CBS news reports that plus-size model Crystal Renn now feels pressured to eat too much in order to live up to the “plus-size” label she was given after her recovery from anorexia.
Just who is pressuring Renn, who has grown visibly thinner in recent months? The modeling industry? Her own modeling agency?
“I feel pressure more than anyplace else from the public and the media by placing a title on my head, which is plus-size,” she said in a video blog. “At this point in my life I would have to have another eating disorder to live up to that expectation.”
Renn, who chronicled her battle with anorexia in her 2009 memoir “Hungry,” used to walk the runway as a size 12, People magazine reported. These days, she’s more like a size 8 – which is far below the size 14 that many people consider about right for a plus-size model.
“I had anorexia because someone else set the standard for me, and I wanted to follow it,” she said. “If I followed what the media wants from me and the public wants from me, I would be doing the same thing. I would have a binge eating disorder.”
As a woman and model we always feel pressured to keep up with our image especially when we are in the public eye. It is great to be conscious of what you eat, but please make sure you are balancing your weight and health. Watch this short interview video from Crystal Renn and let me know how you can relate.
