I think it is ridiculous that any government should be able to ban something like this. It's not the job of government.
I do think though, that many companies should wise up and realize that showing "typical" and "average" people in their marketing campaigns is probably a smarter choice.
The DOVE company comes to mind as a good example of marketing to real "average" people with "average" looking people in their ads ....
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com...t§ion=news
Jim