Models Get The Skinny On Weight Limit

BERNAT ARMANGUE / AP

ADIOS: Models like this one at the 2005 Pasarela Cibeles may not carry enough weight for this year's event

Posted Saturday, Sep 16, 2006
Let the beautiful-but-emaciated beware: there will be no ultra-skinny models sauntering down the runway at this year's Pasarela Cibeles , Spain's most important fashion event. For the first time, the Pasarela , which begins 404 Not Found

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Monday, will bar from the catwalk models with a body mass index (a weight-to-height ratio) lower than 18.

After noticeably gaunt models at last year's show provoked outcry from health and women's organizations, the Madrid regional government, which sponsors Cibeles , pressured show organizers for the change.

"Our intention is...

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