Plus-Size Model Marquita Pring: ‘I work hard to maintain my size’
March 12, 2011 in Celebrity Quotes, Hot Models by Versus
A few days ago, we had a highly popular post on Ford+ model Marquita Pring, where she promoting the idea that designers should embrace a wide range of sizes and shapes. Marquita is back today to tell us that just like slim model Kelly Brook, she has to work hard to maintain her figure:
How do you maintain that physique?
I work hard to maintain my size. People often think that by being a plus-size model we just let go of ourselves and have no self-control. I work harder than some of the smaller girls. We have to maintain our size and be careful not to fluctuate too drastically, especially when we have consistent clients that need us at specific measurements. I’ve always been athletic, so working out is something I enjoy and do regularly. As far as diet goes, I’m a fairly healthy eater. Love to start my day with oatmeal or Ezekiel bread and fruit. Salads, chicken, and fish are major parts of my diet. I’ve never been a fan of red meat. I also try to be as gluten-free as possible because I find I feel a lot less bloated after a meal. But of course everyone has their own indulgences. Chocolate happens to be my guilty pleasure.
… says Marquita in NY Magazine.
yaa right !
2nd that
i have two words: portion control
I get that if you have a bit more meat on than a skinny girl you might need to work harder to appear lean, fit and toned. But the part about fluctuation, maybe some people just prefer being bigger, but it seems weird to me, if you sort of have to force staying that weight, doesn’t sound too natural.
Of course she might’ve meant fluctuation as in not gaining too much weight, but how she was talking about exercising and eating quasi healthy, i took it as in making sure you don’t get too thin either. Which sounds stupid bc though not all plus size models are that big, a lot of them seem to be verging overweight by BMI standards, which might be healthy if it came naturally.
By “not fluctuating” she might be referring to staying the same size from fitting to fitting, which I imagine would be important for a model. Sure, there’s probably nothing wrong with her being, say, a size 12 instead of a 16 in general, but if the directors of a specific shoot are expecting her to wear a size 16 and she shows up as a size 12 then none of the clothes are going to fit, which is going to be a problem. And some women are more prone to fluctuation than others due to the season, PMS, etc, so this may just be a particular challenge for her.
Yeah, it’s easier to not fluctuate if you’re the skinniest you can be (if you’re naturally skinny and you gain a small amount of fat, your measurements aren’t going to change drastically) , if you’re of a “meatier” weight and you have fat to lose, it’s easier to change your measurements just by small changes, so maintaining those measurements can be a challenge.
She has such a pretty face! She looks a lot like Alicia keys.
I see some Alicia Keys on her face too
i think alicia keys is fugly.
How she thinks anyone would believe her is beyond me? If it was easier to be thin and toned then no one would have problems losing weight; the main ‘flaw’ in the modelling industry has been the girls struggle to maintain a slim physique but plus sized models dont have these issues so they should stop pretending they have such a hard life!!
I don’t agree with you. I think that we all have a weight that we are naturally set to be, and if any of us want to get below that we have to fight pretty hard against the forces of nature. For example I have two friends one who is set at 5″11 and 110/115 pounds and other who is set at 5″3 and 135/140 pounds. They are both healthy eating, exercising, menstruating women at those weights, but they look very different. If either of them wanted to be 5-15% lighter they would have to work VERY hard, ie. restrict their intake, work out excessively…. It is equally hard for a naturally large girl to loose 10% of their body weight as it is for a skinny girl to…
I don’t understand why it is so hard for people to understand that many very skinny people eat terribly and huge amounts, while larger people eat very well and moderately and are still large. Food intake does not strictly equal dress size…
Yes N.A. (and a growing percentage of the world) has a weight issue, largely due to inactivity and poor eating habits, BUT that does not mean that prejudice and judgement should be passed on to ALL people who are naturally larger.
It’s sooo much harder to make it out there as a “plus size model” than it is a regular model. And if they get discoverd they have to maintain that exact weight. Meaning they can’t gain OR lose. Crystel Renn is an exception. She lost weight and is still given jobs. I however never looked at her as plus size. Marquita is beautiful there is no denying that. Google her she has done some amazing shoots. I hate the word plus size more than anything. There is nothing fat about this girl. I bet if a picture of Michelle McManus was on here you would all say the same exact thing, but she has a good 100 or more pounds than Marquita.
she is a beauty!-but honestly if it didn’t say she said it-her ‘eating habits’ sound like an ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO quote…..
Wow – her breasts are gorgeous! Yeah I said it…
lol ya they are great!
Haha, that’s what I thought, too!
Not convinced by her quote though!
This doesn’t really make sense. To a certain degree, isn’t the bottom line calories in vs calories out?
Yes, calories in and calories out is the bottom line, but the number of complex variables that have to be thrown into that equation are huge. For example, how well your body utilizes calories (metabolic rate, digestion issues, hormones) hugely impacts your “calories out” value. Its not to be trivialized..
We never judge people for having size 5 shoes vs. size 10 shoes, or who are 5’1 vs 6’2 – we just say “well they had no control over that – that is just what god gave them”…. So why do we always jump to judge people who are naturally larger builds as if we have a huge amount of control over it.
This woman looks very healthy to me and says that she eats well and works out. Why is this so hard to believe?
I totally agree
Agreed
I don’t really see the comparison regarding height and shoe size because they are completely different. You cannot determine your height or shoe size. These things are completely out of our control. Of course extreme malnutrition or lack of exposure to daylight can affect height from a young age but largely it is purely genetic. Our bodies don’t operate on this ‘fairness’ model that we tend to argue.
I agree that build is also in the above category. If you have large or small build then that is what you’re born with. However, no matter how fair or unfair we think it may be size is predominantly controlled by our lifestyles. This is ever so more evident as we see a dramatic increase in the size of the average waist line as our population becomes more sedentary with new technologiesand less manual jobs and consumes more processed foods with high sugar and fat levels. The spectrum of healthy size is wide, yes, but we cannot ignore the forementioned fact.
Healthy is a very meaningless word to me. There is healthy in nutrition, healthy in size, healthy mentally, healthy physically and so much more. Someone can eat very nutritious food and workout, yet if they are consuming more calories that they are using then they will be a bigger size, and that could reach to being overweight, which will then add an unhealthy factor to their overall health.
Having said that this model to me does not look overweight though she is clearly a big woman and seems to have a big frame as well.
Yeah, if you’re trying to gain or lose, but with trying to maintain a specific size, if you have weight to lose it’s hard to regulate where you lose/gain weight from and how fast if you’re day to day routine isn’t constant (even then, it’s hard to find an exact balance for each body).
For example, even if I eat the exact same, but I start walking just a few blocks extra for a few days, I’ll wind up losing a bunch of fat which drastically alters my measurements since my torso is so short. I’ll buy/alter clothes to fit my measurements only to have them change again in a few days because I either gain or lose instead of stay constant. I know my chemistry is unique (everyone’s is), but I can understand what she’s saying and how it can be true for her. As a model, if she has a busy week, I can expect that she eats less and is moving more and she probably loses weight (and size).
I believe in calories in calories out. You can eat healthy things and still be larger if you are eating larger portions. I believe she works out to appear firm. I don’t think she meant it was easier to maintain plus size shape than straight model shape, just thst she does have to pay attention.
Hm…I think it’s great that she eats “healthy” but I personally haven’t known any overweight people that are a larger size because they work out and eat well. Maybe her “guilty pleasure” is more of a late night ritual…
Just because you haven’t “known” people like this – doesn’t mean that those people don’t exist.Your comment is actually kind of cruel. Why do you assume she’s lying? Your use of quote marks is also rather disparaging.
And I used quotations around the word “healthy” because it is a subjective term. It is all about perspective.
What is your idea of healthy? I know plenty of actually healthy, super athletic people that have similar builds to her. They tend to be mesomorph/endomorph hybrids (which is why they’re not super ripped looking) with a healthy amount of fat.
Just because someone is not an ectomorph, does not mean that they are not healthy. There are different builds with different body fat/muscle compositions.
My sister weighs about 170, and she’s about 5’4″. She is a hardcore clean eater, eats within the calorie range recommended by her nutritionist, runs like a crazy person (by my standards! lol 4-6 times a week for at least an hour at a time and always pushing the mileage), but struggles to maintain that weight. She used to weight about 75 pounds more, it took years to hit 170 and be able to maintain it.
I on the other hand am just plain lazy. I have a good metabolism, and I like healthy food, but I make excuses about going to the gym regularly and bing a couple times a month on horrible food (I allow myself to be an emotional eater). I dropped from 190ish to 138 over the course of a year and maintain it easily. I could probably be a comfortable 125 (5’6″) if I put forth some actual effort, but can’t really be bothered. Size 8 is good enough for me.
You could probably guess from looking at me that I don’t work out much (I have some muscle, but I’ve clearly got a squishy pear butt & thighs too), but you’d never guess from looking at my sister that she works hard to maintain her shape. ::shrugs:: Don’t judge a book by its cover.
Nope- I didn’t say anywhere in my comment that those people don’t exist. I am speaking from experience and every overweight person I have known (including close friends) have been overweight because they overate and didn’t work out. Don’t take my comment personally- it wasn’t towards you! Jeez
you guys are making some disgusting and extremely presumptuous comments.
I fully believe her. People have different bodies. People can share similar habits and differ in size and shape DRASTICALLY. You see it around you every day, you must. because I see it all the time.
She’s gorgeous. and judging from what she said and how she looks, healthy.
Starving onesself is not healthy, and eating well does not mean you will be thin.
Apricotmuffins – best comment I’ve read here in a while
Great comment.
Wise words.
Exactly.
I feel like people look at ectomorphs (naturally skinny people) and assume that’s the standard of health. I’m not bashing naturally thin people, but most athletes are ectomorphs (build muscle easily, tend to be a little more bulky). That’s not to say that there aren’t PLENTY of naturally thin athletes, but I’m pretty sure regardless of body type, most athletes care about their bodies and are what most people would consider healthy. Let’s not limit health to certain weights. Generally health can’t be quantitatively measured by formulas about a person’s weight and height, there’s a lot more that goes into it.
Agree completely! I just don’t see an evidence that she’s lying.
sigh
you are NOT with those different people 24/7 what is this secret cult of larger women claiming, ”i eat as much as skinny minny, but my body holds on to all the food i eat!”
the lies are just terrible
This doesn’t really make sense to me. Unless she eats larger portions of everything, she sounds like she would weigh less than she does now. Not saying she’s not healthy, just that I don’t think she’s your typical case if she really eats that clean and is still at that weight.
i didnt read it as though she was talking about major loss/gain, just that the few pounds up or down that most of us would take in stride isnt an option with her job
i think she meant that she has to watch to keep the same dimensions (i.e. not splurging over holidays, and when busy or stressed to remember to eat and exercise) so that an outfit fits and looks the same on her from fitting to fitting.
yeah, it’s hard to do the necessary upkeep (working out and eating) to keep her body taut without changing size.
I understand what see means to adegree I tend to be more active than the amount of food I eat so my weight flucates around the same 5 pounds constantly so to maintain my bust line i try to keep weight on. Then you can’t eat too much so you dont gain to much weight its harder to maintain weight then to loose or gain it.
i honestly find maintaining easy. losing on the other hand is a pain! gaining is pretty easy too, but then I could happily eat twenty four hours a day. Its not even that my body wants it, its my brain that has this little voice that keeps saying a little bit more, just a little bit more.. I’m learning to ignore it.
i am jealous of the way that she carries absolutely no weight on her face. I think one of the biggest issues I’ve had with my weight is my chubby cheeks.
as for what she says, I’m not going to say she is lying, but i feel there is so much expectation about what celebs should be saying and so much similarity in what they come out with that it makes me a little suspicious
“but then I could happily eat twenty four hours a day. Its not even that my body wants it, its my brain that has this little voice that keeps saying a little bit more, just a little bit more.. I’m learning to ignore it.” omg I understand you so well xD
I work hard on maintaing my weight.
Now give me a F***ing Burger!
I don’t think she meant fluctuate as in lose weight, I think she mean gaining or being less lean. And I don’t think she is lying either. I eat healthy, excercise constantly and have days were I indulge and I’m not a skinny girl, I’m just lean. You can be lean without necesarily being skinny. She looks healthy and lean to me so I believe her.
you ppl are stupid..maby she does work hard…eats alot but works hard to mantain her size and not getting bigger…she is pretty
Even if this is her ‘natural’ size, wouldn’t she be a lot slimmer on such a clean diet and regular exercise?
not necessarily.
agree it really really depends on the body type. there are some women who will never be or appear tiny because they are naturally big boned and muscular…and some women who appear smaller even if they are a bit fatty lol (i know i am one of of them) her stomach is pretty flat and you can see her collar bones I think she’s telling the truth.
i would imagine most overweight people couldn’t maintain legs, arms or stomach like that so how about we just stop being so critical.
I fully believe her cos I can totally relate, my body works the same way (but I don’t need to maintain my weight for my job, so I don’t need to “work hard”)
Being plus size doesn’t mean eating ice cream and cheeseburgers all the time, you can tell she works out and eat healthily just looking at her skin, her face (no double chin or anything), her body too, she’s big but far from what I would call “fat”.
When I look at her pics, like here: http://madisonplus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Marquita-Pring-Ford-Models_4.jpg I don’t even think she’s overweight, her BMI must be around 24-25
****** I had posted a comment earlier in another thread RE: Marquita Pring, and commented on working in the editorial industry, I’ve got personal experience working with these kinds of talent, but more closely associating with the art department and photographers. Had posted about models having to deal with specific diets, exercise and toning routines to stick to their current appearance due to contracts, and the fact our photographers these days have no patience to deal with talent that falls underpar–
RE: BODY SIZE / SHAPE
Juding by some of the profile photos, I am assuming women of different nationalities are posting? And some are likely associated in weight, with quick metabolism, and smaller frames?
All ethnicities are made differently, by looks obviously, but also by metabolism and bodytype. Most people of African American / mixed descent tend to associate with the pear shape body a bit more. Mostly because, anthrologically-speaking, they carry weight in their lower portion, more than in other parts of the body.
It so happens that different ethnicities tend to store weight differently. One should question, if someone was obese, or wasn’t trying to lose weight, her face would also be carrying quite a bit more weight than it does now.
Judging only by Marquita’s striking face, one might assume she is actually a normal sized model, only slightly chubby.
In comparison, haven’t any of you seen much larger plus-size models, carrying a lot more fat pockets in their face, and therefore truly emulating the Plus Size appearance?
CRITIQUES & THE PLUS SIZE EARTH
For skinnyvscurvy.com, I am surprised at the amount of critical young girls posting in discrimination of slightly rounder women. It’s appaling all of you assume beautiful women should either be a stringbean body shape, or carrot. To maintain weight, or even lose weight for a woman, it’s actually surprisingly difficult. If any of you who have male relatives, or friends, you’ll notice they shed pounds much more quickly. So take it easy with critiquing big women! My god, by the time you’re 30, you all might be in the same shoes! Trust me, just because you are thin at the age of 22, doesn’t mean it’s the body shape you turn out to be 10 years from now!
Maybe you don’t follow this site, but most of the negative comments are towards women of healthy and athletic builds, not people who are overweight. Marquita was treated pretty well compared to women who actually do work hard to maintain their health and figure.
Here we go again with the trolling ass comments because I’m assuming that most of you are the second coming of Gunnar Peterson or a Dr. Atkins. If you have no background in nutrition shut it! My fitness teacher in college has a figure similar to Marquita. People can’t help what their body frame is. And for someone who has followed the modeling industry for years I’ve noticed that the women who are straight sized tend to have a small frame. While girls like Crystal Renn, Damaris Lewis, Marquita or even Brooklyn Decker who wear sizes 6-14 have a medium to large frame.
I love this comment. I have a large frame. My DOCTOR said she doesn’t want me to get under 155 lbs. (I’m 5’9″). The smallest I’m going to be is a size 8, and that’s with my collar bone and hip bones sticking out. A healthy weight for me is 165 lbs, and size 10. And, it takes a lot of working out and eating under 1800 calories/day to maintain that. Some people are small, some people aren’t. DEAL WITH IT.
Wow. A lot of people commenting sound extremely rude. I personally, weigh more, but I work out five times a week, play mens ice hockey, soccer, lacrosse, and run long distance and weigh 170 pounds. And I eat healthy. Its not nesicarily what a person eats but their body frame, ethnicity, metabolism etc. Even though I am very pyschically active I still have parts of my body that aren’t toned and in shape looking, because I have an extremely low metabolism and so its very hard for me to lose, or not gain weight, although I pay very close attention to what I eat. So stop being ignorant and making assumptions about people before you know their situation, just because it may be able for you to maintain your weight, or have a very small frame, doesn’t mean that’s how it is for everyone.
I believe her.
i didn’t even read what she said. i just got stuck on her face. god, she’s gorgeous!
well, i don’t believe her, i look exactly like her and my nutrition habits is not that limited and clean[vegetables, fruits, chicken and fish]. in the exercising part and the let go of herself she might be right but she definetely eat a lot. otherwise i can’t explain her look.
she is not you.
Exactly. People of the same height and measurements and weight still can have vastly different body compositions.
She said chicken, fish, fruits and vegetables were major part of her diet (same as mine since I don’t eat red meat and I’m a fruit lover), not that they are the only things she eats, she probably also have rice, pasta, bread, dairies, etc…
I have never really liked plus size models…I do also think their job is mutch easier then skinny models..
What ,you think they eat what they want and don t take care of themselves?
And thier job is easier?
Yeah,they don t have to do coke or heroin in order to stay skinny and they can actually eat,not like most of the SizeZro models.
Sick much?
How do you know that plus-size models don’t do drugs? That’s an assumption, the same as assuming that plus-size models eat too much (which others got bashed for saying). What’s up with the pro-plus-size/anti-skinny movement?
That’s ur preference, mine as well actually… but i think they have a harder time in the industry than most models. Most designers prefer straight size models, and i think as a plus size u have to be at least twice as good to get recognized as much as a normal model, and get jobs. Plus they are getting a lot of criticism for being too fat. And deal with prejudices from people, about them being binge eaters, when they are just as likely to be healthy. I’m not saying skinny models have it easy, but neither do plus sized.
There’s definitely less demand for plus sized and many more girls wanting to fill the demands. It’s a lot more competitive. Especially since every girl that’s not a standard size tries to be competitive in that niche.
It’s a lot harder to maintain the proper proportions and facial structure if you’re a larger person. Straight sizes are alot more forgiving with weight distribution and body type. You can have a slim apple and a thin hourglass wear a size 2, but once you’re trying to model larger sizes, the diversity in body type pretty much becomes non-existent. They want a girl that’s “meatier” without having rolls or a gut, which means you pretty much can only be a pear or an hourglass variant as a plus sized model since those two are very forgiving at higher weights.
Although I’m a bigger fan of high-fashion than I am “plus-sized modeling,” you have to give the girls recognition for how much more scrutiny they are under.
What she tells us as her way of dieting is juust NORMAL way of eating ! What’s the point ? She works out, try to eat normally but maintain hight weight. Strange(acordgin to me).
Eating really healthily, working out can’t lead people to be plus size, overweight .
It’s a diktat of weight : it’s the same. Diktat of the skinnest, diktat of the “perfect” plus size….
By the way, I also think that being a skinny model is harder than a plus size.
I’m skinny, it’s not hard to maintain my weight because I know myself well, work out a lot, eat healthy (vegan) sometimes some black chocolat… and I’m healthy(medically speaking).
S you think everybody who eats healthy (?) and works out is skinny?Bollocks.
She s not overweight,you seem to think that everybody who s not SizeZero is overweight?
And she s not maintaining a hihg weight,she s maintaining her weight.
For Shoots etc it is very important that the body of the model is as promised,so she also can t afford to lose much .She kinda has to stay at her healthy weight – she looks great with it anyways-and only because somebody is eating healthy and does Sports,it doesn t mean the person looks skinny automatically.
I know some people who eat healthy and do axercise,but they don t look like toothpicks either.
i don’t think on the whole people are saying that size zero is the sign of a healthy weight, nor are they saying that you can’t be healthy and be larger. they are simply saying that maintaining a higher weight generally isn’t that hard for most people. if she is really struggling I know many who would be more than happy to step into her shoes
sadly very few people are as beautiful as her.
I guess it’s a lot easier to crash diet than it is to maintain a healthy lifestyle (especially in the modeling industry), so to actually have a healthy lifestyle to maintain her weight is commendable.
Fish, fruits, veggies… ok. But with oil, butter, peanut butter ? Gluten free but refined ? Its so subjectiv “healthy eating” ! Depend on portions too. Depend on the country so…
I know so many people who are fairly overweight (as she is) and think they are eating healthy.
Whereas it’s not the case. Being skinny and have a quite healthy line has different meaning depending on the country, it’s true. In Europe, being size 8 or 10 is considered a bit too much (and size 0 too smal since finding clothes is very hard).
Being “plus sized” means what those two words mean.
Medically speaking, being around 24 BMI is not being overweight. BUT It doesn’t mean that people are not a bit too fat (depending on they heredity,global shape, children habits concerning sport and food, metabolism…). It means that it’s the limit when you can go without having too much health problems.
fairly overweight?How can you call her that by just looking at 2 pictures of her?There is no reason to call her that ,other than youo own twisted body image.
So,if you re the expert , what is eating healthy??
Because it s not not eating things and only eat soandso many calories a day.
and there is something being “skinny” and “overweight” by the way !
Well… some comments make me really sad, it seems like a lot of people don’t understand that being big doesn’t mean eating like a pig and being unhealthy or overweight…
And don’t exaggerate her quote please, she said she worked out and eat fairly sane food, she didn’t say “I only eat veggies and proteins and work out 6days/week, 3h/day”. So she actually said she ate “normally” and worked out regularly…
It’s like if I didn’t believe some of my friends (mostly guys) who try to gain weight but are super skinny.. these guys eat soooo much food, but they find it hard to gain weight, I don’t go tell them “mm that doesn’t make sense, you eat like a pig and never work out, you should be gaining weight. You’re a liar.”
I also know a lot of big, strong, tall guys, with broad shoulders, who eat sane food most of the time and work out regularly, and yet, they don’t lose weight (unless they’re sick), they don’t get skinny, they’re still big, sometimes a little bit soft.. And I’m not surprised.. that’s just the way their body is..
Everybody’s different, nutrition/weight loss/gain, etc.. is not like a simple set of rules that would work exactly the same for everyone. There’s a lot of factors to take in consideration: age, gender, hormonal stuff, physical exercise, genetics (frame, etc..), mental (stress, etc..), sleep, … etc… etc…
Working out + eating healthy food = being in shape, feeling better, having a better skin and all but NOT necessarily loosing weight or being skinny.
Some people (like me) will never be skinny unless they’re making themselves sick…
I agree mimi. A few people who comment on this site don’t seem to be able to accept that people who are bigger may be so without being truly unhealthy. In many ways being healthy is subjective – some term it just being free from illness, cholesterol and blood pressure problems, comfortable with moderate exercise and able to lead a perfectly normal life – others feel that being truly healthy means being very lean and athletic as well.
I have a friend who is a very keen runner and continuously has plantar fasciitis and heel spurs exacerbated by his running. He’s been to doctors and been given orthotics, splints and injections and told to rest. The heel spurs have recurred several times. To me, that means that he is negatively affecting his health by running too much for what is natural for his body – but to him, the running is essential to his perception of good health. I think he’s a bit mad, he thinks I’m unhealthy because I’m big and I don’t work out as much as he thinks is necessary. We’re all different!
In my view, it’s impossible to tell just how healthy someone is from a photograph. Sure, when it’s an extreme – like Chloe Memisevic or Beth Ditto, you can reasonably assume that the person is not very healthy – but most of the time it’s not that clear cut.
All the people who assume that this model is just lying and that she is fat and unhealthy need to understand that not every healthy lifestyle (regular exercise and balanced diet) will make every person lean and slim. Some people operate at a higher weight and body fat % than others – just as some operate at lower. Some measure their health differently and others value different aspects of their lifestyles over others. Is it really that hard to believe that people can be different sizes and still live the same length and quality of life?!
Winston Churchill smoked cigars, drank heavily and was overweight his whole life and yet lived to see 90 – and he’s not the only one! And there have been many documented cases of athletes in peak physical condition dropping dead at a young age – but most will live healthy, long lives. There is no answer that fits everyone – trying to find it is a waste of time.
agree with everything except beth ditto
beth ditto is very unhealthy(middle section dangerously large)
I’m with you. Calories in < calories out does not work for some people. There are so many people (especially on here) who have been influenced by diet culture and this obesity "epidemic" that they believe that if you aren't skinny, you are lazy. That is a ridiculous notion. Yeah, there are people who are lazy. But I know way too many people who cannot lose weight, have larger frames, and have metabolisms that got messed up from being put on diets as kids. I'm a size 6 on top and my ribs stick out; I know girls much smaller than me whose ribs do not stick out at all. We're all set differently. We should be thankful that this woman actually eats like a normal, healthy person and exercises instead of all the disordered dieting bullcrap we see from celebs and models all the time.
guys are a totally different story…their body-fat percentage is much lower than the women’s. it has to be. you can’t compare men to women! there is a wiiiiide range between thin and overweight. this girl is definitly overweight and this is not within a range mother nature wanted us to be. she is not just borderline overweight and a little bit chubby, she is definitly overweight and should lose weight. period. in the first picture she looks normal, but in the second one she looks almost obese to me. so, as most overweight, obese people do not suffer from a metabolic disorder that caused them to gain weight in the first place there must be an other reason for her being too big. it is highly likely that she eats too much! I mean okay,she is practically paid for eating, so go for it girl!
She is not obese. She looks to have big calves and big thighs and taut skin, she looks like a blend between endomorphic and mesomorphic like a lot of shot putters, softball players, and some swimmers and gymnasts. She looks like she could plausibly be healthy.
It’s too easy to make generalizations about size without taking into consideration body composition.
well i can’t really relate to what she is saying considering ive been really small all my life . my body frame is literally a tooth pic thats how tiny i am. my hips are so tiny ,so is my butt small but not all the way flat, my thighs are so thin they look like a really small framed 12 yrs old girls . my breast are a 30A cup, my hips are 27inchess and my waist is about 23 to 24 inchess. i don’t look sick at all actually really heathy but really small because it is my naturall born frame and im 5ft6
GUAU i have to confess that i thought that these girls were just beautiful and didn´t diet or work out i was so wrong haha. she is very sexy and that face is GORGEUS
Hm, if I would eat what she says she eats (but for me a vegetarian version) I would loose weight I guess. And my bmi is below 19. Hah, I don’t believe shit of what she says.
she must eat that stuff in industrial portions
maybe if she doesn´t eat all those things she would be even more curvacious so please dont judge.
im not judging.
its merely stating facts, just look at her.
please, why do bigger women deny that they love to eat a lot
i can count the bigger women who are honest about loving food on one hand
its like people who claim to read 5 books a week but when you ask them what they thought of the books theyre like ”uh”
THIS WEBSITE IS STARTING TO MAKE ME FEEL VERY DISGUSTED BY LOT OF ITS COMMENTS.
I SERIOUSLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU, TO SEE THE WAY YOU LOOK TO SEE HOW INTELLIGENT YOU ARE TO MAKE SUCH A BRILLIANT COMMENT AND TO LAUGH OF OTHERS PEOPLE LOOK AND DIET.
EVEN THOUGH YOU DONT LIKE THE PERSON OR THE WORDS THE PERSON SAYS YOU CAN ARGUEE IN A POLITE AND ELEGANT WAY YOUR THOUGHTS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? PEOPLE WOULD RESPECT YOU BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE POINTING SOME INTERESTING FACTS BY AND ELOCUENT LANGUAGE.
….. THESE KIND OF COMMENTS MAKE ME THINK THAT MAYBE THERE ARE PLENTY OF HATE TOWARDS OTHER KINDS OF BEAUTY MAYBE IT IS NOT HATE BUT DISCRIMINATION.
THAT IS VERY SAD. IT IS VERY SAD THAT WE WOMEN SPEAK THAT WAY OF OTHER WOMEN.
IT IS A SHAME…
Tunisia, your commnt is very well written. I completely agree. People on this website can be very cruel and it makes me sad as well – it is so unnecessary to be mean.
Those are not facts, they are opinions.
It is your opinion that she eats a lot.
She is a bigger girl, but doesn’t look unhealthy. I worked as a personal trainer and a nutritionist for a few years so while my eyeballed estimation isn’t completely fact, I can eyeball if a person has a higher than healthy fat percentage and she seems to have a good bit of muscle with a normal (although on the higher side of normal, maybe even slightly higher than normal) amount of fat.
She looks like she takes care of her body and works out, she doesn’t look flabby or jiggly at all.
I think it’s kind of the same like when a superskinny models says she eats a lot and also unhealthy things and doesn’t exercise.
I find it ard to believe that as well.
And to Tunisa. I don’t know if you are talking to me like that, but I hate discrimination.
I just find the story the model tells hard to believe, but I’ve never been fat and I’ve had familymembers who had obesity. And according to them, they eat loads more then they really think they do. And I’m not making fun of everyone. Goddamn, this is a website where we discuss people’s weight and looks. If you don’t like that, well, just leave!
All we are doing is giving our opinion. And I don’t think I have been really rude or something. Why the hell am I even defending myself. I don’t want to sound like a harmless bitch or something, but just want to make my point here and give my opinion. Like we all want to.
who cares if your bmi is below 19?
I believe that’s called underweight to most people. But for some people on this site it means healthy and perfect. Psh. You are perfect the way you are.
yeah some people may want other people to know how cool they are with a bmi number that suggests underweight. sad.
All I wanted to say by that is that my bmi is clearly a lot lower than hers and that I’d loose weight when I’d eat what she eats. Based on that I think it’s rubbish what she says. So that’s why I added that information.
And to others: a bmi of 19 is healthy, below 18.5 or 18 is called underweight.
but youre not her and she’s not you! we’re not all built the same way, some people have naturally bigger bones and carry more muscle even women!
Muscles are supposed to burn more calories than fat. And big bones don’t exist.
It’s a big layer of skkin what exists, not big/heavy bones. Do you think her bones are showing because they are big? No.
absolutly…I call bullshit too! that, or she should really get her thyroid checked…when she eats like she claims in NORMAL portion sizes and she looks like this, there is something seriously wrong with her – health wise. I know, some larger girls here (what a surprise) claim otherwise, but after all, some body functions are simple math. I eat completly normal too and I am very slim, but when I pig out a few days in a row I gain weight and when I would eat like that on a daily basis for a longer period I would get overweight, even though I am now slightly underweight, because it is just like that.
and btw…I don’t know a SINGLE larger girl who does not eat too much, but most of them do not recognize it because they lost their understanding for a normal portion size. my class collegue was really really big and she always complained about how big she is yadda yadda, yet she never walked and always drove and she was basically eating the whole day. she mostly ate “healthy” food too, but even healthy food in huge portions can make you fat, you need to realise that and stop being in denial.
So according to you someone can eat normally and be underweight and “it is just like that” but if they’re overweight they MUST be stuffing their faces because there is no way someone who eats a balanced diet is not going to be slim? Sounds to me like a bit of a double standard. If it was really true that body functions are simple math then you would also have to assume that anyone who is underweight is starving themselves. And as we all know that that’s not necessarily the case.
and btw I’m not one of those “larger girls” here making claims, I have a healthy bmi of 20.9.
Don’t even bother arguing. People are so violently disgusted by anyone who doesn’t fit their aesthetic standards. None of these people give two craps if she is healthy or not; her being bigger automatically makes vile.
I said I am SLIGHTLY underweight…this model is not just slightly overweight…I also said I don’t believe people who look like a walking skeleton and claim they eat completely *normal*. it is very clear that everybody has a diffrent frame, weight and fluctuates within an individual weight-range, but there are still certain limits.
While she might weigh a lot, she doesn’t look overly fat. She looks like she’s got strong, healthy muscles and a normal to slightly higher than normal amount of fat.
You don’t have to be an ectomorph to be healthy.
You’re right about the double standard. Everyone on here calls bullshit when a slim woman says she eats a lot, and I always see comments re: straight-size models saying things like ‘oh, she’s so skinny she must be doing coke’. Yet when people don’t believe that overweight women can eat “healthily” and not lose weight, they get attacked.
The comments on this site are disgusting. You guys are so self-righteous and presumptuous that it makes my blood boil. For my health I think I should just bypass reading any comments on future posts. Thank god for the handful of people on this site who have some brains and don’t spew out ignorant nonsense.
Agreed, everyone here wants the whole world to look the same. I’m sure it’s just jealousy though. When they see a pretty skinny model there like yeah whatever I could never be that tall/skinny but when a plus or normal size girl is on here they slaughter them. “how could a bigger girl than me be famous.” And if a skinny actress/model/singer is on here saying they had a eating disorder, have one, or “go to bed hungry every night” like Elizabeth Hurly they are like “awww that’s so sad and unhealthy.” But as long as she is skinny it’s ok. what the.
Umm…I’ve seen a lot on rude comments towards skinny girls as well, it’s not just the larger women. Honestly, your whole post sounds rediculous to me. Also, not everyone on here wants the whole world to look the same..again very rediculous. A lot of people on this site respect and enjoy that the world is full of different shapes and sizes! It makes it intersting, so please don’t generalize.
This site is a breeding ground for trolls.
yeah in denial trolls who eat and eat and then turn around and claim they dont eat too much but that theyre big boned.
Please, it is getting tiresome to listen to these fairy tales.
i tend to be a big girl, but i love food and i recognize that if i want to be normal sized i have to eat in normal portions. i am so tired of these in denial big girls acting like they do everything right but some how they dont become slim
i have a friend who is bigger like me and she refuses to change her diet. we just love food too much.
I’m with you ! that’s so good to enjoy food with friends, to enjoy partying and to have some extra pounds! That’s our choice
hurray for foodies
i’m 5’4 and i could never get below about 125 lbs, even though i eat a super clean vegan diet and have always worked out my entire adult life. even at that weight i wasn’t plus sized, but i’m doing six days a week of MMA training right now and the weight is flying off, so i call bullshit on anyone who thinks they can eat “healthy” and work out regularly and still be “plus sized”. unless you have a hormonal or thyroid problem, or some sort of illness/disease, you’re either not eating as healthy as you claim to be (OR you eat a TON of healthy foods. doesn’t matter if it’s healthy. if you eat too much it’ll pack pounds on). or you aren’t really working out in the right away or to the right degree.
thats what i was saying
plus 1
Props to you for that but I have to say that of course you’re going to lose weight doing MMA training…that is far more intense/extreme than most people’s regular hour of cardio and 30 min at the gym or whatever they may do. Aside from that, people aren’t machines. Even if you put everyone on the same diet and exercise program there would be great variation in their weight/size/muscle mass etc. Food and exercise does not affect everyone in the same way.
30 min of weights*
I agree with you. I hate when people assume that, “it works/worked for me, so it must be 100% true for every other person on the planet.” Some people don’t realize that people are different.
this! thank you, these claims here are so annoying.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the people questioning Marquita’s eating habits and doubting that she is a healthy eater because of her size are the same ones who run to the defense of thin girls who get accused of starving themselves.
It’s really not that complicated. Just like there are people who are naturally thin who eat a healthy balanced diet and not gain weight, there are people who are naturally heavier who can have the same eating habits and not lose weight.
In my own experience with food/weight loss, calories in vs calories out is not the end all be all. If I were to eat the amount of calories recommended to me for my height/age/weight/gender to maintain my size, I would actually gain weight.
there is no recommendation for everybody bases on height weight gender age that i believe in
everybodys hormones, biological factors are different.
i agree with you
I was referring to the numbers that you get when you use a BMR or RMR calculator. Many of them give you recommendations for how many calories you should consume in order to maintain your current size based on your height/weight/gender/age.
i understand what you are saying, and maybe you believe in those
but my point is there are just too many factors involved.
even docs say for instance, it depends on muscle tissue percentage muscle is heavier than fat, which means that you look skinnier than your weight implies
Yea we’re on the same page. I only mentioned those measurements to point out that they are not accurate for everyone and for me following those would cause me to gain weight. It just further proves that people have no place making assumptions about someone’s exercise/eating habits based on how they look because you really have no idea how that specific person’s body works.
She is very beautiful, has a great body and I think that it’s probably generaly more difficult, for a “plus size” model to keep her weight than for a skinny model, who is naturally skinny.
what i find so ironic about this websites are the girls who go around and lash out at any comments about girls who some think are too skinny by saying that they are “naturally skinny and that not all skinny girls starve themselves to look that way, etc”. so what about the girls who are naturally larger but don’t sit around eating mcdonalds and doughnuts everyday but are still larger? looking at this woman she is absolutely gorgeous and in my opinion, has a killer body, why can’t we just acknowledge the fact that she eats healthy and excerices? I’m a size 12 and i work hard to keep myself at that weight. I can say that I eat a pretty healthy diet and try to excercise every single day, but i’m not perfect, and yes, i do cheat from time to time, so what? just because she eats a healthy diet and excercises regulary doesn’t mean that she will automatically drop down to like a size 6 or something. okay, enough of my rant
well, I call bullshit on emaciated girls who claim they are *naturally* like that, too. denial, excuses etc. the same goes for really overweight, obese people.
agreed . also she doesn’t look obese or overweight to me because 1. her stomach is flat, 2. you can see her collar bones 3. her skin is taut. she seems to be a larger build…which I guess some people on here don’t get. I don’t understand why people say she looks unhealthy, because I highly doubt she is medically overweight.
I believe that everyone has a “set weight” (or more like a set 10-30 pound range) that their body naturally gravitates to. You could fall in the lower end of your personal range by eating carefully and working out extensively, or fall in the upper end by not exercising or watching what you eat, but most people are not going to go above or below their set range unless they are starving or gorging themselves, or if they do it’s likely to be very temporary and hard to maintain.
For me personally, my set range seems to be about 130 to 160 pounds at 5’8. Right now I’m on the lower end of that range at 138, and it’s pretty easy for me to maintain by eating a high-protein, low-carb diet and watching calories as well as working out 4-6x/week. But I would have to starve myself to get to, say, 120 and I probably couldn’t maintain that for more than a couple weeks without putting myself in the hospital. On the other hand, I could let myself go completely and I doubt I’d ever get above 175 no matter what I ate–my body just isn’t meant to be that big.’
However, someone my height whose set range was 150-170 pounds would probably have to starve themselves to look like me, and someone whose range was 110-130 pounds might not reach my size unless they were sitting on a couch eating Doritos all day. So you could have three women who are the exact same size, and one of them could be starving herself, one could be eating 4000 calories of junk food, and the other could be perfectly healthy–but you can’t tell just by looking!
My point is, you can’t just look at a person and assess their health by their weight*. Maybe Marquita is 30 pounds overweight due to subpar eating habits. Maybe she’s actually 20 pounds BELOW her natural weight, and has to eat sparingly and work out extensively to maintain a weight that is actually unnaturally low for her. Or maybe this is the perfect weight for her and she likes to exercise and eat healthy because it makes her feel good, and because she has to make sure her clothing size is consistent from fitting to fitting. If she says the latter, than there’s no reason to assume she’s lying. Nor should we disbelief a 115-lb model who professes to eat ice cream every day. Everyone’s body is different, and you can’t just sit on your computer and diagnose whether someone is healthy or not.
*Within reason; obviously you can look at someone who’s 60 pounds or 600 pounds and see that they’re not healthy, but that’s the exception not the rule.
**I apologize if I went into too much detail on my own weight/habits; I just think that using actual numbers helps illustrate the point here!
Your “set Point” doesn’t fluctuate by 30 lbs. It’s the weight your body naturally maintains if you aren’t working out to extreme or taking dieting measures.
I agree Dr. Truth. Weight fluctuations of 30 lbs. completely contradicts the set point theory.
No one has a point, set points are just the average of the fluctuations. Everyone has a set weight range, but some people’s ranges are so small, you don’t really see it as a range, but I assure you, everyone’s weight fluctuates from day to day even if it’s less than a pound.
Some people have such a wide range, that it can be seen in a very short amount of time. To use myself as an example, my weight will usually vary by 3 lbs in one day. I’ve even had days where I did nothing out of the ordinary where my weight has fluctuated by 6 lbs (all within 24 hours, on the same scale, properly zeroed).
It depends on your body type, some people’s bodies tend to naturally fluctuate more (they gain/lose naturally) so they have more of a set range. Some people (generally naturally thin or naturally fat (ectomorphs or endomorphs, respectively) have difficulty changing their weight because their body composition remains relatively constant, so they will naturally have a much smaller range of fluctuation which makes it seem like a “point” instead of a range.
For mesomorphic body types (the kinds that build muscle easily and gain fat and lose fat easily), the range can vary wildly (10-30 lbs) whereas endo/ectomorphs, the fluctuation with a normal routine will vary maybe 1-10 lbs.
I don’t mean that your weight would fluctuate 30 pounds over a couple weeks or month or even necessarily at all, just that that’s a range that you would naturally fall into.
That’s basically what I said in my comment Shannon – so I agree! I’m not sure if a weight range of 30lbs is entirely accurate – but I guess it’s not that extreme.
I’m going to go into personal detail, because it helps illustrate my point – as it did with yours!
I used to eat really badly and too much but my weight got to a certain point with that and didn’t go higher. When I started to take more care with my diet and started to exercise more I dropped about 50lbs over a couple of years without any real hardship on my part! Now at this weight I do find losing more a big struggle compared to before – I really have to eat small portions and do more exercise to even see 5lbs of weight loss. Then I look at some people who eat lots of junk food and don’t do much exercise and they are much thinner than I am – or at people who don’t seem to eat badly who are much bigger. So, I can believe that people have a natural weight range where when you get to the upper or lower reaches you would have to push hard to get over or below it – and maybe you are not risking your health too much in that range.
For me, I definitely feel healthier than I did before, but I never had high cholesterol, etc at the obese weight either. I want to lose more weight because I do believe that I would feel healthier with a little less weight – but maybe only 15 -20lbs or so. I’d still be thought of as unhealthy and fat by some of the commenter’s here, but I think less than that would be extremely hard for me to maintain. Sure, I could be acceptably slim if I halved my daily intake of food and hit the gym for 1-2 hours per day – but I don’t want to and I don’t need to in order to be happy with my life and be healthy too. Some do and that’s works for them, but it’s not necessary for everyone.
As a lot of reasonable comments have stated on here -everyone is different and you can’t judge someone’s health from a picture (for the most part)!
When you have been very overweight at as a child, staying somehow slim will be unfortunatly a lifelong struggle for you. the problem is your adipocytes do not disappear when you lose weight, they are still there, just not filled.so you have a large number of adipocytes that probably still produce certain hormones and this is why you will have a lifelong physiology of an obese person, even though you are now slim/skinny whatever. the adipose tissue has an not completely understood endocrine function too. The slim people you are talking about who don’t struggle have been most likely not overweight as a child.
I wasn’t overweight as child – I put on weight after puberty. As a child I was very athletic and slim – but I have always had a ‘big’ frame compared to a lot of my friends. I have a friend who was overweight as a child and she lost a lot of weight as a teenager and looked very slim – but now she is quite obese. Maybe what you say applies to her, but seeing as I was not overweight as a child, it probably doesn’t apply to me so well. It depends what age you mean by ‘child’, I guess!
Really interesting comment though – I didn’t know anything about adipocytes before! Thanks for informing me!
I’m very short (5’0″) and my set range varies around 10-20 lbs which is a large difference in size for me. My weight can vary 5 lbs within one day.
Not everyone has a set point, plenty of women naturally fluctuate because their bodies react readily to diet and exercise (thus gain and lose weight rapidly) while some women tend to stay at the same weight regardless of what they do.
I agree mia. I have been known to fluctuate by 3lbs in a day and I agree that some women do react quickly to differences in diet and exercise and others don’t fluctuate much at all. I usually gain and then lose 5-6lbs every month due to my menstrual cycle – as do many women. A lot of women have few PMS symptoms, while some have many – there’s no ‘norm’, really with any of it!
There is no way anyone is naturally that big. You get people who are bigger built sure, but she is obsese.
how can that be considered normal or healthy?
She has the most amazing face!
I am amazed by some of the comments.
I have seen much slimmer women on here get called “fat” and “unhealthy” I don’t get it. I think she is overweight, she may have some medical problem such as a thyroid problem or something but she is overweight and that means health problems such a diabates and heart disease in the future.
She may possibly be overweight but that doesn’t mean she’ll have health problems in the future. She can still be healthy..my friend is obsessed with eating healthy but she eats a lot of it (especially cherries which can be fattening) and she’s considered overweight BMI wise but is extremely healthy.
i’m sure she does work very hard at staying the weight she is…
i mean the amount of food she would have to consume to stay fat would a lot
haha
my ass “oh its chicken and salad and exercise” bla bla bla
To the people claiming that she is naturally overweight, you are being ridiculous. Yes, it’s true that everyone comes in different shapes and sizes. Some women naturally have bigger frames, like Britney Spears or Brooke Hogan. But they are still much smaller than Marquita. Why? Look at her body! Yes she is muscular but there is lots of fat on top of that muscle. She is overweight and I agree with the people who say it’s because she probably eats larger portions. Healthy food can definitely still make you fat if you eat too much.
There are a small percentage of people who are overweight because of genetics, but that becomes an excuse for the majority of people. Most of the time, people eat too much, healthy or not. I think that being too thin and being too fat are both very unhealthy. I think that in our society it is more socially acceptable to be too thin. Some people are naturally thin, but this is also a very small percentage.
Point is, Marquita has too much body fat. Yes, there is muscle underneath and it’s clear she has a naturally larger frame, but she is still overweight. She might “work hard” to maintain her size, but she’s clearly not working hard enough to be at a healthy weight. Whether it’s portion control or working out more that she needs, I can’t say for sure.
I think that everyone on here knows that she does have excess weight on her and if she wanted to lose weight she probably could. However, as a part of keeping her plus sized figure she needs to be careful not to lose or gain too much (i.e. “maintain her size”).
I do argue, however, that you can’t know by her size alone whether she overeats or has bad eating habits. To assume that she is outright lying about eating healthfully because she is “overweight” is a bit of a stretch. Just as it would be wrong to automatically assume someone who is underweight is starving herself. She doesn’t claim to be doing any extreme/strenuous exercise nor following a strict diet (she says that she is a “fairly healthy eater”).
I’m not one to call someone a liar until there is proof of them being so. In my opinion you can’t definitively know what her eating/exercise habits are by looking at her alone. So I’ll take her at her word.
Exactly, Yo-Yo. THANK YOU!!
Emily–you can’t tell if her weight is healthy by looking at her. She is not obese, for certain. If she were obese and struggling to walk, then sure, you can tell she’s unhealthy. But this is a larger framed, firm, gorgeous woman. I rarely comment on this website, but this post thread has just pissed me off. I’m recovering from an ED, and I understand how painful it is, but I’m beginning to think that a number of women on this website preach “healthy” eating and post their bmis in order to justify their own sickness. Yes, some women are naturally thinner than others; yes, some women are naturally larger than others. This woman is gorgeous, and her body is bigger than Giselle, who is also gorgeous. Halle Berry is gorgeous, and her body is athletic.Usually my attitude is that celebrities invite whatever criticism they get because they put themselves in the spotlight and thrive off of it. But to assume that this woman lacks self control because of her size is just ignorant.
Weight is a ridiculous concept anyway. Weight is far too general. The “healthy” weight can look completely different on two different women with similar heights and dimensions.
Marquita does look like she has a bit of extra weight on her, but she does look like she is healthy and works out. Not all people work out to lose weight, so if she’s working out to maintain her health, why should she have to work out specifically to lose size?
I understand that we all come in different shapes and sizes but what I don’t agree with is that most of you are saying some women can’t change their bodies.
Are you trying to tell me that if this model hired a world class personal trainer and nutritionist, she wouldn’t be able to lose weight and maintain a smaller figure? I don’t agree with that one bit. Finding out what works for YOUR body can make the difference between a size 12 and 10, an 8 and a 6 or 4 etc. it just takes effort and the right combination and most importantly, the right mindset. If you don’t allow your body to change, it never will.
Having to put THAT much effort into changing her size means that she cannot change her size easily.
THAT much effort? So having a qualified person to tell you what to eat and how to work it is a lot of effort? Not in my book and certainly not for an overweight person. Again, we all have different opinions. Some of you folks need to LIGHTEN UP! This is a website about women’s bodies! If you can’t handle other people’s opinions of beauty/size/health/weight, don’t bother commenting!
She must be eating really high portions. I have a slow metabolism too but I eat healthy, work out 4 times a week and am a size 4. And for the people who are saying things similar to “I like how anyone who’s not a size zero is fat to you guys” I think that’s BS. This woman is no where near a size zero and it seems that you cant be healthy and be plus size.
* I think you can be healthy and be plus size
Isn’t it possible to respect everybody’s body and evereybody’s choice ? I find some very skinny girls very beautiful and I find larger and bigger girls very beautiful too, whetever the reason why they are skinny or bigger. The most important is how you feel yourself. During may be 7 years, from the age of 15 to 22 I struggle with my weight, keeping it around 145-150lbs, a BMI of 23-24, then it happens some changes in my life, I added pounds but it finally stabilized around 180 lbs, most of you would call be fat, overweight, or even obese. But I can tell you that I feel very well in my body, even in a bikini, I enjoy my life, my body, of course I have to pay attention but it’s no more a continuous struggle. And my medical indices are good.
I agree fenotte! How you feel in yourself is the most important thing. I too find some skinny girls gorgeous and some big ones just as beautiful – it’s all subjective and simply depends on the person, not their weight.
Good for you that you feel comfortable in your body! If only all of us women were so secure in the way we looked.
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She’s stunningly gorgeous!
Ughhh, imagine having to stay fat for your job. Awful.
She looks so stunning!
No woman’s body decides to “set” itself at 200lb. Yes, our bodies have a “set weight” – some people will never be skinny minnies (Kim Kardashian), and some will never be voluptuous (Calista Flockhart). Both kinds of body is within the healthy weight range. However, if a woman weighs over the healthy weight range (Beth Ditto), she cannot claim, “This is the weight my body is set at.”