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Topshop Pulls Images Of Size Zero Model

UK fast fashion chain Topshop yanked images of size zero model Codie Young from their website after anti-eating disorder groups cried foul.

Following the removal the company's head of publicity, Andrew Leahy, issued a statement to explain the image:

"Topshop is confident that Codie is a healthy young woman and we do not feel it necessary to remove her from our imagery based on your feature. However we do recognize regretfully that the angle this image has been shot at may accentuate Codie's proportions making her head look bigger and neck longer in proportion to her body. […] The clothes she is wearing are a sample size 10 so in some instances they may look a little looser than normal. Topshop is proud of its heritage of celebrating individual-looking girls who offer an alternative more unusual beauty, however we take your comments very seriously."

The 18 year old model also posted a statement on her blog, writing:

"I am very happy with my body and how I look because its apart of who I am! Throughout my entire childhood I was called anorexic and people would ask if I was bulimic. And it was really hard sometimes for me to deal with as I have always been this way.

You know what some people are just naturally skinny and even if I tried to put on weight it wouldn't matter, because it doesn't matter what I eat, I dont put it on.

And finally yes okay I maybe an American size 0-2 and a UK size 8 so what. There are overweight/obese people who are a size 34 or 18 but know one says anything to them because you don't want to affend them! Just because someone eats a lot doesn't make them healthy. Just like not eating anything doesnt make you healthy."

Codie should talk to Tom Ford. They seem to share the same ideologies.

Tags: andrew leahy, codie young, eating disorders, images pulled, too thin

Alexa Chung Squashes Eating Disorder Rumors

British TV personality Alexa Chung wants to let everyone know she doesn't have an eating disorder.

Elle UK's November cover girl told the mag:

"I cannot express how frustrating it is to not be believed when you say, 'I don’t have an eating disorder'. I am naturally very thin. I get even thinner when I’m stressed. And you cannot imagine how stressed I was last year. Anyone could see that I wasn’t doing great and I wasn’t coping. It angers me because I don’t want to be a pin-up for young girls just for being thin. I don’t want to be admired for being thin as opposed to being dressed well, and I don’t want the two to get confused."

And there you have it.

Hopefully this will put an end to all those pesky rumors and people will start focusing on how fab she always looks.

[Image courtesy of Elle UK.]

Tags: deny, eating disorders, elle uk, november 2010, november cover, november issue, rumors

Christina Ricci Gets Touchy-Feely For BlackBook

We haven't seen her in a magazine for a long time!

Christina Ricci has landed on the front of BlackBook's October obsessions issue giving the world a glimpse of what's up her nose.

Luckily the inside spread is MUCH better than the cover with a lot of boob grabbing and fierce high fashion poses.

The actress also dished to the magazine about her life past and present.

Here are some HIGHlights:

On her eating disorder as a teenager:

"I had been really anorexic until I was like 16. They were going to hospitalize me, and I was worried about people force-feeding me through a tube. I didn’t want that, so I fought the disease. I still think about it, but I could never do it again. I remember the overwhelming feeling of hopelessness when I was in the middle of it. My brain had basically become my biggest tormentor. I’d become afraid of myself. I was outed in a magazine article when I was, like, 17, even though I’d been in recovery for about a year. The interviewer talked to a producer, who, being a total jerk, said I wasn’t eating on set. I think that was the thing that caused me to be ridiculously open about everything, so that I never again felt ashamed or embarrassed, or like someone was holding something over me."

On her rebellious past:
I wasn’t very… marketable back then,” she says, laughing. “I always said crazy shit. I was living in New York, and I was uncomfortable and angry. I was going clubbing all the time, partying with Chloë Sevigny and the cool kids. I woke up one day when I was 19, and it was like I hadn’t seen the sun forever. So I moved to L.A., where it was okay to be responsible, so that I’d stop acting like a crazy maniac.

On her new movie Bel Ami, co-starring Robert Pattinson:

"I read the book when I was 13. It was one of my tutor’s favorite stories, so there was a lot of discussion about it my entire life. Getting the part was one of those things that made me sort of believe in…well, fate. But, yeah, Rob’s fans are crazy. We filmed in London, and they were always around base camp, gathered at the barriers."

She sure has come a long way from playing Wednesday Addams, don't U think???

[Image courtesy of Yu Tsai / BlackBook.]

Tags: bel ami, blackbook, eating disorders, interview, october cover, october issue, wednesday addams