For the first time in history, a plus sized model won the prestigious fashion show “America’s Next Top Model”. Maybe the world’s look on overly thin models is really about to change. It is one win, and it certainly doesn’t change the standard view of ‘perfect’ woman’s body but it is certainly a step in a different direction. Whitney Thompson made it somewhere, where only extra thin models did before. Although she is not fat, for the real woman standard, she is size 10. The comparison with today’s size 0 models is extreme. She herself believes that she can change something in the fashion world by showing that healthy weight is much better than the anorexia of models that is so common these days. It is certainly better than cases resulting to death, which for example the death of model Luisel Ramos who died during the fashion show after months of starving herself. Models like Whitney Thomson certainly have a better effect on real women, who have been bombarded for years with the fact that only thin and nothing else is beautiful. Body diversity in the fashion world is almost non-existent. I am not saying that fashion shows should be flooded with overweight people, but it is good to have some diversity. It is true that some designers and fashion shows are banning overly thin models from their shows, which in many cases, I believe, can even save many people’s lives. Tyra Banks, the host of “America’s Next Top Model”, who used to be a top model for many years herself, is leading campaigns for normal women to accept their own bodies the way they are and is fighting against the spread of anorexia among women and models. The fact that Whitney Thomson won that kind of competition shows that beauty is diverse and people in the fashion industry can and want to do something with the dangerous size 0 craziness.