plus size really??

[Longoria11]

So i saw an ad that said they needed models of any kind! so i say hey what the heck why not??? and i called he asked what size are u in pants" i said "9 or 11" he then said "PERFECT you'll be with the plus size models"


WTF?! is this what is come down too?? you have to be a size 0-4 to be a "normal" model?? i dont like that! i hate that my daughter will grow up THINKING (because of tv) that u have to be skinny to be accepted in this world!!! thats just wrong! i wish there was something i can do to change that fact!

[animikokala]

Have you seen many of these so-called "attractive" models nowadays?  They are nothing but skin and bones; it's quite sickening really, looking at them.  I'm a size 14-16 myself; the bones in my hips are too wide for anything else; gets rather annoying that my jeans are always too loose on my waist. 

[Annella]

So i saw an ad that said they needed models of any kind! so i say hey what the heck why not??? and i called he asked what size are u in pants" i said "9 or 11" he then said "PERFECT you'll be with the plus size models"


WTF?! is this what is come down too?? you have to be a size 0-4 to be a "normal" model?? i dont like that! i hate that my daughter will grow up THINKING (because of tv) that u have to be skinny to be accepted in this world!!! thats just wrong! i wish there was something i can do to change that fact!

Uh...yeah!   I thought plus size started at 14W.  Since when did size 9-11 become plus size?  I was so happy to get down enough to fit in some of my 12's.  So according to the fashion world, I'm over plus size?    Not to mention, I wear petite.  So I'm short......and fat?

[Longoria11]

according to this guy it is.. i said forget it! what a low blow!!!

[gondeee]

Darn that television set...phooey.

[Annella]

Look in any fashion magazine and really take a look at the girls.  Like the upper arm ratio and narrowness of the wrist.  Pathetic!  Like someone said on here before (animikokala), they look malnourished, and make themselves that way.  No wonder we have teen girls struggling with eating disorders.

[dodgers16]

Lol Really?? Thats so funny. They are looking for models that are a size 0 lol..So to them a size 11 is huge lol...Its realy bad. I agree

[syntheticbeauty]

This is what is considered plus size


These models in my opinion are curvy but are not fat or plus size. They are average women in my opinion.

[klkwid]

THOSE models are plus size???  That's crazy!  They look like skinny normal people to me.  I'm so in agreement with you guys on this one.  it's sad that the world has made those ultra skinny people the look that we are supposed to be striving for.  I was so proud of myself when I fit into 8-10 pants.  I must be MEGA-PLUS size to them LOL!!!

[syntheticbeauty]

Here are more " plus size models"

[syntheticbeauty]

According to the fashion industry those women are overweight and plus size women. Most women which they had those curves and that form of body.
I bet if you put a skinny model next to a "plus" size model most men would agree the "plus" size one is more appealing.

[syntheticbeauty]

Hmm I shall post a poll on here with photos of plus size vs. average models.

[Annella]

The plus size models look healthy....and happy.  I think most men would take one of these women over a stick figure any day. 

[syntheticbeauty]

It's a shame that being over a size 8 qualifies you as plus size.
I hate that my 3 year old twin daughters are worried about getting fat. 
Their cousin who is 5 told them that no on likes fat people and it's a shame that anyone would teach her that.
I'm trying to make them comprehend that size doesn't matter and everyone is lovable.
Unfortunately, they seem to listen to my cousins daughter over me and talking to my cousins was pointless she is a twig who instills this in her daughter 

[Annella]

All you can do is try to raise your daughters with a "healthy" attitude concerning this.  The body is not made to be starved.  Health is much more important than how we "look".  There was a book out called "Fit or Fat", and it had some very good advice in it.

The body has to burn fuel from what we eat.  It's important to nourish ourselves.  This can't be done out of thin air (no pun intended).  Even people who work out all the time will tell you that you must eat good nourishing food. Not one body builder, or anyone that works out, or exercises regularly, looks like a stick.  Why, because they practice proper nutrition along with it.

That's why some of these models look horrible if you see them without all the trimmings (make-up, etc.).  They actually look sallow and haggard in their face and bodies.  Where the notion of being 30 lbs. under your natural body weight came from.....who knows?  We need more models walking the catwalk that are "normal" size.  After all, how many of us actually wear a size 0 among the masses?