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France clamps down on ultra-thin models with new bill

French lawmakers on Thursday adopted a bill forcing ultra-thin models to furnish a doctor's certificate confirming they are healthy and magazines that Photoshop their silhouette to tag the images as "touched up". The bill stipulates that models must obtain a medical certificate stating that their health, "assessed in particular in terms of body...

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"France's ultra-thin ideal is passe but not a problem"

France's waif obsession means its fashion sector snubs many women with bigger body types, but there is no need for a ban on ultra-thin models, said the patron of a plus-size Paris catwalk show under way this weekend. "It's a cultural blockage," explained Clementine Desseaux, a 26-year-old French model who lives in New York. The size-44 brunette...