LO2: Secondary Research

The websites I will use to help my research are: the NHS – Health Issues from Anorexia, BBC News – Health issues on anorexia and Models airbrushing. Advertisements/ Brochures and leaflets can also be used in my research as once again it will allow me to back my points up. Also as they will prove that Celebrities use air brushing to make their appearance look better.  I will also consider other thoughts, this is so that I am not biased in my research. 

Plastic Surgery

• First Point: Only meant to be used for burns/ accidents – this was from the beginning and then it starting changing to the usage of more of the general public using it. However it is not for issues but beauty. This is the area I will search to make my point on plastic surgery and so that I can we can see that the usage of plastic surgery initially is for injuries and other issues and not for beauty usage which not many people can afford. This is the information I have developed so far.

• Second point: They use promotions to encourage and get people to get plastic surgery done, this is again referring to unrealistic expectations as we wouldn’t be able to pay for all the plastic surgery or expectations required to be beautiful as an average person will just not have enough money for it.

• Third Point: Forcing others to be involved, this is also linked to promotion however it is when you get offers such as for example Bring a Friend and get a free nose job this is forcing and getting others involved who may really not interested in.

Models – Size Zero / Air Brushing

Issues caused from anorexia – NHS health problems will allow me to identify different area of issues models have.

• Newspaper article could help as it will not be biased and it will give suitable evidence and statistics.

• Airbrushing in magazines shown as evidence also before and after images is helpful as well. 

• Library – old journals/Books this will allow me to have different ways to research my question so that I have a range of evidence to compare and contrast and the book I will be looking for is something to do with the ‘the history of fashion.

• Questionnaire – this is a primary source which allows me to look at different way to identify and gather my information to allow my information to be as accurate as possible. 

Note on BBC news articlesBBC News: size zero = twig… nice

• Size4 UK/ size 0 US  equals a 22 inch waist, average size of eight year olds.

• People misjudge size zero however if you look closely symptoms such as – there skin being pale and dry, their hair would be dry as straw, their bones would stick out and you will always feel weak and ill.   

•  New size which is 00  which is a 20 inch waist and 32 inch hips equivalent to being the same size as a 6 or 7 year old.

• 2 catwalk models died size 0. Luisel romos collapsed on the Uruguay’s fashion week after that she later died of heart failure.

• Size zero pill which is actually made for horses when they have problems of breathing, for humans it has rapid effect of weight loss. The side effects during this is high blood pressure and it you will not have an appetite.

BBC News: Plus size models champion ‘real’ women on catwalk

• Plus size models – US size 12(UK size 16) and above and are in demand

• “This shows is a validation of the 62% of American women who are plus size,” says Nancy (Nancy le writer, editorial directs of onestopplus.com, retailer for plus size women) Form the quote people may be encouraged to be happy with their size and our generation might gain more weight and have health issues of being fat.

• “While I think it wonderful to celebrate the plus size. I think you also have to balance the fact that there’s a – pardon the pun- epidemic of obesity. So celebrate it. Yet recognize that as some points those larger sizes are not healthy.” This quote is also demonstrating the fact that not only are size 0 models have health issues but the plus size have health issues too this is an overall conclusion of what is healthy?

• 28% of Americans are now obese- this is supporting my conclusion

• BBC News: ‘size zero means cloths now fit me’

• Statistics – “half of young women say they are unhappy with their bodies”

For our group topic I must review the current literature. This might be found;

• On a Website (BBC News)

• In a newspaper

• In a Journal

Is ultra – thin going out of fashion?The size zero may be reducing but not dramatically as shown in the BBC news and the only reason it had reduced is after “death of a 22-year-old Uruguayan model that collapsed after a catwalk show in August. She had reportedly eaten little but leafy vegetables for months in order to lose weight” and the action the fashion industries had taken was very poor as many models life’s are under risk and the fashion industries have mad minor improvements. This shows that the fashion industries are putting little impact in improving the health of models and after the causes of their decisions the fashion industries do not take drastic measures.  This is a website which is trustworthy and reliable as it is not biased as it gives facts and statistics.

Size 4 Model for Being Too Fat
I will use this article from the magazine as it presents magazines are encouraging and making women want to feel skinny. This source of research is not really reliable as it is biased and not accurate however with this I can show that magazines put pressure in young women and make young women feel that they are not the right size as they are not the size that the models and the fashion industries portray to us women as the targeted audience. When you look at the image you see a lady which is already ultra-skinny but however in fact she is called fat which is not true and young women then set their expectations in size which is very low and this brings depression and reduces self-confidence.