Experts call for ban on under-16 catwalk models
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A panel set up by the British Fashion Council to investigate health problems among models today ruled out mandatory weight checks but said girls under 16 should not be on the catwalk.
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Britain's Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell  urged organizers of London's Fashion Week on Saturday to ban  "stick-thin" models from its catwalks.
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Models are used to being the playthings  of designers, make-up artists and photographers who transform  them at will. On Friday, British designer Alexander McQueen  turned them into pawns in a human chess game.
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MADRID.  - The world's first ban on overly thin   models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage   among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions   at other catwalk pageants.
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Tells Congress she looked at dirty photos The current Miss America has asked Congress to take further steps in protecting children from internet predators.â¦
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Olympic star Kelly Holmes wants better clothing to keep teenagers on track
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Milan is to have a code of conduct to protect young models vulnerable to anorexia and exploitation.
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Milan fashion week is resisting calls for  a ban on underweight models amid a debate on super-thin girls  and eating disorders that has gripped the public but elicits  bored yawns from designers.
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Fearing that young models strutting down the runways in New York City are too skinny, a state lawmaker proposes that weight standards be established for the fashion and entertainment industries.
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Spain's top fashion show kicked off on  Monday after causing a storm with its ban on skinny models and  one well-known designer said he had to replace all the girls in  his catwalk line-up.
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By Sam Burson  TEACHING experts have called for measures to be taken against companies running youth websites following the arrest of two teenagers for 'cyber-bullying'.
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Italy's fashion capital is in a tizzy   over a ban on overly thin models at Madrid's fashion week,   fearing it could be next with its own catwalk extravaganza less   than two weeks away.
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England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in on a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas.
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A report by the British Fashion Council, organizers of London Fashion Week, has stopped short of recommending a ban on ultra-thin models.
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Models aged under 16 will be banned from London Fashion Week after a report issued on Friday called for them to show a health certificate before being allowed on the catwalk.
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Luxury clothing brand Burberry is beginning to lament the appearance of "chavs" -- working-class youngsters who sport their clothing and threaten to harm group profits, experts said.
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London Fashion Week has got underway with shows from two top Asian designers heading down the catwalk first, amid simmering controversy over calls for stick-thin models to be banned.