When you look good you feel good but what happens when being skinny gets out of hand? Well, if you’ve seen the latest pictures of Kate Bosworth, it’s obvious she has taken skinny to a whole new extreme. I can barely stomach the images of the bones poking out of her back, let alone the fact her ribs are literally protruding.

Think back to 2002 when healthy Kate stared in the surfing movie Blue Crush, she was beautiful and glowing and looked like a true California Beach babe. 

And then there’s Victoria Beckham. Seriously, what happened to her? You’d think her athletic husband would have the sense to let her know anorexic is not sexy. In some pictures she looks more like an alien than the sexy diva she is. And her big bob of hair really adds to the distortion. Posh has admitted that when she was a Spice Girl she was pressured by her management to lose weight and says she became obsessed with dieting. But she has definitely taken her weight loss to a new level as her arms and legs resemble pins more than actual human limbs.

I sometimes wonder if these women ever actually stop and really look at themselves and what they’re doing to their bodies and how much they’re jeopardizing their health. In the grand scheme of things is being this thin really that important? The more I read these magazines the more I’m starting to believe a lot of these women aren’t exactly human. They live a lifestyle with way different goals/aspirations than the rest of us.

Even more disturbing is that these women are serving as role models for women who are struggling with an eating disorder. Many of the pro-eating disorder websites showcase and admire pictures of Posh or Kate with their bones sticking out and aspire to becoming as thin as them.

According to a news report by ABC, 80 percent of 10-year-olds are scared of getting fat and many of them want to look like these thin Hollywood celebrities. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Diet/story?id=2182068&page=1

I decided to check one of these pro-anorexic sites out and was appalled and deeply saddened by the emotional state of some these girls. Not only did they congratulate one another on not eating and taking a slew of weight loss supplements but they also posted pictures of skinny Nicole Richie and stated that they wish they could one day look like her. One girl said:

i wish that my thighs looked like that in jeans! she [Nicole Richie] is gorgeuss!

It’s interesting that Enimen can be banned from a city for rapping about drugs and violence, while these girls are glamorized and sensationalized by the media for being so thin. Both of these celebrities portray unhealthy behaviors to our youth and both are disturbingly damaging to the development of attitudes and beliefs.