting their beauty by showing them nude or partially nude in “swimsuit” issues degrades their dignity.
 
Not all models are super skinny. For example swim suit models are way more curvy than fashion models. I see models in tv commercials that appeal to average and plus sized people.
 
No. However, it needs to be reformed and clothing needs to be more modest.
 
Aren’t there techniques to maintain modesty in modeling? I’ve even heard airbrushing is one way to go.
 
I knew a photographer who worked in the modeling industry. Sure, some photos were taken and certain features could be airbrushed out, but recently, Photoshop can do the same thing. I’ve seen exquisitely airbrushed, large format photos with a plastic overlay that circled whatever needed a highlight or wrinkle removed and other bits of touch-up. But runway models at fashion shows are another story. I recently saw a photo of a fashion model with bare breasts. This does nothing to accent the outfit she is wearing, but the ‘fashion elite’ were always trying to be daring, even shocking. Needless to say, this must stop. Human dignity starts with human decency. I’m glad they banned the starved, stick thin models who were definitely malnourished in appearance. Not “models” in a good sense
 
Modeling can be dangerous in the fact that the chance of temptation toward vanity is higher with an industry that focuses solely on looks. Immodesty is less risky because a person can just refuse to take on a job that requires immodest fashion…however, unfortunately, not many companies have modest fashions anymore.
 
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