New York Magazine's "The Cut" section features a variety of articles concerning body image and issues related to body image. This particular article about former model Gemma Ward was particularly interesting to me because she was once one of my favourite models. However, she has recently been receding from the industry simply because her body has matured and she now has more curves since she was just 16 when she did her first Vogue cover. This article really opened my eyes to how the image of the ideal female body is portrayed because really, Gemma at her peak did not exemplify the body of a woman, but rather, that of a beanpole thin adolescent.
