06.03.2012                      12.Adar. 5772

Models:

Knesset will vote to ban underweight models

Agent removed from meeting after saying MK Adatto must “fatten up” to meet her legislation’s standards.

Underweight models will no longer be able to appear in advertisements, according to a bill submitted by MKs Rachel Adatto (Kadima) and Danny Danon (Likud) that was prepared for its second and third (final) plenum readings on Monday.
Should the legislation pass its final votes, models with a Body Mass Index (BMI) below 18.5 would not be able to appear in advertisements….