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Airbrushed models - yes or no?

Nov 20 07:49am

As the government moves to pressure publishers into informing readers when a photo has been touched-up, Sunrise is wondering if our viewers would actually prefer to see the practice banned altogether.

Tell us if you would prefer to see Australian magazines put an end to photoshopping models to make their bodies appear perfect ...

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1. wingwood11 - Nov 20 08:09am

I too have an 11 year old impressionable daughter. I have found an excellent AUSTRALIAN magazine called INDIGO. It is fabulous for tween girls - some of the kid models are a bit chubby, maybe a pimple - but still gorgeous. It teaches girls to be happy in their own skin!

2. jelly_baby_princess89 - Nov 20 08:59am

i am 19 and all through school i read dolly and cosmopolitan and i strived to look like those girls, and realistically i couldnt. i developed an eating disorder other girls i would imagine have done the samde so no, they should use real people in these magazines to help ccorrect societies body image

3. kkram34 - Nov 20 09:01am

all you mums who buy stick figure filled trash mags with stupid stories on what some vacuous star YOU DONT EVEN KNOW did, or how many pimples brad pitt has on his bum only have yourselves to blame GET A LIFE!!! LIVE YOURS NOT SOMEONE ELSES get something worth reading you can share with your girls

4. meganjane162 - Nov 20 09:04am

I'm 14 years of age,
and body image is huge issue for myself.
i'm not over weight but i dread to ever be.
I dont have perfect skin, but when seeing magazines with photo shop in them, they make my friends and myself want to be like them.

5. ahriman09 - Nov 20 09:06am

We have a society with a huge proportion of unhealthy overweight people. And we wasting more time and money on trying to protect how they feel about what they see in magazines, rather than coming up with a way to help them get healthy.

6. rachelbunnylove - Nov 20 09:15am

I am a 19 year old mum of 1 and i also suffer from depression , and have alot of self esteem issues. So when i see all these stick figures been made look like barbie dolls i get angry because they arent real sizes! PUT SUM REAL GIRLS IN THE MAGS THEN ILL READ THEM

7. oliviawebb86 - Nov 20 09:19am

we need to teach our kids to eat healthy an exercise, being over weight isnt some thing we should be saying is ok. a 10 to 12 for a teenager is a good size if there bigger then that then you should focus on there diet and activitys not whats in there magazines

8. kenningtonroberta - Nov 20 09:27am

We are all human with our flaws, no to air brushing, bring it on warts and all. Models are no different. These teenie magazines have a lot to answer for and should be accountable for their actions.

9. mcavoy161 - Nov 21 11:23am

Get rid of the air brushes and let us have a reality check. None of us are perfect but we are all still beautiful and the youth of today need desperately to realise that. Fat, thin, tall, short we all have a place.

10. raymondlowe28 - Nov 21 06:20pm

i understand that in the model world,looks are everything,but hairbushing should be banned,i would much pefer a sexy beautiful natural girl to look at,than some girl who doesn't look like she does in life.women are beautiful the way they are.bring on the natural look!!!

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