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Vogue Ban Of Too-Thin Models A 'Huge' Step

CBC | Posted 05.05.2012

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The move by Vogue magazines to no longer work with models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder is a big step in t...

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Blinded by Beauty

Nicole Forrester | Posted 04.28.2012

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Nicole Forrester

If you had the chance to be the most beautiful person in the world or to be a Nobel Peace Prize winner, which would you choose?  I am certain in the recesses of many people's brains, beauty would be chosen... And possibly for understandable reasons. How many people would choose beauty in a mate over brains?

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Weight Watching: The Up and Down Struggle

Cassandra Scrimgeour | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Eating Disorders, Weight Watchers, Losing Weight, Weight Loss, Self-Esteem, Weight Struggle, Body Image, Canada Living News
Cassandra Scrimgeour

Oftentimes I ask myself, what weight, what number would make me happy with my body now? Would any number achieve that? It seems the answer is no.

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Tips for Reinventing Your Style

Christie Ressel | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Style Advice, Reinventing Style, Style Tips, Style, Accessories, Wardrobe, Body Image, Fashion Tips, Fashion Advice, Clothes, Canada Style News
Christie Ressel

Many clients tell me that they are tired of what's hanging in their closet because they feel they have nothing to wear. Sound familiar? For those of you looking to step it up a notch with your style, here are some things that will help you shine for years to come.

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Get Your Mojo Going With Chinese Medicine

Melissa Ramos | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Sexual Health, Chinese Medicine, Body Image, Nutrition Tips, Nutrition, Diet and Nutrition, Women and Body Image, Healthy Living, Canada Living News
Melissa Ramos

Overwhelmed by body image concerns which instantly killed my mojo, I wondered: is there a way to feel sexy and more secure behind closed doors and can we do it with a little help from food?

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A Nude Model's Story of Humility and Joy

Anya Wassenberg | Posted 12.08.2011

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Anya Wassenberg

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No Need For The Six Pack: Boys Want Average-Sized Bodies

The Huffington Post Canada | Martha Edwards | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Youth, Body Image, Body Issues, Muscle, Boys, Self-Esteem, Parenting, Weight, Girls Body Image, Canada Living News

Worried the prominence of gym-obsessed meatheads like Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and his Jersey Shore castmates will lead to a general degradatio...

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'Mommy, I'm Not As Pretty As Madison': What Do You Do?

The Huffington Post Canada | Shelley White | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Children, Self-Confidence, Girls Self-Confidence, Parenting, Self-Esteem, Girls Self-Image, Canada-Living, Girls Body Image, Girls, Ann Douglas, Children Self Esteem, Video, Body Image, Inner Beauty, Girls' Self Esteem, Parents, Self-Image, Canada Living News

Kids enter the world oblivious to our harsh standards of beauty. When baby girls take their first steps, they know nothing about supermodels, airbrush...

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New York Fashion Week: Why Is the Fashion Industry Still Pushing Size 0?

Miranda Frum | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: New York, Eating Disorders, Self-Esteem, Weight, Size 0, Council of Fashion Designers, Bulemia, Diane Von Furstenberg, Modelling, Anorexia, Body Image, Seventeen Magazine, Wilhelmina Models, Weight Loss, Kate Moss, New York Fashion Week, Plus Size, Canada Living News
Miranda Frum

The very first modelling agency I applied to was Wilhelmina Models. I was told to leave my photos with the receptionist and then wait in a sitting area with six or seven other girls. Finally my name was called. "Have you ever considered plus size modeling?" asked an agent. I was humiliated.

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What Is Beauty? -- Achtung!

Nicole Forrester | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Models, Sports, Self Esteem, Mattel, Barbie, Anorexia, Ruby, Body Image, Body Issues, Weight, Beauty, The Body Shop, What Is Beauty, Canada Living News
Nicole Forrester

I dream of a day where defining beauty isn't found in a Kim Kardashian reality television show, but rather as something seen as radiating from the inside out. I wonder what a beauty pageant like that would look like?

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Naked and Free on a Nude Beach

Jowita Bydlowska | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Toronto, Women's Body Issues, Nude, Summer, Beaches, Hanlan's Point, Bodies, Nude Beach, Body Image, Nudity, Self-Esteem, Public Nudity, Canada Living News
Jowita Bydlowska

At the nude beach, I wanted to see wrinkles and sagging bits, hair tangling where you never see it tangling in modern porn. I never stared, but I'd glance discreetly and register. My looking was always connected to the process of affirming that I, too, was human.

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The Demystification of Glamour: How Working in Fashion Made Me Love My Body

Gail McInnes | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Fashion, Style, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Models, Self Esteem, Fashion Industry, Kate Moss, Size Zero, Nadia Auermann, Self Love, Overweight, Canada News
Gail McInnes

Who would have thought being surrounded by hundreds of beautifully, purportedly perfect human specimens would have made me love my body? My image-obsessed 17-year-old self would never have thought so.

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Seven Steps To Mind-Blowing Sex

Marcia Sirota | Posted 04.24.2012

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Marcia Sirota

What makes someone a fantastic lover is not their technical ability or their repertoire of moves but their attentiveness and their efforts to make their partner happy. When both people show that they really care about meeting their partner's needs, sex becomes something wonderful.

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Kate Middleton and I Would Probably Rather Be Sad Than Fat

Jowita Bydlowska | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Women, Depression, Dieting, Health, Oxygen Magazine, Eating Disorders, Fat, Psychology, Media, Vegetarianism, Bulimia, Magazines, Dutchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, Grazia, Body Image, Canada News
Jowita Bydlowska

The lives of thin women revolve around denial, restrictions, guilt, and depression over failing... I know because I'd been hiding my own fat monster and had to appease it with Prozac and talk therapy. Still, I suppose, I'd rather be sad than fat. And so would Kate Middleton, probably. And so would you.

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My Perky Boobs

Trey Anthony | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Positive Body Image, Body Magic, Spanx, Losing Weight, Lap Band Surgery, Love Yourself, Hate My Body, Self Image, Body Image, Weight Loss, Self-Esteem, Loving You, Body Image and the Media, Canada News
Trey Anthony

The truth is I don't like my body. As a self-proclaimed feminist I struggle with this. Miss trey anthony, writer of 'da Kink... the play that preaches self- acceptance and has womyn singing "I'm just loving me!" doesn't like her body?

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