The French legislature voted for a bill Friday to ban excessively skinny models from working in the ultra-chic country’s fashion industry. France to became the latest country joining Israel, Spain and Italy to try to stamp anorexia out of the fashion industry. Fashion agencies that are discovered using models with a BMI under 18, which is approximately 121 pounds for a 5 ft., 7 in. model, could look at up to 6 months of jail time and a be fined 75,000 euros ($82,000)
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