Vogue slaps a ban on underage models
Vogue, the most-famous fashion magazine in cultural American history has finally came back down to reality and decided to ban the use of underage models inside it’s pages. It’s publisher has released a statement, it may shock you.
Conde publishing, responsible for giving us the glossy pages of the high-fashion mag VOGUE, has decided against further use of models under the age of 15 for health reasons, and safety reasons to further protect the VOGUE brand.
“Vogue believes that good health is beautiful. Vogue Editors around the world want the magazines to reflect their commitment to the health of the models who appear on the pages and the well-being of their readers,” said Conde Nast International Chairman Jonathan Newhouse in the press release.
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It’s not so much underage models that’s worrying as underaged models in heels and make up looking highly sexualised. It’s difficult to see what Vogue’s comments on health have to do with any of this.
VOGUE banning underage models period is a start, thought I’d never see that magazine take into account what others had to say about it lol
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