Dear Pop Culture Fashion: This is my confession. I am a model and I love the fashion industry but it's so brutal. People often say, "Don't feed the models". This statement is probably intended to be funny as hell. And it's a way of playing with the truth that yes that most of us aren't naturally thin and we are often fasting, but it hurts so much that this is a joke. We are usually fasting because the thinner you are the more work you can get. It's really serious and no one wants to ever talk about it. Many male friends of mine will laugh at this statement right in front of my face, musicians, actors, promoters and nightlife people especially. The preference is openly for the skinny model. Sadly magazines, newspapers, and the entire fashion industry is responsible for this which causes models and celebs to go through drastic measures to appear thin. I don't know. It sucks, but to some of us in the business the moto is "if you can't beat them join them" or do what ever it takes to keep working.