{{Short description|U.S. nonprofit advocacy group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox organization | name = Model Alliance | formation = {{start date and age|2012|02}} | founder = Sara Ziff, President | type = nonprofit organization | purpose = advocacy group for fashion industry | location = 110 East 25th Street<br /> New York, NY 10010<br />United States | key_people = Coco Rocha<br /> Milla Jovovich<br /> Karen Elson<br /> Doutzen Kroes<br /> Edie Campbell | website = {{URL|http://modelalliance.org|modelalliance.org}} }}
The '''Model Alliance''' is a New York–based advocacy group focused on research and policy for models and others employed in the fashion industry.<ref name="Observer1">{{cite news |title= The Sorrow and the Pretty: Model Alliance Looks to Empower the Ridiculously Good-Looking|author= Drew Grant|url= http://observer.com/2012/09/the-sorrow-and-the-pretty-model-alliance-looks-to-empower-the-really-really-ridiculously-good-looking/|newspaper= The New York Observer|date= September 4, 2012|accessdate=June 9, 2013}}</ref> Founded in February 2012 by model Sara Ziff along with support from others models, the Model Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/model_alliance_seeks_to_better_working_conditions_in_fashion_world|title=Model Alliance Seeks to Better Working Conditions in Fashion World|work=ABA Journal|access-date=2017-09-08|others=Eriq Gardner|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/business/a-new-alliance-steps-up-to-protect-the-next-generation-of-models.html|title=A New Alliance Steps Up to Protect a New Generation of Models|last=Greenhouse|first=Steven|date=2013-12-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Advocacy== In addition to providing a discreet grievance reporting service, the Model Alliance advocates for the enforcement of existing child labor and contract laws, promotes equal opportunity and fosters a culture of accountability in the fashion industry.<ref name=Backstage>{{cite news |title= Supermodel Sara Ziff Forms Model Alliance to Save Models and Fashion|author= Daniel Lehman|url= http://www.backstage.com/interview/supermodel-sara-ziff-forms-model-alliance-to-save-models-and-fashion/|newspaper= Backstage|date= April 4, 2012|accessdate=June 9, 2013}}</ref>
Models who have served on the Model Alliance's Advisory Board include Coco Rocha, Milla Jovovich, Shalom Harlow, and Karen Elson.<ref name="team">{{cite web|url=http://modelalliance.org/our-team|title=The Model Alliance – Board of Directors|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |work= Model Alliance|publisher= |accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref>
In June 2013, the Model Alliance announced that New York State Senators Jeffrey Klein and Diane Savino had proposed legislation that would afford child models the same protections as all other child performers working in New York.<ref name=Observer2>{{cite news |title= Pretty Interesting: Legislators Rally for Catwalk Kiddies|author= Rebecca Hiscott|url= http://observer.com/2013/06/pretty-interesting-legislators-rally-for-catwalk-kiddies/|newspaper= The New York Observer|date= June 6, 2013|accessdate=June 9, 2013}}</ref>
In October 2013, the Model Alliance announced that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed the child model bill (A.7787/S.5486) into law in New York State.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news |title=New York Sets Work Rules for Young Models |author= Eric Wilson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/fashion/new-york-sets-work-rules-for-young-models.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0/|newspaper= The New York Times |date= October 22, 2013|accessdate=October 23, 2013}}</ref> In November 2013, the child model law was enacted and affords child models the same protections as other child performers working in New York State.
In February 2017, the Model Alliance released a study in which 81.5% of models reported having an underweight body mass index.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rodgers|first1=Rachel F.|last2=Ziff|first2=Sara|last3=Lowy|first3=Alice S.|last4=Yu|first4=Kimberly|last5=Austin|first5=S. Bryn|date=2017-03-01|title=Results of a strategic science study to inform policies targeting extreme thinness standards in the fashion industry|journal=International Journal of Eating Disorders|language=en|volume=50|issue=3|pages=284–292|doi=10.1002/eat.22682|pmid=28138974|s2cid=5143838|issn=1098-108X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/model-alliance-eating-disorder-study|title=A New Study Takes on Eating Disorders in Modeling|work=Vogue|access-date=2017-09-08|language=en}}</ref>
In May 2018, the Model Alliance published an open letter launching the RESPECT Program to protect models and their colleagues from sexual abuses in the fashion industry. Signed and supported by many of the world’s top models.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://programforrespect.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516222446/http://programforrespect.org/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 16, 2018|title=Program For Respect - a Fashion Industry Built on Respect and Accountability|work=Respect|access-date=2018-05-16|language=en}}</ref> <br /> Amy Lemons<br /> Doutzen Kroes<br /> Edie Campbell<br /> Frederique van der Wal<br /> Gisele Bündchen<br /> Karen Elson<br /> Milla Jovovich.
==Founder==
Sara Ziff is a model-turned-activist who was inspired to begin the Alliance based on her experiences in the modeling industry as a youth. At age 14, she was invited to the house of a photographer and told to take all her clothes off; later, at age 15, she went to another fashion shoot where drugs were available freely.<ref name=nyt2>{{cite news |title=A New Alliance Steps Up to Protect a New Generation of Models |author= Steven Greenhouse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/business/a-new-alliance-steps-up-to-protect-the-next-generation-of-models.html?pagewanted=all|newspaper= The New York Times |date= December 23, 2013|accessdate=February 25, 2014}}</ref>
==See also== * Equity (trade union)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|https://modelalliance.org/}}
Category:Non-profit organizations based in New York City Category:Fashion organizations Category:Workers' rights organizations based in the United States