- Ali Michael
Alexandra Nicole "Ali" Michael (born
May 15 ,1990 , inArlington, Texas ) is an Americanfashion model who attracted international attention for her weight as a fashion model.Michael grew up in
Colleyville, Texas and graduated fromGrapevine High School in 2008. Her modeling career started after winning the Fashion!Dallas/Kim Dawson Model Search contest in 2005 at age 15. She has walked many runways: Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian LaCroix, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, John Galliano, Fendi, Balenciaga, Yohji Yamamoto, Lanvin, Celine, Burberry, 3.1 Philip Lim, Anne Valerie Hash, Rodarte, Anna Sui plus many more, and been featured in "Teen Vogue ", "Sportmax ", "Vogue", "W", "Vogue Italia ", "Russian Vogue ", "Spur" and many other magazines.In February 2008 she was sent home from
Paris fashion week after being told that "her legs were too plump". This was after Michael had gained five pounds after struggling with aneating disorder . She was then the center of the article "Wasn't Skinny Supposed to Be Out of Fashion?" in "The Wall Street Journal " on February 28, 2008. In May 2008 she went on the "Today Show" and talked about the pressure to be thin as a model and the alarming increase over the years to be skinnier. She stated that she "hadn't had [her] period in over a year" and had a wake up call when on a plane she "ran [her] fingers through [her] hair, and when [she] took [her] hand away there was a dry brittle clump of hair in [her] hand." This was before Michael's mom forced her to see anutritionist , but then she began purging after meals to avoid gaining weight. In May she was also in "Teen Vogue" and told her weight struggle in an article. She also stated that she was not alone and many other young (and old) models starve themselves and do not have a period.She has been dating David Broderick, a student of
University of North Texas andguitarist of the band Kingfish, since 2004.References
*http://nymag.com/fashion/models/amichael/alimichael/
*http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/05/model_ali_michael_was_on.html
*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120415888096598181.html?mod=weekend_leisure_banner_left
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