Being underweight affects models and their surroundings physically and mentally. In the article “Killer Fashion: An Industry in Denial,” it states that “Models fear being replaced by a thinner alternative if they don't conform to the sample size (par1).” Any model who thinks this way, regardless of age, will be affected mentally or lead to something fatal. This is a big problem expressed by the writer of “Killer Fashion: An Industry in Denial.” Rodenbough expresses how underweight models were a problem. “The 28-year-old French model Isabelle Caro spent the last years of her life publicizing the horrors of the disease” (Rodenbough par.1). She died from the eating disorder anorexia. Yet she is not the only one dying from this pervasive problem. “Caro's disturbing death was reminiscent of a series of deaths in 2006 and 2007 of models suffering from eating disorders, which, while highly publicized at the time, had since largely faded from the public and industry's memory of fashion” (Rodenbough par. 2). Is fashion a big deal when you have a bunch of women of different ages dying? “In Montevideo, Uruguay, 22-year-old model Luisel Ramos collapsed and died of a heart attack believed to have been brought on by self-imposed starvation” (Rodenbough par.3). For a normal person who doesn't pay attention to their weight, this would be absurd, idiotic and crazy. Yet, as mentioned before, models are petrified of the idea of ​​being anything but small, which can sometimes be considered a size o. “…The specimen is sometimes size 00, which is, incomprehensibly, a size smaller than 0” (Rodenbough par.1). Fitting inside a size 00 would be perfect for a model because that's where no other models could fit unless they are the same size. Like... middle of paper... media influences everyone, no matter age or gender, the only difference is who expresses their opinion and who doesn't. As Lin said before, boys don't express their opinion like girls do, so the shared problem is with women. "Media and peer pressure to be thin and not 'heavy,' build big biceps, and create firm, toned bodies and six-pack abs has become the social idea of ​​the ideal body for boys and men" ("Females Body Image" par .2). “Two-thirds (66%) said they had heard their mother complain about her weight, and 56% of girls have mothers who diet, despite 68% of girls describing their mother's body size as perfectly normal” (Lin par .4).This is the negative effect the media has on society. Adult women think there is something wrong with their bodies when in reality there is something wrong with models in the fashion industry who use Photoshop..