See Us in The Press:

Julie's Health Club: Great article!

A Contest That's Really Cool!: Great article!

Really Cool!: Great article!

Adopt a Booty!: Great article!

Quotes:

"The contest comes in the fledgling stages of a much needed 'sanity-in-weight' movement, and it’s designed to let women know they’re OK as is; they don’t need to starve themselves to conform to Western culture’s idea of stick-figure beauty." -- Julie Deardorff

"I was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa in 1976, when little was known about it. What influenced me primarily in my quest to become stick-thin were the images in the media. I recall reading in either Cosmo or Glamor that you were "thin enough" when you could lay down on your back, and place a ruler on your hip bones; if there was space beneath the ruler, you were thin enough! At age 47, although I am "recovered", I still carry some of the "not thin enough" demons with me." -- E Huntley

"At last sanity seems to be creeping into the fashion industry. Even a BMI of 18 is really thin, but I suppose the line has to be drawn somewhere. Bravo Madrid! There's nothing more attractive than a fit woman with real curves. I am saddened by recent pictures of once beautiful young actresses now reduced to (mottled) skin and bones by overdieting, and I dread to think what long-term damage they are doing to their bodies. If the fashion industry and groups like Pin the Tail on the Culture can help women see the beauty of a healthy weight, they will be saving the health of millions." --J. S.

"I think the walk they're looking for was archetyped rather well in the movie 'Some Like It Hot.' As Marilyn Monroe is walking away from Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon, Jack comments...'she looks...sort of like Jell-O on springs.' Yes, my, my, yes." --Tom

"Instead of telling little girls 'you must be thin to be pretty' or 'we love you even at a 35 BMI,' why don't we say 'eat right, take up a sport, avoid Frito Lay products, and become an interesting and intelligent person - beauty will take care of itself.'" --Mathhew Weflen

"Since books about healthy body role models never get read and speeches about it are not listened to and doctors warnings are rarely heeded, should women just give up their quests to end this oppressive, unhealthy situation? In my opinion, women owe it to themselves to come up with every creative idea they can think of to aid this quest, since the UNcreative ideas (more books and speeches) are NOT working!" --Michelle Taylor

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