A slim and perfect body is what most people want and thrive for, but is it really ideal?

When most people think of models, the image of tall, thin and naturally beautiful faces and bodies cross their minds.

With the fashion model industry always being on top of their game to display the latest uprising slim models and new fashion, people seem to forget that people of all sizes can be deemed worthy of being models.

“Every girl has a different body and there’s no such thing as an ideal body,” junior Elizabeth Palacios said. “But society makes it look that way.”

Yet there have been reports of young and successful models starving themselves to either lose or remain their weight to fit with the modern beauty standards.

Many of them have been told to tone down and lose a couple of pounds by their agencies, even though they’re already underweight.

Because these models feel so overwhelmed and pressured to lose weight fast, they result to unhealthy habits and harmful weight loss procedures.

This kind of stuff can set a bad example for young girls and make them feel insecure and unfit just because they don’t appear exactly like the people in the magazines and billboards.

“Guys always think a girl has to look that [skinny] because they see it in magazines,” Palacios said. “They think that that’s how they have to be and so they develop disorders and anorexia.”

It’s sad to see that with many advancements in the U.S., beauty standards have only gotten worse.

And it’s also horrible to think that some might even go to the extremes to attain an ideal body despite severe health issues along the way.

Having an eating disorder is no joke and should be taken as serious as any other illness.

Everyone should feel comfortable with the way they look, and they should stop filling their minds with an unrealistic ideal body of themselves.

Quit the negative beliefs about yourself. A few women who were once turned down for being too “fat” by a few agencies have now moved on to bigger things.

The plus size model industry gives the opportunity to young and beautiful women who don’t exactly fit in with the high fashion models according to their size.

Not only do plus size models show that being a size two isn’t necessary to be beautiful, but it also makes people see that beauty comes in different sizes.

However, when some people think of plus size models they think of someone overweight or unfit.

The title of a plus size model turns some heads and makes a few question how ordinary some of the girls look for their size.

That is because one doesn’t have to be overweight to be a plus size model. Nowadays, it’s great to see different sizes in the model industry representing.

Beauty standards have gone a long way to be almost unreachable some of the time. Even so, it is nice to see that plus size models are getting more attention.

The industry has positively grown and hopefully it will become even bigger as time progresses.