It's about time. Is it really healthy to show models that represent what nobody ever sees in real life? Over in France there's talk about forcing the press to add a note whenever photos have been Photoshopped. (One of the more infamous examples was the friendly media removing Sarkozy's love handles, making him look more fit than he is.)
Germany's most popular women's magazine is banning professional models from its pages and replacing them with images of "real life" women instead.
In what is seen as the latest attempt to stamp out the "size zero" model, the editors of Brigitte said it would in future only use women with "normal figures".
"From 2010 we will not work with professional models any more," said Andreas Lebert, editor-in-chief, adding that he was "fed up" with having to retouch pictures of underweight models who bore no resemblance to ordinary women.
