Использование skeleton'-like model в журнале читатели посчитали чрезмерным.
"Эта бедная девушка явно нуждается в помощи", - говорили они.
Анорексия - слишком тяжелое заболевание, чтобы пропагандировать его.
Модельное агенство уверяло, что 16-летняя девушка абсолютно здорова, конституция у нее такая. Но последнее фото переполнило чащу терпения, возмущение полилось через край, и издатель журнала Малин Маллинг была вынуждена извиняться.
Below is the apology in full:
Today is a sad day for me. On the Cover we have through the years printed in the tens of thousands of images, but the images of an all-too-thin model in Cover 103 shouldn't be printed. I have not lived up to my responsibility as a Publisher, woman and mother and I am truly very sorry.
On the Cover we have in all the years worked to show an expanded beauty ideal. Show that you can be beautiful in various ages and various sizes. We have always sought to work with healthy girls. Just two months ago we had plus-size model Diana Graham on the front of the Cover, so it is certainly a subject we focus on.
I myself have daughters, and we have no weight at home. Just because I go up in that they need to be healthy in every way. So no one should think that this is a case I take lightly – and it comes not to be repeated.
I Beg Your Pardon.
Malene Malling