Articles Tagged with body image

Christina Aguilera: Music Industry Forced Me To Be Thin

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Christina Aguilera has opened up about the extreme pressures she was subjected to in the music industry, revealing how her record company once staged an intervention to ensure she lost weight. The singer, who shot to fame as a slender teenager in the late 1990s, now has a fuller, curvier figure that she has repeatedly… Read more »

Study: Guys Who Love Batman Feel Better About Their Own Bodies

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According to a recent study, guys who identified with Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego Batman are more likely to feel satisfied with their own bodies than those who aren’t fans of superheroes. The Caped Crusader isn’t alone; gentlemen with an affinity for Spider-Man and Superman are also more comfortable in their own skin. In a… Read more »

Vogue Will Ban ‘Too-Skinny’ Models

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Vogue, known as perhaps the world’s largest fashion magazine, has said that it will ban models who are too skinny or underage. The 19 editors of the magazine around the world have collectively made the pact to promote healthy looking models, in a Conde Nast International statement on Wednesday. Among making casting directors check ids,… Read more »