Chinese Magazine Banned After Publishing Models
Posing Over Earthquake Debris

A local lifestyle magazine in China was banned after publishing photos of models posing in debris left by Sichuan earthquake, which killed 50,000 people.

The issue was released three days shortly after the earthquake. Not only that it was published just when the national mourning over the natural calamity was still fresh, the photo also shows scantily clad models posing against the backdrop of the disaster, some in just their underwear.

Tsk, tsk, what were the photographers and magazine editors thinking? Sometimes, they became so creative they forget that art, modeling, and fashion photography is not detached from the social world. Even the government also temporarily shut down television entertainment networks, closed cinemas and other leisure venues to mourn the death of the earthquake victims. Then here comes this few Chinese people who wants to make an impression of eccentricity and indifference...

Weee, sounds Chinese to us...

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28 Pounds "Too Fat" For Runway Modeling?

At a young age, teenage model Alexandra Michael has discovered that women risk their lives to get a to-die-for figure.

Alexandra Michael started modeling at the age of 15. The she heard people commenting about her "extra" pound and said that she need to shed off some weight to continue modeling in Dallas, New York and Paris. Because of the pressure to be thin for the fashion shows, she starved herself until she reached 102 from 130 pounds. Then, designers started to love her.

Once on her way home to Texas, Alexandra Michael saw a clump of dry, brittle hair on her hand when she ran it through her hair. She then realized that something was wrong.

Starving herself had caused her hair to fall. Worst, she did not have her period for over a year. And she had a very low energy level.

Alexandra Michael came to a realization that there a lot of anorexic and bulimic models who starve themselves just to be able to stay in the modeling industry and walk the runway.

Thus, Alexandra now sees the lifelong consequences in trying to be thin. Lucky for her, she was able to get out from the "ultra thin" trend in modeling.

Now, she has become an active spokesperson against anorexia. In one of her talks, Alexandra Michael shared that anorexia and bulimia may result to heart failure, osteoporosis and infertility which are very serious.

NEW FACES FROM HOLLYWOOD

Josh Hartnett and Lindsay Lohan joins the list of the most beautiful faces of Hollywood as they signed contract to endorse famous company lines.

Josh Hartnett is the face of a new scent due out this summer called Emporio Armani Diamonds for Men, a masculine counterpart to last year's Emporio Armani Diamonds women's fragrance, which was fronted by Beyoncé Knowles. Josh Hartnett will prove that diamonds aren't just a girl's best friend.

Lindsay Lohan, on the other hand, will be the new face of Italian lifestyle brand Formarina. With the controversial Lindsay Lohan on the front, the company will make a global push into the world's fashion capitals to triple its business over the next five years.

It pays good to be beautiful and controversial, afterall.