Crisis on the Catwalk: Fashion Models Report Feeling Less Happy and Fulfilled Than Others, According to New Research.

PR Newswire Europe, February, 2007

LONDON, February 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Researchers at The City University, London, have found that models experience lower psychological need satisfaction and well-being than those not in the profession.

After questioning a group of models and non-models of the same age range on their need satisfaction, life satisfaction, subjective happiness, self-actualisation and general mental health across two studies, it appears that being a model doesn't automatically make you happy.

What's more, with the current debate raging over whether size 00 models should be banned from the catwalk, it seems that models have more troubles than just their weight.

The researchers - led by Dr BjE[micro]rn Meyer, research fellow at The City University, and...

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