AUSTRALIAN fashion models generally have more "meat on their bones" and look healthier than those in Europe and the US, says top designer Wayne Cooper.
The international fashion industry's recent backlash against super-skinny models – following the death last year of Ana Carolina Reston – has turned the spotlight on the sometimes unhealthy-looking women who parade the catwalks.
The 21-year-old Brazilian starved herself to under 40kg before she died of an infection exacerbated by her anorexia.
Soon afterward, Madrid Fashion Week rejected girls with unhealthy Body Mass Indexes (BMIs) while Milan, New York and London have introduced catwalk codes.
But Cooper said at Australian Fashion Week in Sydney tonight that, in the main, models in this country did not have a problem with being too thin.
Australian girls tended to look more healthy, he said.
"All I know is that when you go to Europe and New York and see the castings, generally the girls are skinny as," Cooper said.
"And I wouldn't say that's the representation of girls in Australia.
"I think, in a way, they've got more meat on their bones here.
"I mean, that's a general rule, not every single girl, but I believe most girls are definitely healthy here, and I don't think they've got a problem.
"They just have to look out for the odd one (who is too thin)."
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