Girls 'lack female role models'

Girlguiding UK bewails lack of suitable ideals for women to follow

'Lack of role models' for girls

The Girl Guides says young women lack positive female role models and reality shows set an "unhealthy" example.

Girlguiding UK: 'Girls just want to be actresses or hairdressers'

Tracey Miller, Trustee for Girlguiding UK, says young girls need to be exposed to a wider pool of role models in order to boost their ambition.

Four Richmond models among 24 ITM finalists

Four Richmond residents are among the 24 finalists in the 2012 ITM-NSR modelling competition. The two dozen finalists strutted their stuff during a fashion show at Yaohan Centre last Friday, marking the first time male and female models took part in the competition.

The globalization of ideal beauty

Female beauty is often defined by the Western fashion elite in Milan or New York. But more and more German magazines are speaking out against it. Internationally, there are a multitude of different agendas.