Hayley Hasselhoff Brings the Quotes of the Day
September 5, 2010 in Celebrity Quotes by Versus
Hayley Hasselhoff, who plays in the TV series Huge with Nikki Blonsky, wants to share a few thoughts:
Seventeen: Tell us what you’re most excited about being in Huge.
Hayley Hasselhoff: I’m most excited that Huge is a show that says it’s ok to be voluptuous and to flaunt the body you were given. No matter what age or size you are, you’ll be able to relate to the characters and hopefully end up learning something about yourself. I hope our viewers realize it isn’t all about what others think of you; it’s about leading your own life and loving yourself.17: Did you ever have something about your body that you hated when you were younger? How did you make peace with it?
HH: Growing up, I never accepted my curves, but when I got the opportunity to become a plus size model, I was able to appreciate my voluptuous body and love myself, not only on the outside, but on the inside.
See Hayley after the jump, too!
Beautiful face!
She kind of looks like Evan Rachel Woods if she put on 30 lbs. I think she looks good. Doesn’t look unhealthy or uncomfortable to me.
what a beautiful girl! gorgeous face, gorgeous body and best of all, knows how to dress her curvy figure well.
She looks beautiful and seems to have a good body/mind view. Her costar, Niki Blonsky, just looks way too unhealthy. How old is Hayley? 19, 20?
she looks healthy. however i don’t like the message that being overweight is ok as long as you love yourself. it’s not ok. it’s unhealthy and costs tax payers billions of dollars. plus overeating is also costly to the planet. when you overindulge and use more resources than necessary, you are directly impacting the planet. people need to think about that.
I don’t think she is saying that being overweight is good. I think she’s saying that being more voluptuous is okay as long as you’re happy with who you are. The show she’s on is about fat camp, so on the show everyone is trying to loose weight and become healthier. But what the show does is it illustrates a community comprised of only heavier people and demonstrates that they’re the same as thin people. They can be just as happy. I think Hayley is a beautiful young woman and her size suits her perfectly. She looks healthy to me, and not overweight.
I am soo tired of everyone parroting the idea that being overweight costs the taxpayers money. Who’s tax money? I pay my own premiums. I pay my employee’s premiums. As a childless person I have subsidized family premiums my entire working life. I paid for I bought it; it’s mine. If I end up using it because I’m fat so be it. If I end up using it because I get hit by a car so be it. If I use it because I get cancer so be it.
And the other fallacy you parrot is that somehow if “they” weren’t fat or smokers or wore their motorcycle helmets that somehow their health care would be less. What speculative nonsense! People are going to do and there is no way to know wheter treating someone’s diabetes would be more expensive than long term care for dementia, or brain cancer or whatever treatment they would need to replace their weight related problems.
Health care is expensive. And it’s more expensive because in this country it is run for profit so just like everything else the service providers (insurance companies) will gouge every cent they can while health care workers get treated like the proverbial rented mules for the most part.
So you can say this girl looks fat to you or she is ugly in your opinion or she looks great. What you can’t say with any legitimacy is that she or anyone like her is costing you a dime.
Rant over
You are right. And I know skinny anorexic coke-heads that may rival overweight smokers in health care costs because they don’t have an immune system anymore.
But it’s the idea that overweight celebrities like Nikki Blonsky seem to encourage obesity as an ideal fun, food loving, love yourself lifestyle. The overweight ppl on welfare are gonna be watching that on TV, smoking their cigarettes, eating their McDonalds, and praising their own lifestyle as being strong, individual, and not giving in to society’s pressure to be thin. Who cares about heart disease?
These people’s weights aren’t the problem. It’s the idea that they encourage ppl. who are not as financially independent as them, who may use this as an excuse to be unhealthy without reason.
Kate Moss was criticized for saying that her motto is nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. Girls who promote obesity should also be criticized.
I agree. Most of those arguments begin with “But in AMERICA!–” yes, fine, America is a fat country, but a) not everyone on the internet is from America and b) other countries do unfortunately have high rates of obesity or being overweight.
it’s more the assumption that America = the world, therefore, the standard or norm setter.
uh, lol. The rest of my comment should be: it’s these norms more than anything that annoy me.
Yeah I always thought unhealthy people, like smokers and obese people, cost less money in the long run because they die young. Paying for someone to live to be 100 is costly. Plus, since they die young that should help with the overpopulation problem which is actually good for the environment.
YES! thank you!!!
I think she is beautiful and I wouldnt call her overweight, but as for what you are saying about the weight problem is society in general I agree with you. Its isn’t ok to be eating every day much more than you need, to be grossly overweight so it affects your health. Its not ok, it puts a lot of strain on the health care system and is also costly to the planet. Some people might not like to hear it because its not “politically correct” but its the truth.
love how she is talking about being really curvy. i dont see any, she looks like a chubby ruler, and i dont like the slightly bitchy expression on her face.
haha. a little harsh maybe
but i agree that she doesn’t have that super curvy body type, her ass actually looks kinda flat, but that could be the dress though..
Agreed. Her boobs are the only “curves” I see. Ô_o
I agree..what curves? I don’t see a small waist, round hips or a curvy ass.
True. haha
you’re right that she isn’t actually “curvy”, but I actually think she has a really cute body for a larger girl. I don’t think she would look good at all if she lost weight…I mean, not to be mean, but look at the size of her head! I can’t imagine what she would look like if she had a smaller body.
Does voluptuous mean overweight? I wouldn’t call her voluptuous.
Voluptuous means curvy like marilyn monroe– breasts and hips in an hourglass. It’s a sensual word. Has nothing to do with overweight. Honestly, you can easily look it up in the dictionary
I think that Kimberly was trying to make a point by saying that she’s not voluptuous.
She doesn’t have a very curvy body type.
She’s just somewhat overweight.
What I’m saying is that I think her question was rhetorical.
Minnie is right. It was a rhetorical question.
I personally don’t think she’s voluptuous, just overweight. I have a friend who refers to herself as voluptuous but she’s actually obese.
But thanks for the clarification anyway.:)
I agree. She’s basically saying people should embrace being overweight which totally ignores all the medical problems it can bring. People who are overweight or obese refer to themselves are voluptuous to justify their lifestyle!
I’m also concerned because she said that show promotes being happy with your body and things, but the show centered around a weight loss camp? It doesn’t promote that at all.
it seems to me that as long as you are tall you can be a model. am i wrong? i mean there are so many models out there that look mediocre but just cause they are tall they are models. and if they are tall and “fat” they can be plus size models.
i think they need more variation in height for models, not weight. or at least both. there are so many gorgeous shorter girls out there that deserve to be models over some of these tall models. meh. just an observation let me know if you agree
Someone can’t be a model just because they are tall but you are right that being tall and thin is much, much more important than having the “best” or most conventionally attractive face. Its just how the modelling world works, since its about clothes which are worn on the body and easier to make the clothes look their best on someone tall. The face can be taken care of to look pretty with good makeup and hairstyling but designers want the focus to be on the clothes not the face.
Why do they use tall, thin models to advertise face-wash, makeup, tampons, practically everything? Items that have nothing to do with clothes. I find that odd. Why do people assume short girls have short legs too. It all depends on what your proportions are. I have long legs at 5’4″, longer than some girls that are 5’9″. Whatever.
I think the reason they do that is because they know of the model (who happens to be tall and thin because they never let short or average weight people in) and they know she can model. If they picked a random pretty girl to advertise something that goes on your face, they might be making the risk of wasting time and money on someone who can’t do the job. If they take the time to look for someone who CAN model they are also wasting time and money. So they don’t bother.
Petite (short) models are used often for parts modelling though. For example, modelling their teeth for toothpaste adverts, modelling hands for jewellery, feet for shoes, eyes for eye make-up. You’ll rarely see enough of them to identify the person though. Apparently, petite (short) people can model, but they shouldn’t be seen doing it…
They don’t use a variety of heights (and usually weights) in the modeling world so the designer doesn’t have to create thirty completely different proportioned looks. It’s just easier. I guess they save on material by using thinner girls as well.
Larger girls can have varying proportions but the thin girls are all so skinny there isn’t a lot of difference in measurements between them.
I don’t know who first decided to use only tall girls, but maybe something to do with being ‘goddess like’ or something.
Totally agree 100%!
being a model isn’t a mark of beauty- its about being able to show the widest variety of clothes off to the greatest effect, tall thin, and uncurvy does this best. I have curves, big boobs, and there are a lot of styles I have to avoid. but as paris hilton shows daily its the easiest thing in the world to add curves!
embracing all types of beauty is not a models job. I believe that magazines and shops who are directly selling to the public would benefit from showing different body types, it helps people who aren’t that style savvy see what would suit them, but there’s no need for it on the catwalk. they sell fantasy.
and while i agree the word curvy is criminally overused, she does have big boobs, I think that qualifies as curves.
she is very pretty, but I agree her body is not really curvy. I’ve seen the show a couple times and she gains weight on her upper half, not very curvy…I loved her dress and make up.
Love her lips! The shape is so perfect – like a cartoon drawing.
Fat does not equal voluptuous. Maybe she meant voluminous.
If you consider her “over-weight” or especially “plus-size” you must be living in a cave (or L.A.) She looks like an average girl, with a relatively common body shape. Let’s remember that the average weight of an American woman is 164 lbs. I’m not saying that is healthy, but it is reality. The media has imposed a distorted standard on the labels we apply to body image, so much that we forget that life out of the spotlight is something entirely different.
I don’t think she is glamorizing or encouraging obesity, but attempting to send a message to the average (or above average) women out there that you shouldn’t hate yourself because you don’t look like the girl on the cover of every damn magazine. A large majority of women spend their entire lives battling with weight, and I think Haley is reminding us that you need to love yourself throughout that battle.
Lets never forget that there are people out there that even say Sophia Bush is overweight. If slim Sophia looks too fat to some than they probably think Hayley is obese
… yes it’s a twisted world we live in , love.
The average weight of an american woman is 164 lbs???? Wow, America IS fat.
I just looked up your data there….haha, the average woman in america also eats 2 700cals/day….that is freakin insane.
I did not realize the extent of this “weight problem”. Thanks for bringing it up!
Dangerously over weight!. She’s an absolute disgrace to the image of hollywood; how dare she call her self voluptuous when she’s simply a rotund block of shapless fat. What a bad example she is setting.
I can see her going down the same road as John Candy…
I must agree that she looks overweight. She has a gourgeous face like a porcelain doll. I admire women that have nice curvy shapes but to call her curvy is not correct. Her body looks overweight and sloppy.
That’s all well and good, she IS curvy (not everyone is blessed with hourglass figures people!) and yay her but Nikki… is plain obese and it would be bad if uneducated people watched it and were like ‘it’s okay for me to be obese too’ which will so happen… But then again! How many shows have we watched with people way to skinny (the early episodes of the new 90210) which would have spread the opposite message. Everyone needs to take responsibilities for themselves.
Have you even seen the show? The entire premise is based around a weight-loss camp. If anything, it’s encouraging teenagers to get healthy, not promoting obesity at all.
I’m curious what her skin care routine is. Can her skin be any more perfect?? I think not.
Not the old, “encouraging obesity” line. Someone considered overweight dares to appear in public or in a magazine and encourages loving and accepting oneself and this somehow means they are telling everyone in the world to become obese.
Y’all are what my grandmother use to call “simple.”
She looks mad in these photos, but she’s very pretty.
Her face is so beautiful but my God why all that makeup when you have aleady your natural beauty???
she should lose weight because she looks fat
She is cute and no way overweight. I cannot say she is super curvy but her body looks nice and works for her. It suits her perfectly and this is the only one thing which matters.
She is NOT voluptuous. Having a huge rack makes you voluptuous not having a fat back. Her stylist needs to get shot.
Any rate, she seems happy…
It’s always been “ok to be voluptuous and to flaunt the body you were given,” it’s just now that people are deluding themselves into thinking fat is sexy.
It’s not about “fat” or “skinny” and that is the whole problem.
Obviously this adoration of skinny models (and rejection of anyone who doesn’t fit a size 4) has NOT done ANYTHING to help obesity rates in the US.
We’ve got to change the mindset to being healthy at any size. I mean, Crystal Renn for example, once she started working out, went down to a size 8 or 10. That’s where her body needs to be.
I would look so ridiculous at a size 2. I’ve got natural DDs and big hips, and the smallest I’ve ever been is a size 8/10, I would never want to be any smaller than that.
And now, at a size 12/14, I’m still far more active than most 20-somethings. I don’t have a car, I ride my bike to and from work, on any errands, and 5 miles to dance class, which I take between 2 and 5 times per week. From April-Aug I play in a coed sports league.
I don’t smoke, I don’t do any drugs, and only drink occasionally.
I can promise you that I am far healthier than most people who are 50 lbs less than me, and that’s actually what’s important in ‘what costs taxpayers money’
ACTUAL HEALTH, not some ridiculous notion based on stereotypes with no statistical backup.
She looks okay, she could use a little more muscle tone though. An hourglass figure is exactly what the term ‘curvy’ is supposed to signify. The term is misused frequently however on very disproportionate and/or unhealthly women. If you’re fat, you shouldn’t be referred to as ‘curvy’ or ‘voluptous’. Chunky or overweight are more accurate descriptions. Geez, sometimes I think this site should be renamed, Curvy vs Unhealthy.
One more thing…..her lack of muscle tone, and the baby fat that is ’rounding’ her face….is why some folks on here are referring to her as ‘fat’. To some degree, she may be a little bit, but hopefully she stays aware of herself and keeps her weight on the healthy side of things in the years to come…..
HOW THE HELL IS SHE FAT??????? CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME THAT????? I don’t get you disgusting women! How the hell is she fat!!?! she’s a normal goddamn size. You women disgust me. she’s a frickin gorgeous girl.