Her head was disproportionally large for the very tiny frame. This picture sparked a controversery
and made alot of people aware of the outrageous use of airburshing. This ad and others have caused people to question the ads they are seeing and in some cases, taking legal action. In the U.K. Olay featured and advertisment with a compleyley wrinkel free 59 yearold model 'Twiggy' ( which it doesnt take a scientist to figure out that the majority of 59 yearold women have wrinkles. duh), the ad caused such a stir that the British parliment recently proposed an outlawing touchups in advertisments targeted towards teenagers.Jo Swinson who is the leader of the the nations democarats, the group that intiated the ban said,
" "Today's unrealistic idea of what is beautiful means that young girls are under more pressure now than they were even five years ago. Airbrushing means that adverts contain completely unattainable images that no one can live up to in real life. We need to help protect children from these pressures and we need to make a start by banning airbrushing in adverts aimed at them. The focus on women's appearance has got out of hand - no one really has perfect skin, perfect hair and a perfect figure, but women and young girls increasingly feel that nothing less than thin and perfect will do."
If the British can do it, why can't we??
Below is the picture of model Filippa Hamilton who is 5'8, 120 pound and a size 6...
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