Skinny VS Curvy

Former plus-size, current not-really-plus-size model Crystal Renn (who is now a size 8-10) opened up about her recent (major) weight loss. We’ve got the details from Daily Mail:

She shot to fame as one of the world’s most famous plus-size models. But last night Crystal Renn admitted that she is now no bigger than a U.S. Size 8-10 (UK Size 12-14). The 24-year-old Chanel model, who was previously a UK Size 16, said that she finally felt ready to exercise for the first time since her teens, when she suffered from an eating disorder and became addicted to working out for up to eight hours a day. She revealed that a difficult break-up had contributed to her decision to embrace a more healthy lifestyle, and a combination of hiking and yoga had helped the weight drop off.

She told NY Magazine: ‘In the past, I avoided exercise because it brought back terrible feelings. I wasn’t ready. And I was scared that maybe I was going to be addicted again. That’s a fear that goes through your mind, whenever you’re getting over an addiction or a disease like anorexia, yeah, I absolutely was worried. But then I guess you could say my life changed in a really drastic way. For one, there was a split-up that I went through that was very difficult, and I thought, “You know what? I need to be in a good place. I need to find me again.”’

I went backpacking for three weeks and I came back and I had lost some weight. And basically I’ve been traveling ever since. This is just how my body is now… It’s been strange, actually, because it’s not something I’ve been trying to do,’ she admitted. She added that her current routine was far from rigorous: ‘I think I probably have a good relationship with the exercise that I do do,’ she said. ‘I’m taking care. I’m just in a really good place. I do hiking. I do yoga, but nothing crazy, just in my house. It brings me peace.’

What do you think of Crystal’s explanations?

WCurve plus-size model Robyn Lawley is featured in the November issue of Australian Cosmopolitan Magazine – this number has the tagline ‘Sexy At Any Size’, which is why plus-size models were included in the pages next to the straight size ones. Robyn is rocking a wide range of one and two-piece swimsuits in this shoot… and here are her thoughts on the experience:

The greatest thing about the shoot was getting treated exactly like the other model and not just in the way of how the crew was (crew were too much fun :p) but in the way that the swimwear was just as glorious as what the straight size model wore, which is extremely rare in plus size. I absolutely love the spread and I am very proud of what we achieved. I’m so happy that more and more of this kind of editorial opportunities are happening and that more kinds of different models are now used to showcase all type of clothes.

Does Robyn look plus-size to you? And what do you think of the shoot?

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Hot mom / supermodel Adriana Lima was spotted looking cleavagey in New York City at the Victoria’s Secret shop in Herald Square, where she revealed this year’s $2 million Fantasy Bra. This is Adriana’s first year in the sparkly, diamondy ensemble, as Heidi Klum just announced her retirement from Victoria’s Secret.

More when you turn the page!

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America’s Next Top Model plus-size winner Whitney Thompson is a spokeswomen for National Eating Disorders Association and she recently opened up to Huffington Post about the modeling industry – she makes some interesting points:

Oh yeah, models get treated like crap. Worse than anyone. We get fed last, we don’t sleep, they treat you like nothing. When you think about it, everyone thinks modeling is so glamorous, but you don’t get to say what you wear, you don’t get to say how you look, what your hair color is, what length it is, where you live, what you do — you have no voice at all. And the bookers — because I was a straight-size model growing up in high school, and my hips were always one inch too big — and, yeah, you have 45-year-old men saying, “You’re too fat.” You’re a teenage girl. It’s really disgusting. It’s an awful industry and, yeah, there is no soul in modeling.

A lot of girls get depressed, some girls commit suicide, some girls starve to death, literally, and we kind of just don’t pay attention to it in the industry. We don’t really talk about it, but it’s very common. I lived in a model apartment with all straight (size) models. One of the girls was on the lemonade cleanse for, I think, three weeks and her skin broke out all over in boils. But she was working in Paris every weekend and that’s all that mattered to her. And does the agency say anything? They’re not worried she’s too skinny, they’re worried she looks nasty because she has boils.

… says Whitney.

What do you think about Whitney’s thoughts?

Supermodel / hot mom Gisele Bündchen is featured in the October issue of DT Magazine – exploded fishnets, skimpy outfits, studs and metal accessories, a hard rock body mixed with a literally ‘dirty’ look are the ingredients of this shoot.

Are you a fan?

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