BEAUTY STANDARDS, HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF RUNWAY MODELS: A REVIEW

Abstract

Introduction: Fashion-related areas lead a pursuit of perfection to exalt models, thus imposing a corporeal pattern to be followed. Runway models must fit into the following measurements: height of 1.74 m or above, waist circumference up to 60 cm, hip up to 90 cm, and body weight around 20 kg of the proposed value for such height (example: height of 1.80 m and body weight of 60 kg). In order to achieve a lean look, models follow their own concepts of care, which makes them more vulnerable to things like physical fitness related to health, fundamental in preventing the most prevalent diseases nowadays. Objective: To review the literature on standards of beauty and physical fitness related to health in runway models. Material and Methods: A narrative review was carried out based on searches in the databases Scielo, PubMed and Google Scholar, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Results: The lack of studies approaching health-related physical fitness in models does not allow raising consistent statements. However, we could see a significant movement in the pursuit of health to this population group, with recent campaigns and laws that might favor special attention to models in all aspects relating to health and quality of life. Conclusion: Despite the lack of studies on this topic, we perceived a latent concern about body measurements and quality of life of runway models, but not about their physical capabilities. DESCRIPTORS Fashion.Physical Fitness.Quality of life.