Female models aren't the only ones feeling the pressure to be skinny. The Independent reports that male models are also required to be dangerously slim. Gone are the rather buff models that used to dominate the catwalk for men's fashion. The look now is rail-thin and that leaves male models facing the same starvation regimes that many female models have adopted.

One model, Ron Saxen has written a book called "The Good Eater" about his battle with an eating disorder. He describes the classic model diet of too much coffee, too much exercise and too little to eat. The article gives the stats for some of the models Chris Ulyatt, shown in Dior in the pic at right, is 6 foot 2 and has a 29-inch waist.

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