--If shop mannequins were real women THEY'D BE TOO THIN TO MENSTRUATE.

--There are 3 billion women who don't look like supermodels and ONLY 8 WHO DO.

--Marilyn Monroe wore a SIZE 12.

--If Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.

--The average American woman weighs 144 lbs. and wears between a size 12 and 14.

--One out of every 4 college aged women has an eating disorder. --The models in the magazines are airbrushed-- THEY'RE NOT PERFECT!!

--A psychological study in 1995 found that 3 minutes spent looking at models in a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, guilty and shameful.

--Models who twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average woman, today weigh 23% less.

Please send this to every woman you know. There is no sense in our generation of women and future generations of women killing themselves to look thin. We're simply being lied to. Love yourself for WHO you are, not what you look like.