Outrage Over Magazine’s Emaciated ‘Corpse’ Model

A Danish fashion magazine has made a
public apology after running an image of
an underweight model in its latest issue.

The photo in Cover magazine started
trending on social media via the hashtag
#covergate and spawned a Reddit thread
called “ Corpse or model? ,” in which
thousands expressed their outrage over the
model’s emaciated frame.

Cover magazine’s founder Malene Malling
apologized on the magazine’s Facebook
page, calling it a “sad day.”

“I have not lived up to my responsibility
as a publisher, woman and mother and am
truly sorry,” she wrote.
“At Cover we have, in all the years, worked
to show an expanded beauty ideal,” she
said. “[To] show that you can be beautiful
in various ages and various sizes. We have
always sought to work with healthy girls.
Just two months ago we had plus-size
model Diana Graham on the front of the
Cover, so it is certainly a subject we focus
on.”

The fashion industry is frequently
criticized for featuring underweight
models in runway shows, magazines and
ad campaigns.
In 2010, French model Isabelle Caro died
due to complications from anorexia
nervosa.

She famously posed naked for an Italian
ad campaign called “No Anorexia” when
she was rail-thin, to highlight the
dangerous and deadly effects of eating
disorders.
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The pictures of these models churn my stomach. How do they even employ them as models in the first place? I don't get it.