Confessions Of A Size Zero.

The furor about being size zero shows no signs of dying down. How can such a small number cause such big problems? For someone of this size, I would be lying if I said that I'm completely happy with the way my body looks. It is both wrong and unfair to promote the image that skinny is beautiful. It is not right to make young girls believe that being a size zero is the key to happiness. I have to admit that many a times I have wished that I had a healthier looking figure. Being naturally very slim comes with it's disadvantages. I have had many experiences of being discriminated on the basis of my body. New people, who I meet in my life, look at me and say, "Are you Anorexic?" Anorexia is an eating disorder, referring exclusively to women, in which women and mainly young girls starve themselves in order to become skinny. People who know me are often amazed at my full diet and constantly ask me, "If you eat so much then why don't you put on any weight?" My weight has been pretty much the same for many months now. It has become the status quo and I'm considered frail and not taken seriously, things have been that way for a long time now, and I'm only sixteen. I never really understood the obsession people have with small waistlines and petite frames. Are we making the ideals of beauty confined to such a narrow thinking? Every time I look in the mirror, I see a clearly visible collarbone, all the ribs and the pelvic bone sticking out. People become size zero to see themselves become all skin and bones? Is it really worth it? It doesn't make me feel that good. If you look healthy, you feel healthy and happy. The media and the celebrities also promote size zero as the latest fashion statement. The fact is that as long as there is media promoting the size zero craze there will always be young girls starving themselves, becoming anorexic or bulimic, in a desperate attempt to fit in. Being size zero is very different from buying from the latest Couture collection, it has a deep impact on your health and lifestyle. Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on it's own terms.