Lily Cole hits back at skinny model criticism

September 20th, 2006

British model Lily Cole has hit back at critics who say she’s too thin to appear at London Fashion Week, insisting she’s healthier than most of the world’s population.
The 18-year-old, who has been lambasted alongside Kate Moss by Britain’s Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell for her skinny frame, warns people should be focusing their attentions on those in worse weight plights.
She says, “When half the world is starving and a good proportion of the other half is suffering from obesity, to put me on the front page is ridiculous.
“I’m fine, I’m healthy, I eat.”