article_snippet.sent: Europe's controversial new laws banning ultra-thin models from strutting down the catwalk may be doing more harm than good as models are reportedly going to extreme measures to ensure they clock in at a 'healthy' weight when they hop on the scale - including stuffing they underwear with sandbags.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this month France passed a new law that bars models from walking the runway if their body mass index is deemed too low, in an attempt to combat anorexia.
article_snippet.sent: France recently passed a law banning models from the catwalk if their body mass index is too low .
article_snippet.sent: Jennifer went on to say that Jennifer hopes the US does not try to pass this 'discriminatory and misguided' because of the US negative affect on naturally thin women.
article_snippet.sent: While the model rights activist applauded the French government for attempting to protect the health of 'these young working professionals', Jennifer and Lauren both agreed that outlawing skinny altogether is not the answer. '
article_snippet.sent: Sara Ziff, who is a model and founder of The Model Alliance organization, told Think Progress in March that her is also against the new French law because legislating body mass standards is not the same thing as the fashion industry promoting a 'healthy ideal'.
article_snippet.sent: It is unfair and unreasonable to ban healthy models from working just because they have a relatively low BMI.'
highlights_snippet.sent: The activist says The activist is against France's new law, which bars models from walking the runway if their body mass index is deemed too low .