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.
*Check out all the images here*
- 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!
Sorry, my last comment didn’t post at first, and I had to rewrite it. Now both are there.
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@Celeste
Considering the fact that I’m in the gym working out 6 days out of the week, you’re right…I don’t have the time (or the inclination frankly) to keep track of what fat people eat. However, I did read an article (and I wish I could remember the source to cite) that was a study on the percentage of overweight people actually have glandular disorders. It stated that the actual percentage was quite small and that MOST overweight people became that way due to lack of proper exercise and poor diet. Don’t shoot the messenger….LOL
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1066937,00.html
Just for anyone who is telling me I can’t be heavy and healthy. I’m pretty sure I could outrun many, outflex more and have never once had a bad doctor’s visit!
@ Mary – I’ll be honest and tell you that I’ve grown so very bored of your blathering and seeming inability to see anything other than what you want to see in what I’ve said that I barely even skimmed your last response to me. It’s worth neither the time, nor the effort.
Just to clear up something, by the way. I never said that my opinion was based upon my concern for obese people, or that I should hate them for their own good. In reality, I just really don’t care about their health anymore than a thin person’s, as I don’t even know them. You wanted to see it that, so you saw it. I care about them giving me dirty looks, when I don’t dress with my bits hanging out and I’m just going about my business or do anything that should merit that response in public, and hearing comments about the fact that I am thin. I care about articles that say I must be anorexic and turn around to say, “love your body!” (but only if you’re plus sized). I care about men coming to this site and saying how unattractive and gross thin women are and how real women have curves, and the curvy women thinking that’s just great, but God forbid a man tell an overweight woman that real women are thin. It’s all just so ridiculous. This argument FEELS ridiculous, as if I’m trying to discuss something with a child who is intent only on being right rather than anything else.
@ Celeste – As my boyfriend said when I was asking him what he thought of the arguments on both sides of the argument regarding why people perceive the general population of overweight people, he said something to this effect as well as I can recall, “All you have to do is go to a grocery store and see the many families consisting of obese parents and obese children with carts full of 75% junk food. Now ask those parents why their families are overweight and not many will mention the junk food but they will likely tell you it’s genetics.” It’s not always “thin people” who are perpetuating the stereotypes or the attempt to bullshit everyone about something that (at least for many) is very, very obvious. He agreed with me that it’s not only obese shoppers who fill their carts with crap (and certainly thin people can be JUST as unhealthy if they eat that much junk), but if obesity is an issue for that shopper, then why fill the cart with crap that’s only going to make it worse? If people can not see the logic in it, why do you think that is? If you’re obese and you don’t fit into that category, then I’m guessing that most of the people who find issue with it aren’t talking about you, so why take such offense to something that doesn’t apply to you?
That having been said, I still disagree with making statements like, “You can’t polish a turd.” or “You suffer from can’t push your fat ass away from the table.” Those are not statements that attempt to get a point across and end up just being hurtful.
@ Jimbo – I do not agree that the model in this photo is fat, obese or terribly overweight. She is “thick” if you want to put a label on it, but she also looks like she exercises and has a good bit of muscle. I may have strong opinions on anti-thin double standards, to say that model is “fat” and would be attractive if she were thinner is very unfair.
What about us girls stuck in between size 10 to 14. They are either two short and big or long and lean. Think Marilyn Monroe curves no one designs for that anymore. A chest, a butt, thighs (no chicken legs here)and a little waist. I am tired of taking everything I buy to the tailors.
I had forwarded a link to this page on my facebook site about 6 hours ago. Since then, about 15% (and counting) of my 436 friends have responded publicly or privately in response to my story. So many women try to keep up with what our media pushes as beautiful. We want to wear the clothing that the mannequin is showing us and look as good in them. I am a healthy woman. I want my children to see that no matter what they look like, if they feel good about themselves, they can accomplish anything. My friends are supporting the fact that I was courageous enough to put my weight out in the open like that. Why not? I’m proud! I look good for a mother of two who had back to back c-sections. I work hard to have the endurance to ride my bicycle 100 miles in one day. I don’t look like a runway model….I look like me. Confidence goes a long way. Anyway, below is what I posted. Thank you for what you do!
“I had to pass this along to all the women in my life. I am a woman who had lost about 50 pounds two years ago. From there I had kept it all off. As most of you know, last year I started cycling and running (and pretending to swim haha). I am strong, but no matter what I eat (or don’t eat), now matter how many miles I put on these legs, my weight has remained constant at 155. My pant size went down a couple of notches, but is now maintained at a 10 (sometimes an 8). Some size 6 dresses will fit me as long as the mama hips fit in there LOL. I am telling you this because even though you will never see me on a runway, I am proud of what I have accomplished. I am considered an Athena racer because of my weight. For the life of me I don’t understand why the category exists. If you can swim .9 miles, bike 25 miles and run 6 miles you are an athlete. Heck, if you can do any one of those you are an athlete. Does it really matter that I weigh more? Is it any more difficult for me to do this than the other mothers of two who happen to weigh 135 pounds? Our bodies determine what is healthy and natural and it our jobs to keep it that way. My 2500+ miles on my bike and my 300+ miles running last year were not in vein. I embrace my 155. I will continue to change my fat to muscle, but I will not expect to look like a runway model. That “plus” size model looks pretty good to me. Thanks for listening. Time for breakfast!
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@ Disturbed
Really? You don’t care about fat women’s health? Then why did you bring it up in the first place? You keep saying the same things without making any new points. You apparently can’t legitimately discredit what I’ve said (or you would have done so already, as you’ve had ample opportunity), so you resort to calling me childish. Really? When you’re the one who’s insisting you’re right just because “you know it” but refuse to provide any proof that you are? Well.
I would like to address something that you addressed to Celeste but was also an issue you addressed to me previously. Why do I care about people talking about a category of fat people that I am not a part of? Because it’s not like people ask me which category I’m in before ridiculing me. People don’t stop and ask me whether my weight issues come from genetic/glandular problems before spouting the stereotype at me that I’m overweight and therefore I must overeat all the time and sit around like a slug. The people (and not just teenagers) who have deemed it appropriate to moo at me in public didn’t ask me about my health history before deciding it was okay to moo at me. Sure my thyroidectomy scar is visible but most of the people I interact with that don’t know me personally (but still have no issue with approaching me and giving me dieting/exercise advice!) haven’t seemed to know what it means/is from.
Why would I care about a group I’m not a part of? Because people treat me like I am a part of it.
That’s actually one of the things I just don’t understand. You rail about people assuming that you are in the category of thin women that starve themselves/is anorexic. Yet you assume, without knowing a fat person’s medical history, that they are in the category of overeaters/sloths. Can’t you see these are one in the same thing, that they are both stereotypes? And if you’re so against the stereotypes of thin people, why do you perpetrate similar stereotypes about fat people? If you are against double standards, why do you perpetuate them?
I do see a glimmer of hope, though. Thank you for saying the following:
“That having been said, I still disagree with making statements like, “You can’t polish a turd.” or “You suffer from can’t push your fat ass away from the table.” Those are not statements that attempt to get a point across and end up just being hurtful.”
and for your comment to Jimbo.
That gives me hope that you may have actually, finally got it, or at least a part of it. *applauds* (In all seriousness, no sarcasm at all intended. Really! I swear.)
@ Nicole
I don’t even know where to begin with your comment. I thought Disturbed was being hateful and bigoted to fat people…but your comments…wow. I wish you could find that article and post it for us. I would be very interested to see the source of it, to see if Kate Harding is right that if you scratch the surface of articles like that, you find a press release from a weight-loss company. Interestingly enough, I found an article that disputes your position with a simple 20 second google search: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/09/09/the-real-cause-of-obesity.html
@ RPC in Hawaii
I’ve said it all before in previous comments, so I’m not going to reiterate it for you. Aside from pointing out that I personally nearly died at a size seven which was the lowest size I’ve ever been – and thus the statement “size 2-4 is healthy” is an oxymoron to me (and I bet I’m not the only one) – all I’ll say is stereotypes, stereotypes, stereotypes. I highly suggest you read at least some of the articles I’ve posted links to. They will likely prove highly educational. If you actually read them.
@ Tiffay
I agree that overeating and sitting around all day without any health reasons for the second part of that is disgusting. (If you’re in traction for example, you’re obviously going to be sitting – or laying – around all day.) However please prove your statement that most fat people are like this. And by “prove,” I mean provide actual proof, not a simple “I’ve seen it” or “everyone knows this is true.” Otherwise your argument has no merit and is just perpetuating a stereotype that it is long past it’s welcome.
@ Judy, Jimbo, please see above and all of my previous comments.
Interesting, I just got back from a very tiring day of shopping – what I found was in many “a list” stores, plain and simple the sizes are smaller – how can it be I go some places and I am an 8 and others I am a 14 – that just does not add up. I totally agree, models although many beautiful in their own right are expected to be far to small; granted there are those who cant help it high metabolism etc but the industry is boarding on insanity with their expectations. All women are shaped differently, plan and simple but many retailers focus on one body type, rather discouraging for a girl with a little more in the chest and in the trunk! So all you “large” girls – flaunt what you got don’t be ashamed to be yourself…. you’re beautiful!
I don’t agree with fat people not being able to push themselves away from the table. I don’t eat very much but I am a size 18. Everyone is different and gain weight for different reasons. There is to much stereotyping about fat people and I don’t agree with that.
We see everyone complaining about telling fashion designers to cater for plus size and everyday normal people but how many of you think of the fashion world as something unique, something just out of the reach as ordinary? Maybe the fashion industry should stay like that, only 1% of the population of girls’ body are ideal to be a model. If we were to open up this world everyday people like you and me would be able to jump into something and roam the runways. I know of many fashion designers who have tried to cater to larger girls but it just doesn’t work, when was the last time you went into a sale store and found that the racks only had size 12-18s? These clothes that the fashion designers have created are not getting sold! They do not gain any profit from doing this so they return to creating pieces aimed at smaller women. Personally I like to see things out of the ordinary from magazines which i pay to buy. If i wanted normal people in clothes i would just go out onto the streets and stare for a while. The fashion industry is a world of its own.
These arguments are absolutely ridiculous for so many reasons
1) Nobody is saying put unhealthy people in magazines, in fact they are saying just the opposite. Teenagers read magazines, young people in general read magazines. Teenagers are getting the wrong idea of what they should be from these magazines. Young girls barely reaching adolescence should not be bombarded by photos of women so ridiculously tiny that it makes girls reevaluate their sizes constantly. The women in magazines do not even begin to represent REAL women and what REAL women look like. There is just a need for a balancing act. Can anybody honestly say that a size 6 is obese? No, because a size 6, is a healthy size. For some crazy reason a size 6 is being considered a plus size, which it is not. All that is being said is let REAL people be on the covers of magazines. People of all shapes and sizes not just one size.
2) It is impossible to tell someone’s health history by looking at them. You cannot tell someone whether they are healthy or not unless you are their doctor. If we really look closely at the causes of obesity, we can discuss how cheap processed, sodium, and carb filled food is, and how society’s lower middle class end’s up the biggest. But it seems that a lot of you are not to interested in the facts of size and how it really happens.
3) I am a pretty active person. I do enjoy junk food, but you know what else I enjoy? 3-day backpacking trips, horseback riding, rafting, walking my dog, swimming, working with kids, and for some reason I am 200 pounds and have been for years. Oh wait I remember why, weight, is not always based on health, there are MANY reasons a person can be plus-sized.
4) Most models have pretty high metabolisms and work out constantly, it is their job, but what about the people with multiple jobs and multiple kids? They do not have time to spend all day in the gym. What about the people with slow metabolisms? They can workout and do, but they are not going to ever be a size 0, unless they have no job, no other life, and spend all their lives in a gym.
Holly’s right.
Accept one another as we are, accept ourselves as we are.
And, Manufacturers, stop downsizing the clothing, you’re helping create a culture of denial.
I have always been a size 8 in all stores until now, now in Gap, I’m a size 1.
Some stores are changing clothing sizes to flatter the ego of women who are, in the main eating too much, now that we are all so much wealthier in the western world and can afford to eat what ever we want. For those of you without health problems, Girls it’s time you learned to handle your wealth.
How far is this going to go, are they going to marginalize slim women by further down sizing clothing so we become, -1 or -2 so they can stoke the ego of people who are in the main, clearly being greedy. Decieving women over the correct size of their clothes is making overweight women look pathetic and delusional, and is ignoring slim women’s rights to wear their correct sized clothing. We have feelings too.
Being honest about your true dress size is a good monitor on over/under consumption. And for the few of us at both ends of the spectrum who can’t help the size we are, lets just enjoy and make the best of what we are.
Models: In intellect we have a standard/model of intelligence to aspire to that most of us never reach, and we don’t fall apart or go into depression if we don’t attain that ideal. Clothing looks better on tall, slim models, be thankful for the ideal, live with it and adapt fashion to suit your own figure. We can’t all be perfect but we can be the very best of who we are.
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Are there any plus size models with short hair? It seems that having long sexy hair helps these women appear attractive in the larger western culture sense… But are they still sexy when they have short close cropped hair or does that throw off the balance of their womanly figures. What I mean is that long hair helps the proportions of the head and upper body balance out the bottom into an hour glass, but without that extra oomph, is it still consider attractive. I’ve also noticed personally that long hair helps a weak or double chin appear stronger and leaner as the hair cuts into that space… Ah, I’m just rambling now.
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How about the other side of the issue? I am naturally thin. I have ALWAYS had a problem GAINING weight. I was 98 lbs until I turned 40 yrs old. Even after giving birth to 4 children. I don’t starve myself, I have a great appetite AND I love food! I am now 48 yrs old, I’m 5 ft 2 inches & I weigh 112 lbs. I am SOOOO sick of the insults aimed toward thin women; body like a stick, body like a child, skinny, the list goes on & on…. Or how about the phrase real women have curves, which implies that if a woman is thin she can’t possibly have curves? My (approximate) measurements : 34-23-40. I am not TOO thin, I am not a stick, I DO not have the body of a child. And frankly I am sick of the insults. What about MY self-confidence AND that of the countless other thin women and teens? Ironically the MAJORITY of the insults ALWAYS come from “larger” (in society’s eyes) women. ***** I posted the above comment on their FB pg and it keeps disappearing! I wonder why?
“What’s the problem here? She is a sexy curvacious woman! I would rather bang a girl with a bit of chub on her than a stupid scrawny stick figure.”
“Fit is hot. Skinny is not.”
Thanks to comments like this, my very thin (teenager) sister is having a very hard time. She started eating a lot, including junk food, because she’s very thin and has a hard time finding clothes that fit her. People also make fun of her for being skinny. She loves skirts but doesn’t wear them because she thinks she looks awful in them. She’s a stick figure, but I think she’s beautiful just the way she is. I also have “plus size” friends, beautiful girls too! Why so much hate? Seriously, stop it. Some people are skinny because they are anorexic, other people are fat because they are lazy and eat way too much. But many people don’t choose being skinny/fat, that’s just the way they are.
I’m very thin myself, and all my life people laughed at me and said I was ugly because I didn’t look like a “real woman” (I read a comment from another person with a similar story here). I don’t care much about what people say, I know I’m healthy and that’s what’s important to me. Sadly, other people (like my sister) do not see it that way.
threadhot1 : We big girls gotta stik 2gether right?
Hell no!! ALL girls (people, in general) gotta stik 2gether!! Stop dividing!! I’m a skinny person and still love plus size women!! Come on, don’t segregate yourselves, we all should support all shapes and sizes.
I have curves and I am proud of it. My boobs are real and not filled with artificial materials–unlike the models who have had plastic surgery. I can turn heads in a heartbeat in my jeans and sweaters. I am 44 years old and have boy toys who are in their late 20′s & early 30′s. I am a size 18 L; 5′ 9″ and sporting a 44DD chest …….
And Baby, I am not going anywhere…..So, go ahead and knock us plus size girls, we’re having fun with your husbands, brothers, and maybe your sons……
meow…..
@Disturbed:
He agreed with me that it’s not only obese shoppers who fill their carts with crap (and certainly thin people can be JUST as unhealthy if they eat that much junk), but if obesity is an issue for that shopper, then why fill the cart with crap that’s only going to make it worse? If people can not see the logic in it, why do you think that is? If you’re obese and you don’t fit into that category, then I’m guessing that most of the people who find issue with it aren’t talking about you, so why take such offense to something that doesn’t apply to you?
EMPATHY. Do you think you have any? (I’m not being sarcastic here). Whether it applies to me or not, I do not want to see people mistreated, misjudged or abused. As I said to someone else, of the 150 million supposedly overweight/obese people in the U.S.A. how many do you know and how many have you monitored? You read something in an article, yet you accept it for gospel truth and judge people you don’t even know. I try to avoid making judgments about people who I don’t know, and accepting any old article as truth. I actually started thinking about this and wondering how does anybody even know about what is happening with this obesity epidemic? I just spent the weekend in NYC and was looking around to see if 1/2 the people I saw were overweight. Honestly, out of the thousands I saw maybe 10% were. So I don’t know where the figures are coming from. Considering 25 million people do not even have health insurance it’s not like they can get statistics on the entire country. And are doctors allowed to give out those statistics? But that’s getting off topic.
The reason why I am defending the plus sized women on here is because I think all women regardless of their size deserve nice and well made clothes. Period. I am not going to tell another person what they should eat, what is wrong with them etc. It is frankly, none of my business. But I do not want to see them put down without saying something because some people feel like they have the right to tell other people what to wear, what to eat, how to live their lives. I cannot stop you or anyone else from doing so, but I can voice my disapproval of it. With freedom of speech, if you have the right to put people down, I have the right to say it’s wrong and to defend them.
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I’m appalled by the majority of the negative comments here. WHY on earth do you come on to a PLUS SIZE MAGAZINE to post negative thoughts about plus size people. Are you THAT bored in your life. I also find it amusing that people like @Jo claim to know how models live their lives. Oh, I’m sorry, did you date one of them? Is that how you know? I’ll bet that’s it.
If you are a plus size woman more power to ya for coming on a magazine site that is AIMED AT YOU and sharing your opinion. If you are a man or thin woman WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! We don’t sign on to your ugly people sites and make half witted comments about you. Get a life, seriously.
@ Curvey_Diva
“we’re having fun with your husbands”
Really? Did you really just allude to being a promiscuous home-wrecker in an attempt to show that you love yourself? That has nothing to with size and everything to do with an utter lack of a moral compass – thin women screw around with someone else’s husband and exercise poor sexual standards, too, but it’s nothing for anyone to be proud of. It sounds like what people think of your weight should be the least of your concerns.
I guess my natural A cup and my less curvy frame isn’t enough for all these men who apparently don’t have any respect for their wives and in direct relation, for their children (those who have them), and surprisingly enough, I’m perfectly happy that it’s not me they desire.
Like goes with like, doesn’t it?
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I read this article on Facebook and I was pleased at some parts and concerned with others. I think more articles addressing women and body issues should be more balanced. In the attempt to have women love and embrace themselves and question the unrealistic demand that we all look perfect and skinny, some articles sometimes go overboard and shame skinny women or praise larger women of any size. Shouldn’t articles simple stress the need for a healthy lifestyle? Being over size 16 is, to be honest, an indication that one could be at risk for many health-related issues, so an article could provide examples of women who are this size and healthy, but also statistics of women who are not and the factors that increase health risks. They could also do the same for women who are considered underweight. That way, we could feel more accepting of not only ourselves, but of people who look different from us.
I say this because I’m tired of my skinny friends making derogatory comments about people who are heavier; of bigger people putting me down for being skinny; of people starving themselves/overeating and then complaining about how unhappy they are but how they refuse to look after themselves … How about we teach our children to think carefully and critically at an early age, to be confident in themselves and loving towards others, and to know how to care for their bodies without lashing out at others?
My apologies if these thoughts have been posted already; I didn’t get a chance to read all of your comments!
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Personally, I think everyone should take care of themselves, and let others do the same. Some people are skinny, some fat and some in between. So what? If you have the ability to change the way you are and want to (or need to) then do it. If you like yourself the way you are and want to stay that way, then stay. Be true to YOURSELF. Too many people are trying to be coaches or weight terrorists in today’s society. Too skinny, too fat, to boyish, too curvy…etc. Make it a goal to know your own body. Be YOU. If your trying to make yourself feel better by making rude remarks or being a jerk…get a life and shut up. Better yet, GO AWAY!
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Maybe even more annoying than the infighting in these comments between women of different shapes and sizes – all the ones from men assuring us that they love us when we’re curvy. But not TOO curvy. Don’t lose too much weight because they hate us when we’re skinny! But don’t gain too much either because ew, fatties! It doesn’t feel any better than being told we must be slim. We’re still being expected to maintain a very specific standard for men – it just has a few more pounds than other standards do.
@Grace I’m sorry to have so TERRIBLY offended you. I am of course in NO WAY telling anyone what they can and can’t do. I’m simply commenting on the NEGATIVE comments that are on here. In fact, I didn’t even read what you said so you needn’t think it was an attack on you. I rarely make comments at all on articles like this and you have just reminded me why. I’m actually quite secure in my mild chubbiness so I was really just trying to stick up for others. Again, let no good deed go unpunished.
@Grace this will be my last response because this is ridiculous. You seem pretty upset. You cared enough about my first comment to respond to it. My comment about ‘ugly people websites’ was supposed to be a joke. I’m sorry if you didn’t find it humorous. Further more, I did not mean to direct my comment at anyone except for the haters again, apologies that you don’t agree. I’m not trying to put anyone down….period. And I’m really not about to spend my day off fighting with people online, because that’s pathetic. Clearly I should have someone edit my comments for me as to make sure I don’t piss anyone off. Good day.
I don’t know what’s wrong with society but this is not plus size. For me Plus size is more than waist 38.
Look at this links you’ll see there’s not plus size here: http://www.brigittemodels.com/
The world is sick
@ SIngle Much – What right do YOU have to tell people what sites they can go on? Not that its any of your business, but I ended up on this site after reading the article in the NY Daily News. This issue concerns ALL women not just YOU. Thin women are ALSO expected to live up to ridiculous standards. Its not healthy for their self-esteem either.Not only that but it concerns society as a whole. This issue affects everyone! I’m not condoning any insults made by other posters, but your comments were directed towards ALL the thin women AND men on this site. How dare you tell anyone what they can or can’t read OR comment on? People like YOU are part of the problem. You expect fair treatment, concern for your self-esteem, respect, etc BUT you don’t give those things to others.
@ Single Much- I was not TERRIBLY offended by what you said. I don’t know you so your opinion is not that important to me. As for your goal being to defend people against negative comments, if that is so then why did you say,”If you are a man or thin woman WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! We don’t sign on to your ugly people sites and make half witted comments about you. Get a life, seriously.” You directed that comment to ALL the thin women and men here, NOT just the one’s making negative comments. Also, what did you mean by “ugly people websites?” As for your comment, “I rarely make comments at all on articles like this and you have just reminded me why.” Was my post really so offensive to you that you regret commenting OR will refrain from commenting in the future? I truly don’t understand WHY some people feel its okay to stick up for SOME people by insulting OTHERS. You don’t (or at least shouldn’t) bring yourself UP by putting others DOWN.
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@ Single Much- You’re right, it is pointless, ridiculous and a waste of time. Again, I was not that upset, I don’t have to be VERY upset to comment on something. As for having someone edit your comments, you are being ridiculous and dramatic.It seems that you are the only one that feels that this is such a big deal.
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You know, not all of us “plus size” girls can help the way we are. You tell me how I, a size 10/12 depending on the store, should reduce my size when you can see my ribs. Repeat, I am a size 10/12 and you can see my ribs. Sometimes we just can’t help the way we are.
And by the way, before you tell me to exercise, I was a collegiate athlete and continue to work out. So when you can run 10 miles faster than I can, maybe I’ll listen to you.
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I am a 28 year old mother of 2 toddlers 1yr and 3yrs and am a plus size woman size 20. I have been so since childhood. I find it difficult to cope because there is a preconception of beauty, people always suggesting i loose weight or trim down a bit it’s irritating to be honest, I have come a long way trying to accept myself as beautiful the way i am. It would definitely go a long way if plus size models were just that ‘plus size’ so i can see how well the clothes fit on some one just like me and also it will help society to accept and recognize us as beautiful despite our size. Plus size women are people too they have emotions and want to be beautiful and well dressed in stylish clothes as well just as the petites. Thank you for speaking out for us.
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