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Eva Mendes - too thin or just sexy? (gallery)

Jul 01 07:22pm

<< Click the pic to see a gallery of actor Eva Mendes to make up your own mind. (WARNING: Some images may offend)

The actor's latest foray into modeling for Calvin Klein has seen a revival of concerns at advertising putting unnecessary pressure on girls and women to be thin.

Mendes, for her part, says that looking like this is all part of her job.

"I don’t have a starving body. I have a healthy toned body,” she says. “I don’t think people should criticise my advert. I prepped for it a lot and I think it’s great. It was in the desert and we were all oiled up for it. That’s my job!”

Body image expert Julie Parker says that the man's body in the provocative images are of concern but society fails to take aim at that issue. She also believes celebrities may be driven to eating disorders themselves by such constant criticism.

Do you think Eva Mendes is too thin in these shots, or
is she just a woman who's got it and flaunts it?

For more information on body image or eating disorders, contact www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au

12 Comments Report Abuse

1. kklerck - Jul 02 08:30am

I think its ridiculous!!! Its nobody elses business. I think she looks fantastic. She looks healthy and in no way too thin. We have to remember that she is tall also. But at the end of the day, we each have the right to make our body the way we want it, thin or fat, so that we each feel beautiful!

2. jezzika104 - Jul 02 08:38am

What ever happened to congratulating ppl for looking fit and toned? I am so sick of everyone always having to criticise eachother! As a young teenager I was always told that I was too fat, but when I lost the excess weight I was suddenly told I was too skinny! In this society nothing is good enough!

3. fernleir - Jul 02 08:42am

Eva Mendes looks fantastic, she looks healthy, fit and toned! I think that people just like to find things to bring people down - whow she looks fantastic!

4. jaysonremin - Jul 02 08:52am

i live in a house with some male friends that age at 16, 17, 19 and 24 years old myself being 20,
we all agree that a healthy or "curvy" girl is the better looking girl.
I dont know a single person that thinks that paris hilton or any of those other skinny girls are hot.

5. amycowell1997 - Jul 02 08:56am

She looks fine. I think she looks really good. I think people are to mean to famous people. Good on her for looking good and keeping her lovely body in shape.
From Amy, New york city, USa

6. jaysonremin - Jul 02 08:57am

it disgusts me that so much attention is brought to Eva, when all she is doing is showing off her healthy body.
We should just leave her alone and maybe change the way we look at famous girls.
Maybe girls like Lyndsy lohan would not of gone off the rails if we just left them alone in the 1st place.

7. butterfly39au - Jul 02 09:50am

Hey if I had a body like that my partner would be really impressed!! She looks fabulous... look at Jessica who plays Belle in Home and Away... she looks incredibly thin!!!!!

8. artianrecycled - Jul 02 10:39am

She looks fine. Great in fact. She doesn't look like a stick insect like silly Paris or that simple twit from Qld who won a section of a beauty contest. Revolting!
However, PINK is the sexiest gal in my opinion. Curvaceous and trim, taught & terrific! Sings well too!

9. rebecca_lee_jenkins - Jul 02 01:18pm

Wake up critics, she looks hot, she always looks hot, she has no protruding ribs or gaunt face she is healthy, don't be so harsh !!!

10. trex1400r - Jul 02 02:23pm

who is Eva Mendez anyway.? She looks ok. Healthy i would say. If thats all you have to put into a show, God help us all.

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