Modelling and the Sensationalistic Media
- Jade Kidd
- Dec 24, 2017
- 2 min read
During several of my previous posts, I have touched on the media's role in stereotyping what the 'perfect' body should look like and dictating to models how they should look, dress, eat, act etc. Now much of the media is extremely sensationalistic, that's a given. I understand, they want to sell newspapers and get people to read their stories, but what I have been reading over the past six months is just awful.
The article I am going to discussing comes from The Daily Mail, which has been described by The Huffington Post as a sensationalistic newspaper, so I wasn't hugely surprised when I read this article.
In December 2016, The Daily Mail published an article entitled: 'Let them eat burgers! Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid lead the hungry Angels to FINALLY gorge on carbs after weeks of dieting for Victoria's Secret fashion show in Paris'. The phrase that stood out to me as you may already be able to guess was: 'FINALLY gorge on carbs after weeks of dieting'.
Now, whilst this story was stating a fact. It was well documented that the Victoria Secret models were eating at fast food restaurant Fendi straight after the Victoria's Secret fashion show in Grand Palais, Paris, however why was it necessary to use phrases like 'gorge on carbs', are they not allowed to eat carbs, just because they are models?
To be honest, they probably are not. As I have stated in my previous posts, the modelling industry are extremely strict when it comes to weight and diet, but why did The Daily Mail feel the need to even write this story or focus the whole entire headline on the fact that they were eating fast food.
Now this is not to bash the newspaper as a whole at all, but I just felt extremely disappointed with this particular article. It contributes to the already backwards mind-set of the modelling industry. Why are we continuously moving backwards when we should be campaigning for inclusion and change?
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