Sir, – Like Pat O'Brien (June 20th), I have also abandoned any pretensions to be a male model for the same physical reasons for which I withdrew my applications as a possible successor to Daniel Craig and as an entrant to the Red Bull cliff-diving event.
Apart from the above, I have also recently seen instances of inaccurate ratios and percentages being applied in various articles, in this case the piece that mentions male models earning 148 per cent less than female models ("Being a male model is 'not a glamorous life. It's super lonely'", Life and Style, June 18th). If a female model earns €1,000 and a male model earns €100, that is 90 per cent less; using the same base of €1,000, 148 per cent less would mean earnings of minus €480, which is a trifle unlikely. – Yours, etc,
JOHN RISELEY,
Coundon Court,
Killiney,
Co Dublin.