Brigitte, Germany’s most popular women’s magazine, has decided to stop using models. Period. Beginning six months from now, the magazine will feature a mix of regular readers and more prominent ladies (we wonder if this group will include skinny actresses?)
From a country that brought us Heidi Klum – who claims she had trouble breaking into the modeling industry because she was curvier than her competition, and refused to lose weight to look like the other girls – we’re not surprised at the move. However, we’re definitely impressed by this level of commitment to the issue of women’s self-image, and will be keeping a close watch on how the magazine fares (and what its new non-model models look like) a few months from now.
In the meantime, well done, Brigitte. It kind of makes us want to celebrate with new, perfectly-fitting clothing, like just-right denim and jackets for fall.
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I am a 40 years old normal woman from persia. when i was 18 i wished to be a model but i was not beautiful eanough to that. now I am a master of psychology, but still love to be a model. i read a news abput brigitte magazine and it is that normal woman can be a model. can i be a model in this magazine? is that possible my dreams come truth before i die? how this is possible? what should i do? please help me.
But isn’t that also hurting skinny girls’ self image…?