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"For the eighth season running, the Jezebel gals have been painstakingly compiling data on the diversity of models on the runways at New York Fashion Week, and we&amp;#x27;re pumped to report that the spring 2013 season was the most racially diverse to date. Here&amp;#x27;s a quick synopsis of the uplifting news: &amp;quot;This season proved to be the most racially diverse that we have ever counted. For the second time ever (and the second season in a row), white models actually comprised just less than 80% of the total model pool. Contrast that with the 87% of all runway spots that were given to white models in Fall-Winter 2008, when we began keeping track of models and race at NYFW...again this season, the second largest ethnic group on the runway at fashion week was Asians &amp;amp;#8212; Asian models got 476, or 10.1% of all the runway looks. Black models nabbed 383, or 8.1%. Non-white Latina models were used 88 times, or 1.9%. And models of other races wore 25, or 0.5% of all looks.&amp;quot; Are we still light years from fair racial representation on the runways? For sure. A ridiculous six percent of shows had entirely white casts--but Jezebel says published reports say about 33% had all white casts as recently as 2007. It is absolutely worth checking out the brilliantly researched charts and graphs over at Jezebel, then weighing in with a woot woot or your own two cents here. Do you think the year-over-year increase in models of color on the runways is a positive sign of where we&amp;#x27;ll be in a decade? Is fashion finally realizing that beautiful women come in every shade of flesh in the human rainbow? What do you think of this season&amp;#x27;s statistics? Discuss! PLUS! - An ANTM contestant speaks out about the show&amp;#x27;s pressures - OMG: Liberty Ross hits the runway at Alexander Wang - Signs it&amp;#x27;s fashion week: Models turn up everywhere (SRSLY!) Photo: Catwalking"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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