Modelling agencies and fashion industry experts – Talent Management included – have all been talking about Vogue’s new Model Health Initiative, which has put a stop to hiring models under the age of 16 and models who “appear to have an eating disorder”,  ever since it was announced.

Just a few weeks back, Head of Condé Nast International, Jonathan Newhouse, said in a statement: “Vogue editors around the world want the magazines to reflect their commitment to the health of the models who appear on the pages and the well-being of their readers.”

While many models have predictably embraced the change, it seems Cindy Crawford, who’s been modelling since she was 17, is dubious.

Jezebel recently asked the modelling heavyweight if she had any reaction to Vogue’s decision, to which she replied with what was described as a “shrug”.

“Crawford was silent for a few seconds,” a reporter at Jezebel wrote. “Then she said, ‘Honestly, not really.’ I pressed. Long pause. ‘I don’t know. I guess it’s…great.’ She drew out the word in a tone that may have been unintentionally ironic. ‘But that was never one of my issues, so. I think that the fashion industry is in the consumers’ hands. Because if they buy into it, nothing will change. If consumers don’t like it that models are too skinny, or too young, and they don’t buy the magazines, then believe me, then the magazines will have to change’.”

Talent Management believes that a move like this can only be positive, not just for pleasing consumers, but for the health and well-being of models.

What are your thoughts on Vogue’s ‘Health Initiative’ and Crawford’s opinions?