Plus Size Bodies, What Is Wrong With Them Anyway?
In the January 2012 issue of PLUS Model Magazine, plus-size model Katya Zharkova is featured in an explosive editorial where thought provoking statistics and statements are revealed.
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- Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today, she weighs 23% less.
- Ten years ago plus-size models averaged between size 12 and 18. Today the need for size diversity within the plus-size modeling industry continues to be questioned. The majority of plus-size models on agency boards are between a size 6 and 14, while the customers continue to express their dissatisfaction.
- Most runway models meet the Body Mass Index physical criteria for Anorexia.
- 50% of women wear a size 14 or larger, but most standard clothing outlets cater to sizes 14 or smaller.
If we continue to ignore and rely on others to decide what we want to see, change will never happen. We have to be vocal and proactive, patient and realistic.
Tips on how we can help create change:
- Support the companies who market to you.
- Use social networking sites and email to let brands and designers know how you feel about clothing, options and the use of straight sized models (thin models) to market to you.
- Your dollars count! If you stop buying at “Store A” and let them know you will not be purchasing clothing until they market to you, this will raise concern.
- Use every avenue and opportunity you have available to you for your voice to be heard.
- Indie designers need our support.
The answer to the question is this, there is nothing wrong with our bodies. We are bombarded with weight-loss ads every single day, multiple times a day because it’s a multi-billion dollar industry that preys on the fear of being fat. Not everyone is meant to be skinny, our bodies are beautiful and we are not talking about health here because not every skinny person is healthy.
Don’t forget to check out the entire feature by clicking HERE!
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I do feel that we need to take a step back for a second and point out that being morbidly overweight can have just as many health risks as being morbidly underweight. There’s the possibility of too much of a “good thing” either way we go. Ladies, we need to remember that the goal is happiness and self-acceptance regardless of our outward appearance, but I think general health plays a big part in that as well. And we need to not forget that –at any size.
Now that being said, we as a society really do need to accept and befriend our current selves. We need to demand better clothing options and more selections. Just because we’re bigger, doesn’t mean we deserve to look frumpy. Can I get an Amen?!
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Wow, I don’t know where to begin.
Well, I guess I should start out with a bit of back info:
My name is Ileyia (i-l-e-y-i-a, pronounced i-leah), and I am twenty years old. Ever since I was a little girl, I knew that I was different. First it was being too tall, then it became about my weight. All the hate that there is about being different, and about being made in another mold. It really upsets me.
The things that I’ve heard about Kate Upton being called ‘too fat’ for being a model for Victoria’s Secret, and all about Skinny Gossip, it just shows how much work there is to do to make it known that it’s okay to be yourself, in your skin, toothpick thin or rollie pollie chunky.
I, myself, have been struggling with my weight, like most people in this world, and I would never judge someone because of their weight.
I am doing an essay for my college English class on how the fashion world needs to change, (still working on it) and make new choices that promotes health and well being for everyone and anyone who is a model, or the readers that take in everything that they do.
Something needs to be done about Skinny Gossip, and fast. It’s giving girls and guys all over negative thoughts.
I’ve thought about being a plus-sized model, but I don’t fit the criteria, makes me sad, but hey, I guess that’s how it works sometimes.
Thanks for reading this!
Sincerely,
Ileyia Anderson
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“Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighted 8% less than the average woman. Today she weighs 23% less,”
Size 12 women are definitely overweight, borderline obese. Twenty years ago on average women were not as fat as they are today. This whole magazine is a lame attempt to legitimize obesity. Fat women attract fat men, and no, being fat is not healthy. It is very simple: if you eat too much or don’t eat healthily you will get fat. It is simply a matter of self control. Fat people have none. Disgusting on so many levels.
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I am a plus curvy woman and there are just too many people with their negative thoughts about large women 1st let me state that god did not make us all to be a size ??? small whatever we are made in his image , 2ndly yes there may be health issues due to obesity but those with the negative thoughts never understand that those comments do hurt and cause more damage than helping someone…
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Fab article here on being plus sized. Amazes me how "plus size" models are now often (US) size 6-14, it's bonkers!
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There is nothing wrong with plus sized bodies. I wish magazines such as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar would feature these plus sized ladies instead of the immacitated one they have now. The plus size women look more normal.
There is nothing wrong with the plus sized ladies. They look more normal than the immacitated one that are featured in fashion magazines. I just wish that these magazine would wake up and feature the plus sized models that more represent everyday women.
I have never purchased clothing like this before.I have found the man of my dreams and i want to wear these items for him.I love him so much.
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I think plus size women in general are the best looking women on the planet. Through all the trials and tribulations of the weight issue they still love themselves. I have a plus size wife and I love her with all my heart. I applaud the fact that she is working out, dropping the pounds and getting healthier everyday. People are so wrong for judging other people. Please be happy with yourself and if not change it.
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