Nikky Blonsky: ‘I Love My Body’
July 14, 2010 in Beauty & Body Image, Celebrity Quotes by Versus
Nikky Blonsky has a little bit of something to share:
‘I think there’s nothing better than just showing my confidence and showing that I love my body. Why not share it with L.A., New Yor, everywhere?
I’m just comfortable and confident in my body. I couldn’t care less that the world is seeing my bathing suit right now.’
Source: Vogue Curvy
Nikky has shared some thoughts about being plus-size before – check out this post!
wow she must hav some confidence or shes just lying. poor girl.
she’s lying, I don’t think she has to hate her body but she can’t be serious. Its unhealthy to be that big! Its restricting, does she love struggling up stairs, being at risk for diabetes, I mean c’mon, she need to lose a good 60lbs to be healthy.
People are capable of loving themselves even if they aren’t healthy.
how can you love yourself when your weight means restrictions to your life, i think even if she is okay with her body she clearly needs to work out more and get healthy
Should a person not love their body if they have to have their legs amputated and can’t walk? Don’t you think there are people out there that face even greater “restrictions” but still can love and appreciate what they do have? It’s ridiculous to assume that because she is overweight that she can’t love her body. What she “needs” to do for her health has nothing to do with the love she has, and should have for herself.
True THAT! But her shoes ain’t lovin’ her. Did you see her heel? It’s all, “could you PLEASE get off of me?!” LOL She may not really love her body. Who knows? Maybe she does. Maybe she doesn’t love her body, but she loves Crispy Creams, so “Girl, I love my body!!” lololol You go, chubby checker!
Actually, having seen the 2007 Hairspray, she’s surprisingly quite spry. I very much doubt she has to struggle up stairs.
Right now she’s young enough and her body is resilient enough that her obesity isn’t affecting her quality of life. She probably *is* comfortable in her body … for the time being. I imagine ten years from now will be a totally different story. The weight will eventually start to take its toll and make day to life difficult for her.
Young people are notorious for making poor health choices and assuming they’ll never have to suffer the consequences. Nikki’s case is no different.
Exactly
I have aunt, who is 28 and looks similar to Nikky and she cannot manage to go upstairs to 4th floor, where my 78 years old Grandma goes every single day.
It’s like being old in the youth.
If she’s really happy with her body then I say good for her. confidence does not come from being thin, it comes from being happy. I think most women probably know from personal experience that weight loss is not some sort of magic self esteem pill.
Yes, but weight loss when you are morbidly overweight is crucial for your health…. Whether it would increase confidence or not, you have a better quality of life (more energy, less fatigue – you can live life to the full) when you’re healthier.
And, let’s face it, everyone looks far more attractive when they are healthiest. I am sure that Nicky would feel more confidant if she lost weight and became a healthy size. She would look and feel better, and surely those things alone will bring confidence.
I once had a minor eating disorder (i had to see a psychotherapist) and was slightly underweight. I hated my body back then – i knew i looked awful, because i wasn’t healthy. A beautiful appearance is a healthy one. Once i gained weight and reached a healthy size, i felt so much better about my body.
I can’t think of anyone who would be more confidant about themselves being either too thin or too fat, rather than being a healthy weight.
She seems to be pretty confident.
And she’s got to know about all the health risks of being obese. She just doesn’t care, it’s her choice.
Also I think that there will be a man to like her body type. I think she’s really pretty, wears confidence well.
Obesity is not a body type, it’s an environmental factor. Body types are genetic, like your skeleton size and shape (eg ruler, pear, apple, hourglass ect).
Body types are things we cannot control. Obesity is something that you can. (Unless you have a metabolic disorder, which is incredibly rare, less than 1% of people.)
Ok. Not her body type. But some men will like her body, regardless of how unhealthy it is.
And it seems she doesn’t want to lose weight, she seems happy the way she is.
What does finding a man have to do with it? Some men are pedophiles that doesn’t mean its okay, she is unhealthy; she needs to loose weight and stop lying to herself.
I think she means that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and to some she is attractive and good looking, because Shell said that people look best when their healthy. To her that may be true, but others may find overweight people attractive. And pedophiles like all kinds of people, and normal people do to, so their are some pedophiles who like big women as there are normal mentally stable non-pedophiles who also like big women.
Yes Anara is right that is what I meant.
“I think she means that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and to some she is attractive and good looking, because Shell said that people look best when their healthy.”
I don’t know. Sometimes this whole, “everybody can be attractive to somebody!” thing gets taken too far out of context. Yes, there might be some people who find Nikky’s figure attractive. They are likely to have a fat fetish. But let’s remember that fetishes are considered a mental abnormality, and some fetishes are even considered mental disorders (pedophilia, serial rapists).
I think normal people can still find Nikky attractive…she has nice skin, nice face, nice hair…but not regarding her figure.
I think she’s adorable and hope she really is as confident as she says.
or shes insecure and lying to cover it up.
How insecure could she possibly be if she is will to go on tv in a bathing suit if front of millions of people? I know girls that don’t even weigh a third of what she does that are so insecure, they can barely go to the beach without an anxiety attack.
Ahaha I find this post pretty funny. The way she said the qoute, I don’t know it reminds me of when someone is trying to overcompensate or something. Like, the whole LA NY thing, and the bathing suit comment as well. Nothing wrong with her body or what she’s saying, I just think it’s a little much.
Couldn’t agree more! For me it’s the bathing suit bit. She was pushing it on that one IMO!
I don’t think it’s healthy to be the way she is. And that is obese. I admire the fact that she accepts her body type and she’s not obsessed with her figure, but not realizing that you have a medical issue is reckless . It’s like saying “i smoke, i know this might kill me, but i’m confident”.
agreed. confidence is key, but health is as well.
True. Health comes before anything else. She might love her obese body (although, i doubt that she does deep down, i think it’s just a facade), but she’s at risk of developing serious health problems by the time she reaches middle age. Her fertility and skin will be suffering already. Nicky has got a health problems and she needs to sort it out ASAP.
totally agree
Self confidence huh? Why does her smile looks so uncomfortably fake then..
Well if she really loved her body, wouldn’t she treat it better and adopt a healthy lifestyle/eating habits so as to reach and maintain a healthy weight? And in case anyone accuses me of making assumptions about her health when I don’t know her, well lets be real, it is never healthy to be obese.
Or maybe when she said “I love my body” she was referring purely to the way her body looks, rather than loving it and respecting it in other ways. In which case, yuck. Obesity is about as attractive as cancer, people on the whole will never be attracted to what is blantantly unhealthy, and that’s a good thing.
That isn’t true. There are guys who like bigger women, even if they’re incredibly obese.
“feeders” for example XD yeah i know, thats why i said people on the whole, not every single person. There are people with fetishes for people with cancer too – its a big world after all, lots of people, for every person there is someone who will be attracted to them.
I quite agree!
Her message is sort of “It’s ok to be morbidly obese and have a high risk of dying at 30…!” or “I like my body as it is (read unhealhty) and I don’t care if I’m on the verge of a heart attack…!”
I would’ve have nothing against her words if she were just slightly overweight and taking care of her diet and exercise. But it’s more than clear just getting dressed is something hard for her.
I definitely don’t want to see her in the bathing suit (removed by admin)
nikky is cool as ****, i dont see why wouldnt she be confident about herself.
also, some of the comments in this site are pure poison. they make me wanna vomit.
I completely agree.
no matter what weight you are you should still love your body, it’s the thing keeping you on this planet, alive! To hate your body is to hate a huge part of yourself no-one deserves to feel that way. I’m not denying she looks overweight and unhealthy, but she should love her body, it’s the only one she has.
This girl is like Olivia Palmero. She is mean, all I hear are bad things about her. So I don’t particularly fancy her and her quotes about “loving her body”
same have heard bad things about this girl, one or two bad reports from fans/media can be ignored, but when it happens again and again…well, like they say, there is no smoke without fire.
i think her comments are irresponsible. its just as bad as a smoker or underweight celebrity defending their lifestyle choices. if she was a size 14 (us 10) or around there, fair enough. But she is obviously above the healthy weight range.
if she didnt defend her own lifestyle choices she would be an hypocrite. and also probably quite unhappy.
Considering that she is less than 155cm tall, a UK size 14 would be above healthy, too….
Well a UK size 14 would be much better than where she is right now……..
Its good that she’s happy but she’s got to make sure she is healthy too – get to the gym Nikky.
Becoming and staying obese is not loving your body.
if she truly loved her body, it would show. When someone loves their body they take care of it. They want the best for it. Her obesity shows she just gave up on her figure. It seems to me that whole “I love my body” is just a cover up. Being that obese is hard in life, and i bet doing daily activities is much much harder.
Way to go Nikky!
I think the point here isn’t so much her weight, but this glow that comes from her. It’s like, you can TELL she’s happy. Things like that, people just can’t fake.
Said it and will say it again – Way to go, Nikky!
Oh come on, she has to be lying. She looks uncomfortable in every picture we see her in. I know if i was that big i would be hating life!
Well some people just don’t like super amounts of attention even if they are confident.
I could give a **** if she’s confident. She’s not just overweight she’s obese. There’s a big difference with being comfortable being like ten pounds or so overweight and being 100.
This is just unneccesary.
Confidence or no confidence, she’s extremely overweight and she’s putting her health at risk. There’ll be a lot of strain on her heart, liver and joints. Nicky is at a high risk of developing heart disease, heart attacks, diabetes, fatty liver disease, cancer (particularly breast) and arthiritis.
Plus, on top of the health risks, she looks terrible. Humans were not designed to carry so much fat.
Good for her for accepting her body, but let’s see if she’s still the same size in 5 years. Or heck, even 2 years. So many actresses preach the same “I love my curves! I would never want to be a size 0!” b.s. only to turn around and drop a lot of weight.
It’s great that she is confident, but she is so obviously at an unhealthy weight. She should lose enough weight to get into a healthy weight range, or even a bmi of 26 or 27, and then love her body. Loving your obesity is just wrong.
i don’t like her body, neither her face, but I think that, if she’s happy, good for her. If she doesn’t want to change, she shouldn’t. I couldn’t care less about her health. I ony care about my health and my family’s health. Other people can do whatever they want.
i agree that she’s overweight, and i wanna say “she should go to the gym-start eating healthily” but who am i to tell her what to do, to each its own, if she is really happy with her body (we’ll see the proof in her future, i mean she’s a hollywood actress don’t think she can have lots of projects with this weight) than good for her, and i don’t think she’s sending a bad message cos everyone should choose his/her own lifestyle, besides i don’t cosider her celebrity of great influence. Also she’s young now, maybe with age she’ll become more aware of health issues connected with weight.
and i know i’m being mean but i still beat myself up for watching “Huge” cos i saw her in a swimsuit….i want to say kudos to her having the courage to do it on national tv but it was so…awful…
What is the difference between what she said and the following –
‘I love my smoking habit and the rotting of my lungs! I feel so sexy having yellow teeth and cigarette breath that I want to share it with the world!!’
When people stop diving body types into only 2 categories — thin and fat — they will see that there isn’t one.
the difference is that, if you are a smoker, you make everybody that’s close to you be near the smoke, and they got unhealthy too, because they become passive smokers.
But a fat person is only hurting herself.
Not if the person in question has loved ones that care. And not if that person plans to have children one day.
I adore her body, we need more women like her on the scene, if not bigger.
hahahahaha!!
I really hope that´s sarcasm
why would that be sarcasm?…what do we need more size 0 and 00 on the screen? I think anyone Fat or Skinny should be on television, and movies if it’s there dream.
Remember Health At Every Size? I don’t know anything about her health, all I know is that she is fat wich does not means that she is unhealthy. I don’t know what she eats and how often she exercises and I don’t NEED to know because none of my busness. It’s her body. You can do whatever you want with your body, even be unhealthy if you want to. She does have the right to love her body and show it. I love her for doing it, she is talking about loving your body and feeling confortable , not about eating junk food, I can’t see how showing high self-steem is “sending a bad message”.
Also, she is adorable , I love her fat cheeks , wich gave her such a cute smile
kudos for that
Being fat is unhealthy, it is a fact. Sure, people have different skeleton sizes and different muscle masses. An example of a big boned, muscular, carrying more weight altogether women at HEALTHY sizes are Christina Hendricks and Serena Williams. They carry the right amount of body fat for their large frames, but they are no where near overweight. Nicky Blonsky is carrying a dangerously excessive amount of body fat, a clear signal that she is unhealthy. Any medical professional would decree that.
She is putting herself at a high risk of developing severe health problems (cancers, heart disease, liver disease, diabetes) by the time she’s middle aged, maybe before. Her fertility will already be suffering – having too much or too little body fat interferes with fertility hormones. Her skin may be suffering underneath the foundation, too – obesity can cause blemishes, excessive oiliness (common) and broken capillaries.
So, yes, anyone can say that Nicky is definitely unhealthy.
I was agreeing with you until I got halfway through your post. Saying that obesity can cause blemishes is a bit far-fetched. Everyone gets acne. I’m skinny and I get sooo much acne, I have a few I can count right now(which im soooo not proud of), But yeah, I really don’t think you can associate acne with obesity.
Acne and obesity have no direct correlation (not one that is proven anyway). I had terrible acne around 20 and have never been obese. It’s cause is most often hereditary and considering my mother, uncle and brother have also suffered with the condition, I would tend to agree.
I’m fat, working on it, and I have a lot less acne than many of my friends.. They tell me all the time that they wish they had my skin because I’ve been lucky enough to skip the acne side of puberty. (And I wasn’t using foundation or concealer when they’ve said this) In fact one of the most sporty girls in my dorm, super muscular, swimmer, canoe paddler, water polo player, kayaker, had the most acne I EVER saw on anyone in my life, all over her back and face.
i know im waaay late but i just want to say that this is sooo not true. speaking from personal experience, i am about 60 pounds overweight and i am completely healthy. my blood pressure, cholesterol and everything is normal. my doctor has told me that she sees no reason for me to lose weight at all since my health is fine and my weight poses as no risk and in so way jeapordizes my health. so yes it is possible to be overweight or “fat”, and healthy. i am living walking proof of it.
(oh and by the way i have been overweight my entire life and i have perfectly clear skin, and have never had acne)
When you have fat deposits on your belly that they hang over your crotch, then that’s terribly unhealthy!!!
Anybody who thinks this is good what she’s doing and saying, should ask her to have a full physical then have the results made public.
Fat is not necessarily unhealthy ( read more about it http://haescommunity.org/)
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What if she is not healthy? It’s her problem, her body. She have the right to love herself .
And to make someones medical results public? Are you serious? It’s private , health its private.
I doubt that what she is saying will make more people fat, for decades people say mean things about fatties and they did not dissapear, actually there is more fat people now.
You know, some people will say things like, “Oh how can she love her body, it can’t be healthy, blah blah blah.”
Bs. You don’t have to be “healthy” to love your body, nor should it be a requirement. Also, to be motivated to be healthy, you usually have to love your body first. Those two things go hand in hand.
That being said, I don’t think she loves her body at all. Her other comments don’t portray confidence, but rather, insecurity. The whole, “NOT EVERYONE CAN BE A SIZE 2 BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE HAS PERSONAL CHEFS!” thing especially.
“don’t have to be “healthy” to love your body”.
Isn’t part of loving your body respecting it by keeping it healthy? Why would you want to love your body at in an unhealthy state, because wouldn’t that detract you from appreciating how amazing your body is when you are at your healthiest weight (whatever that is for you, it varies greatly)?
You should love your genetic body shape (eg pear, hourglass, ruler, apple ect) and skeleton size (large boned, small boned ect), but you should NOT love a health problem that your body has been subjected to (like obesity) which has been caused by external factors (which would be over eating & lack of activity).
You should be dissatisfied with the unhealthy state of your body to give you the motivation to change it, yet at the same time, you should be confident about your genetic body shape, and you should want to treat that figure which nature gave you properly by being a healthy weight. LOVE your inherent body type, DON’T love the unhealthy things you have done to it! In other words, Nicky should not love her body while it is obese. She should love her body shape, and strive to make her body healthy so she will look (and feel) good.
May i add, also, that loving your body when it’s morbidly obese is selling yourself the notion that it’s preferable to be obese/you don’t need to change, ect. All loving your body while you are obese does, is consoles you that you don’t need to change. It gets rid of the much needed motive to loose weight.
It isn’t fine to be obese, unless you want to be faced with one (or several) of a multitude of obesity related health problems by the time you’re about 50.
On top of that, being obese is extremely unattractive.
“Isn’t part of loving your body respecting it by keeping it healthy? ”
There are two kinds of “loving” your body…loving the way it looks, and loving it itself. The second one is harder, and usually you have to already have the first kind of love. I think she is talking about the first one. Meaning, she is okay with the fact that she looks fat, rather than thinking horrible things about herself.
So I do believe that if she is ever going to love her body in the second way, then she needs to love her body in the first way, first. If you think you’re just so morbidly fat and that everyone hates you and thinks you’re ugly, and you think you’re ugly, and you’re so insecure as a result, then chances are you are not going to make an effort to get healthy. Accepting yourself as you are is the first step in loving your body in the second way.
“May i add, also, that loving your body when it’s morbidly obese is selling yourself the notion that it’s preferable to be obese/you don’t need to change, ect”
No, she is not saying that she loves being fat. She’s not saying she loves what it does to her health. She is talking about her looks. The only thing she could be selling is notions about looks.
Let’s say Nikky had a thyroid disorder (I’m not saying she does, in fact, statistics-wise, she probably doesn’t). But let’s say she does. She should forever hate her body because she carries layers of fat which mask her “genetic shape?”
I definitely see your pov, but there are still ways around that. I have hypoactive thyroid disorder and I am a size 6. Sure, it is super hard for me to lose weight and when I am trying to, it takes me a lot longer than it would someone with a normal thyroid, but it is possible. IMO, that’s not an excuse for being this obese…
Since when do people need an excuse to be fat? Maybe the girl just likes to eat. Maybe she just likes to eat high calorie/fat/carb types of food and happens to have a slow metabolism and/or a thyroid problem. Or doesn’t have a problem at all, but just simply likes to eat fattening food. That’s HER business. She can be as fat as she likes. She’s still gettin’ PAID. She’s getting paid to be fat! How many figures is your size 6 ass cuttin’? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Nobody is asking you to excuse your low income, are they? (removed by admin) She doesn’t need an excuse for being fat. Just like you wouldn’t need an excuse for being poor. So, (removed by admin)
woah, Nikky, is that you?…okay, first of all, it is no longer HER business when she constantly talks about her self appearance in all these magazines. Second, I would love to know how you figured out my annual income from my comment post?
Everyone keeps saying shes not healthy and needs to go to the gym.
1- She would definitely get fired from the tv show because shes being paid to be a fat actress on that abc family show. And thats all she has going for her in hollywood right now.
2- since when is going to gym going to make you healthy?
Just being in a gym won’t make you healthy, but getting good exercise is a few times a week is the best thing you can do for your body.
Ok. Thats understandable (if thats even a word lol)
She is a cute girl, and I think it’s great that she is confident about her looks. I do however feel as though she is an unhealthy weight for her size and would benefit from slimming down.
If she loves her body then why is she abusing it and putting undue strain on it ?
Im all for curves, not for endangering one’s health.
There’s really a Vogue Curvy? LOL.
Ugh. She’s obese. You can’t be proud of being obese and overeating everytime you have a chance to grab a fork. She’s disgusting to me.
I think she’s morbidly jealous of thin girls.
I dont understand why her health problems is such a big issue, if she is truly happy with her size than all we should be doing is respecting that not criticizing her. IF she does health problems and is aware of it then shouldnt it be her decision whether to fix it or not? but i know PLENTY of big people with no health problems what so ever. just like i know plenty of thin people with diabetes. so does it really matter?
if she is happy, for goodness sakes let the girl be happy.
shes doing what a lot of women cant do so for that i think she deserves HUGE amounts of credit.
and I don’t understand why you don’t understand why her health problems are such a big issue. If she would stop saying “I love my body” they wouldn’t be! Do you realize she’s actually saying “I love my health problems”? lol
When I look at her I think of Diabetes. Probably by age 35 or even earlier. I also think of PCOS which is the main cause of infertility in the US. One cause of PCOS is obesity. So she’ll probably be infertile, with diabetes by the time she’s in her 30′s. If she gets pregnant she’ll get prenatal diabetes and hypertension (pre-eclampsia). I know I sound presumptuous but I’ve seen this happen many times in real life to obese women.
No one will believe that, specially at her age and in that particular environment…
I think it’s wrong that some people here have made the comparison between obesity and smoking. It would be more accurate to compare obesity (caused by eating too much) with cancer (caused by smoking). Let’s think for a minute…if she had cancer and came saying “my body has been ravaged by this disease but I’m still confident and proud of myself” I think people would be applauding her. Her body has been ravaged by another disease (whether it’s self-inflicted is mostly irrelevant) and she deserves sympathy and support, not critical comments.
Yes, I think she should try and become healthier, but that’s not really what her comments are about. Someone can be unhealthy and still take pride in their body. We don’t know the exact reasons why she is obese and we shouldn’t be so quick to judge.
That’s exactly the thing! Reading your comment made me realize it: her comments are about NOT becoming healthier, but staying and praising unhealthiness. Yes, this should always be criticized.
And her body is still being ravaged by obesity. She can stop it, but she refuses to. And for what?
Give it a while…she will probably come out with a story that she heard from her doctor that she was at a high risk for heart disease, diabetes, liver disease and a shortened life span (surprise!), and decided she needed to turn her life around so she could live happily for many years to come. Then she will get an endorsement from Jenny Craig or something like that and lose a bunch of weight.
exactly, just like all of the other celebs..do you remember when those pics of Jennifer Love Hewitt came out of her in her black bikini when she was at her heaviest? and she was releasing statements about how confident she was and she loved her body at that size and this and that… and now she is back to her slim, fit body and working out. I just do not believe this girl for one second. My dad is obese, and he is super depressed. His obesity leads to health problems which makes it even harder for him to try and get healthy (the extra weight causes back pain, so he can’t workout, etc). It’s like he is digging a deeper and deeper hole for himself. She should really try and change this while she is young and still can
Apparently you guys don’t know what beauty is. It’s in the inside. I give her props for being confident, because i know 99.9% of the world probably wouldn’t be and be going on crash diets to try to lose the weight, which is unhealthy. Why is it so hard to believe she’s confident at that weight?…You know there are some places in the world who find women who are full figured and a bit on the heavier side gorgeous, and thin women ugly. Everyone is entitled to there own opinion. Mines is that she is gorgeous, not trying to cover up any insecurities, and everyone who says she’s lying and not confident…should get some help. (:
and yeah it’s good to be confident… she is rlly confident… she is tryin to show ppl that even that she is not that healthy she is happy with herself!!good for her!! (A)
ohh and i must say her shoes r amazing!! <33333
I don’t believe her. I think she is only saying this because she is doing an interview for Vogue Curvy…No person that is overweight really loves being overweight. There is so many negatives that comes with it. I have a friend that is really overweight, and people are mean about it, people stare, it’s hard for her to find clothes, and she has never had a boyfriend! It’s so sad, because she is a beautiful person inside and out…she is just overweight. Also, in Nikky’s career, it really limits what parts she can audition for. I mean, in every movie/show I have seen her in, she plays a “fat” role. She had the main part in Hairspray and she is on an upcoming show called “Huge”. I think if she lost some weight she would not only feel better, but she would look better, and be more versatile for acting roles.
yeah. maybe black actresses should bleach their skin in order to get more versatile roles too.
wow, that is a really intelligent comment…
just as much as yours. i just reapplied your discriminatory theory.
because there are more white roles for actresses? I don’t get what you are saying…
I’m saying that if you look at the more overweight actresses, they do have limited rolls they can play. Gibourney Sidibe, for example… I don’t know any other movies she has been in besides Precious. And Nicky has only been in Hairspray and Huge, all of these movies played off of their weight. All I’m saying is that if she did lose some weight she would be healthier and would be more versatile for roles that aren’t always concerning her weight
thats exactly what i mean by discriminatory: youre asking someone to change their appearence in order to get a better job position role whatever.
as for the white-black thing: yeah, thats the way hollywood treats minorities. hispanic actresses, black actresses, not beuatiful enough to play a main role but perfect as a funny bff actresses… its always the same roles for everyone. thats why hollywood is so crap.
I would LOVE for you to explain halle berry, eva mendes, odette yustman, lucy lui, and eva longoria-just to name a few women of different ethnicities-and how they get roles of the leading lady, because by your logic they should be the funny friend of the white actress. Color has nothing to do with it. She’s limiting the things she can just do in life. Do you think she can do a 15 mile bike ride of 10 mile hike? Honestly? Do you think she can walk where ever she wants and takes care of herself the way humans were meant to? Honestly? Most people don’t. Only a few people respect their body enough to feed it well and maintain their bodys composition through activity outside or in the gym. She is clearly not doing that. Color and health are very unrelated. That’s a ridiculous comparison. She’s happy extremely overweight if not morbidly obese, good for her. Really. But she’s still suffering from a disease. Race is NOT a disease. And she would get more roles if she was healthy, not just the funny sweet fat girl. That’s just how it is. Maybe that upsets people, but that is reality.
Amen, sista!
I’m not asking her to do anything…I’m saying if she did change her appearance (lost some weight) she would be more versatile for more jobs. Also, her weight is something she has control over. She could lose weight if she wanted to, but she chooses not to. People do not choose what skin color they want to be. I would say that is a bit extreme asking someone to change their skin color, but whatever…
And I know there are a lot of black actresses, and I know of some Hispanic actresses also, so I don’t know if I agree with you there…I did not mean for my comment to be discriminatory in any sense.
I think Hollywood is what it is…I don’t think it’s going to change. There will always be a certain size- for modeling, acting, whatever. I just know that if I were an actress, and that was my career, I would do whatever I could to be as versatile as possible, because versatility books jobs, and that’s what pays the rent
er…. u are not getting my point. in everywhere else but hollywood, talent has nothing to do with size. or color. have you ever seen an hispanic actress playing a role in an american movie in which being hispanic was something secondary for the role?
as for black people —> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_6_55/ai_61619022/
yeah, they exist. but they are kind of… ‘not the same thing’. my point is that this discriminatory statements apply to everyone that differs from the official hollywood looks.
the irony of it all is that its the american industry we are talking about. the fattest country in the world right. the stress between this ‘perfect role models’ hollywood elects and reality is just too much to bare. so if one actress stands up and says ‘look, im fat as f&&&, but i love myself and im not gonna change’, kudos for that.
european and asian movies would recognize her acting skills without even asking how many doughnuts she eats a day.
Well, to answer your first question, JLo, Penelope Cruz, America Fererra, Eva Mendez, Cameron Diaz, Selena Gomes, Rosario Dawson, and Jessica Alba (just to name a few) have all done movies where there hispanic decent was secondary…
And yes, you are going to have less black actors and actresses than you are white, just like you are going to have less hispanic actors and actresses than you are black. White Americans make up almost 80% of the population, so naturally, there will be the largest percentage of white actors/actresses (just based on the common ratio), followed by black Americans, and then hispanic Americans.
And yes, America is a fat country, which is why instead of saying “Oh I love to eat a twenty piece nugget and a large fry 3 times a day”, they should try and persuade America (fat country) to eat healthier! Healthier people=less health problems, which=less we pay for health care! Once you are a celebrity, you are in the public eye, and all of a sudden people listen to what you have to say. You get younger girls that look up to you. They might see this message and think it’s good to be this size, because she’s ‘happy and confident’, when in reality being this obese is detrimental to a person’s health…it causes boucou health problems, that if she doesn’t have now, she will down the road if she doesn’t change anything about her health.
And, I’m not familiar with European or Asian movies, but I can’t imagine their “hollywood” being too different from ours in that they would recognize her acting skills and not her weight…(If anyone has personal experience in this and is familiar with the movie scene in Europe or Asia, please feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
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For now, we should probably just agree to disagree
the only actress from that list that wasnt born in the us is penelope cruz. and so far the one american movie shes taken part of in which being hispanic didnt had to do with the plot was gothika. and thats probably because the director was french.
and theres no such thing as hollywood out of hollywood. imo theres movies, aka, pieces of art in which actors are ment to recreate emotions (you know, ACTING) instead of trying to look like mannequins, and then theres hollywood.
I don’t believe this statement for a second. at one point I was overweight and I hated being that big and unhealthy. There is no way a human being can be that confident and with that weight and not feel insecure. especially in the business she is in.
This is not in her defense at all, but really, who is allowed to say they love themselves? Don’t forget the VS body acceptance campaign and the response that drew. “Of course you love your body, you’re a perfect model!” And some vs models call themselves curvy.
So then Nikki B, the antithesis of a VS model says she loves her body and calls herself curvy, and she gets this reaction. Granted, she is flat out fat, but if she can’t say it… and the VS models can’t say it… Can anyone?
I know. Its ridiculous to actually tell someone they arent allowed to love themself because their “unhealthy”.
She looks swollen
I think when she says she loves her body she means she loves it no matter what weight it’s at because it’s HER body and we should all love our bodies, A lot of people having been taking this that she’s saying she loves being heavily overweight but she’s not neccesarily saying that
greeeat style.although I don’t like her shoes.It’s good if seh’s confident enough too like her weight but it isn’t healthy especially for her knees.just a little bit twisted