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Fed-up fashionistas choose plus size models

Fed-up fashion bosses have scrapped skinny models after searching far and wide for a new size-18 superstar.

German style magazine Brigitte held its own plus size beauty contest in Berlin after announcing a ban on super thin size zero models.

Now food sciences student Saskia Grimm, 21, has been hailed the new shape of German fashion after winning the contest.

More than 2,500 contestants were not only judged on their looks but how happy they are with their self-image and their body shapes.

Saskia said: "I have always been on the large size and wanted to show other women that they don't need to be ashamed. They should love their curves."

She has now been signed by the Louisa Models agency and will be doing a photo shoot for a new clothing catalogue next month.

The contest follows an announcement from Brigitte whose editor-in-chief said that he was fed up with retouching "anorexic" girls and claimed today's models weigh 23 per cent less than normal women.

"From 2010 we will no longer work with professional models," said Andreas Lebert, editor-in-chief.

He added he was "fed up" with having to re-touch pictures of underweight models who bore no resemblance to ordinary women.

"For years we've had to use Photoshop to fatten the girls up," he said. "Especially their thighs, and boobs. But this is disturbing and perverse and what has it got to do with our real reader?"

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Vienna ÖVP endorses proposed district cuts
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Skiing starts in Vienna
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Vranitzky appreciates tuition fees discussion
Former Social Democratic (SPÖ) Chancellor Franz Vranitzky has said he welcomes the current debate about a reintroduction of tuition fees.

Wiener Linien records rising demand for annual passes
The number of people opting for annual Wiener Linien tickets is soaring.

Many Austrians mistrust jurisdiction
Almost four in 10 Austrians had a worse opinion of the country’s juridical system today than a few years ago, a new survey shows.

Ice wine harvest later than ever
The grapes for ice wine production have been harvested later than ever this year in Austria. The fruit for the popular dessert wine are normally picked in December at the latest but only now have the temperatures been cold enough for the harvest.

Westbahn welcomes 6,000 a day
Westbahn manages to sell one in two of the overall number of tickets it offers, a spokesman said today (Fri).

Vice chancellor refuses to exclude FPÖ
The People’s Party (ÖVP) keeps refusing to disassociate itself from the Freedom Party (FPÖ) following FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache’s controversial comparisons with the Nazi era.

Austrian and German terrorists hid plans in their underpants
Two alleged terrorists including one Austrian hid plans in their underpants to hack off heads, burn bodies and then send the videos back to their al-Qaeda bosses in Afghanistan, a German court has heard.

Vitamin D linked to fertility
Austrian scientists have found a link between a lack of vitamin D and fertility. Graz-based endocrinologist Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch and her colleague Elisabeth Lerchbaum compared data from several vitamin D studies and say there is a clear link between vitamin D and the production of testosterone and sperm quality.