1. The 50-cm waist
Yes, that’s right. 50 centimetres. The image of a Romanian “hourglass” model who weighs just 38 kilograms is circling the internet. Ioana Spangenberg says she eats three meals a day snack on chocolate and crisps “all the time.” This from the Daily Telegraph:
“I just have a small stomach. It’s a bit like having a natural gastric band – if I eat too much, I feel sick.”
Meanwhile, here’s a question… Are models contractually obliged to be beautiful? or thin?
That’s the intriguing question thrown up by a court case out of the Netherlands where model Ananda Marchildon is suing her agency for sacking her two years into a three year contract. Ananda was a contestant on Holland’s Next Top Model where she won the 75,000 Euro prize money and a contract with Elite Model Management.
But then the agency discovered Ananda’s hips exceeded the 90cm maximum, which was an agency standard (that’s a good 13cm less than the European average). So they let her go! Whoa. Ananda claims she was told she ‘had a nice face, but a fat arse’ and wants the remaining 65,000 Euro in prize money paid out to her. So, leaving aside the very obvious point that the MODELLING INDUSTRY IS WARPED, this introduces a more dubious moral area. The agency is a business with clear requirements which the model did not fulfill. Who is in the right?
2. The divorce hotel
Hanging out for a weekend break? What about a weekend break-up? A concept called the “Divorce Hotel” is the latest thing to hit the Netherlands – it helps husbands and wives to arrange all the necessary legal documentation to end their marriage over the course of just two days.
The couple have to apply to use the process and are rigorously screened by the hotel’s legal team. Once approved, they check in and meet a mediator and series of lawyers behind closed doors who will split assets, agree alimony payments and arrange visitation rights – all for a fixed fee.
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