My friend told me about this the other day:
'Scouts seek models at Swedish anorexia clinic' - The Local
My initial thought was, no matter how despicable this is, it really isn't a shock. Model scouts are always looking for skinny blond girls (rarely women or people old enough to drive).
And there you have it, recruiting at a Swedish eating disorders clinic.
Quote:
In one incident, an agent with one of Sweden's largest modelling agencies approached a 14-year-old girl and left a business card.
The girl's mother and care coordinator Chistina Lillman-Ringborg later confronted the agent, explaining that the girl suffered from a serious illness.
"They claimed that they approach healthy, normally slim young people and that they never urge anyone to lose weight; that's how they defended themselves," Lillman-Ringborg told the TT news agency.
"I was so upset because this girl was so skinny."
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Appalling, but no surprise.
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