Cleo Watson

The girls of St Thinian’s

The weight-obsessed pupils who want to achieve size zero

After the South American models Luisel Ramos and Carolina Reston starved themselves to death last year to try to reach size ‘zero’, the fashion world promised to be more responsible. It hung its head in shame, and even chivvied some size-12 girls on to the catwalk for London Fashion Week last month.

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