In recent years, the fashion industry has seen a trend of thinness as beauty, with more and more people joining the ranks of those trying to lose weight. As a result, many have developed anorexia. In Italy alone, there are 2 million patients with anorexia, most of whom have been influenced by the fashion industry's obsession with extreme thinness. However, last September, the Miss Italy pageant winners were also slim beauties, and stick-thin models continue to dominate the scene.