Plus-Size Models in Polish Elle
May 16, 2010 in Hot Models by Versus
“For the first time! Beautiful curvy models in plus size + 21 pages of sexy ideas and good addresses for women who don’t want to lose weight.”…
… says the cover of the Polish Elle, where size 42-46 (EU) models are featured in a wide range of clothes.
Curious to see what you guys think of this shoot / initiative!
See the rest when you turn the page!
I think they look really good !
And the woman in the middle is also one of the best make-up artist in Poland 
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Yes, I agree that the outfits and poses are fabulous, but the fact is these women are overweight. This, along with super thin models, promotes an unhealthy lifestyle. And don’t say it is okay that they are overweight because they appear to be happy in their skin because super thin models can appear to be happy in pics and that doesn’t make it okay.
second that!
Just because someone is bigger doesn’t mean they’re overweight or unhealthy.
yeah finally they got it right.. and they picked some nice clothing
WHY?!?! Why are people promoting being fat? They look horrible, they are sloppy, and very unhealthy! These women don’t even look nice, they look like they are in need of help. (removed by admin).
I completely agree. It’s disgusting. They don’t look plus-size, either, they look bigger than that!!!
Umm, what eactly is “bigger than plus-size”?? There is no such thing. Plus size starts with size 14 US and ends with the biggest size available on the market.
WOW people so WHAT if they’re bigger?!?! They’re all beautiful women and im not a size 14+ defending my fellow big girls ima 5 and i think its wrong to discriminate by size. Elle gave these women a chance to feel beautiful with this oppritunity… you’re all f*cked up if you think that size matters THAT much.
Bigger than plus-size MODELS. Which means they’re very obese.
Seriously? Those women are not very obese.
Are you even aware that plus size models are not actually plus size? My friend was so upset when I told her I was hired to be a plus size model, and though I wear a size 14, I’m 6 feet tall, have a flat stomach toned arms and legs, etc, and she was like, “Well you don’t represent me, I’m a size 14 and we look totally different that sucks.” Honestly I agree, but it’s money.
agreed. they need to lose weight.
How on earth do you know that they are unhealthy?
thank you!
everyone is always talking about how models are unhealthy because they’re too skinny
these women looks unhealthy too, at least skinny models (not overly skinny, but at least VS-slim) are more asthetically pleasing
It’s not only about aesthetics.. It’s about health too…
Don’t people know that when u’re “plus sized” or “too curvy” fat gets inside your arteries and you get heart attack risks and all the stuff that comes along??
I mean.. I believe people are different and promoting the ultra-skinny type isn’t right because not everyone’s naturally skinny.. but promoting ultra-fat?? I mean.. Where are we going? from one extrem to the other??
I totally disagree, they look happy and they are only slightly overweight. The thing is, this is showing women everywhere that it’s ok to love your body flaws and all, even if you don’t look like the uber-skinny models. In fact, the skinny models we’re surrounded with are one cause of health problems, like anorexia. That’s why people have been advocating models of all sizes.
“Slightly” overweight? Borderline obese is more like it. Stop sugarcoating and talking up an objectively unhealthy state of being.
Not that i can be sure of their BMI or anything, but the magazine says their sizes are from 42 to 46 (12-16 US i think..) I’ve been a size 40 at one point, and my BMI was 23. So to be at least to be a 42 you can still be in the “healthy weight range”.
minus one “to be”
Um, just because your BMI was 23 when you were size 40 doesn’t mean that they are.
God, it always annoys me when people use their own personal stories and think it applies to other people.
I know. I just think people scream fat and obese too easily, without having an actual idea of what an obese person would look like, in pictures. But whatever.
I suppose you know their BMIs lol. Very interesting how you have nothing to say about the rest of my comment….
the above is for Alexa
If you’re interested in health problems, check out the results of abusing your body by being overweight: Diabetes, hypertension, heart disease…
They might look happy, and they might even be deluded enough to truly feel happy, but that doesn’t stop their lifestyles from being severely unhealthy. Let these fat women abuse their bodies and die premature, ugly deaths – but don’t let them promote their deadly lifestyles as something positive or glamorous. This garbage is just as bad as smoking advertisements.
THANK YOU
It also doesn’t mean they aren’t. So chill. Wow.
42 = 10 USA
There is a flip side to that coin, why are people promoting being thin when in fact it’s the super thin models that are a bad influence on todays youth, not the plus size models. You don’t see women gaining weight to look like them, instead you see women and young girls starving themselves to the point of death to resemble the women in those magazines.
Well this isn’t the first story like this i’ve seen. It doesn’t look like a fashion shoot to me, more like regular women being featured, and stuff like that i’ve certainly seen numerous times in magazines, the “look good at any size” things etc.
i agree – i’ve noticed that when it comes to featuring plus size models they always have to appear laughing and camping it up like they can’t be taken seriously or be “sexy”. Also, the only one that has a remotely attractive face is the middle one. it’s great that they are running this feature but there is a long way to go.
theres a difference between curvy and plus size.
they seem to go for either under weight girls or the plus size gilrs wheres’ the healthy medium.????
not knowing there weight and height etc going by there pics i would say there over weight and thats not a healthy image to advocate nor is under weight models.
they have pretty faces.
I know, right? This doesn’t make me, a healthy, average girl feel any better about myself. I don’t look like this, and I don’t look like Gisele, so how am I supposed to relate to this crap?
just because they’re plus size doesn’t mean that they are un-healthy. In fact, the media and the fashion world over-hype and over-exagerate the benefits of being thin. Thin people are actually at a higher risk of getting osteo-perosis than overweight people are.
Actually, the woman in the middle (she’s pretty famous) she is healthy! She works out and eats healthy she just refuses to lose weight! It’s so stupid when ppl look at her and say she’s not healthy, she’s fat. How do you know that w/out knowing her? Good job Polish Elle!
If she is indeed eating a healthy diet and exercising, then how precisely is she “refusing to lose weight”? A person has to take in an excessive amount of calories in order to gain and/or maintain a higher-than-normal body weight. Clearly she is doing just that, which nullifies your earlier statement. She’s not “refusing to lose weight”, she is incapable of maintaining a normal body weight for her frame.
You can eat healthy, but consume the same amount of calories you burn during excersize, that would allow a person to maintain the same weight AND be healthy. All while not loosing weight, but also not gaining it, it’s called maintaining and it’s possible. People can be overweight, but have normal heart rate, cholesterol, blood pressure, and everything else (I know because I have all that).
some people’s natural weight is above average. it’s a total misconception that health is linked to body size. it goes way deeper than that.
How or why would someone refuse to lose weight? Genuine question.
because they like how they look and feel. Not everyone craves to be “thin” or “skinny.”
They need to lose weight, being that size will lead you to an early grave, end of.
boo hoo. let them get on with it then. You can say ‘i told you so’ when you’re doddering along aged 110, gumming on your salad leaf.
why the HELL is it so important to bring these women down?
ha ha! good one
What you say is wrong. The so called health professionals say that it would lead to an early grave but there is no proof, there is also no obesity epidemic. The true epidemic is the one we all choose to ignore-anorexia nervosa. These health people over exagerate the benefits of being thin, over hype everything to benefit their needs. Not everybody wants to be thin, and by the way, thin people can have health problems to.
I think they look great! I’d love to see more women in magazines who look like me, though: thinner than these girls, but bigger than runway models….
Btw, I think it’s sad that people look at these women and think, “Sloppy,” “Obese,” “Fat,” or “Unhealthy.” True, they’re not thin. And they’re bigger than a lot of women. But come on, let’s get some perspective. I truly think that we’ve been inundated with so many skinny images and brainwashing about our bodies that many of us see these lovely gals with disparaging eyes. I understand that everyone has their own preferences. Personally, I’d be uncomfortable at their weight with my small frame and short height…..but that doesn’t mean I think they’re unhealthy or ugly.
I have no issue with them, but they are not curvy.
I mean these particular 3 ladies, they have NO waist, straight up and down.
Even their backsides are flat. They seem to create some curve there by half squating positions but standing up it’s like barely a difference.
Personally I preffer a curvy physique, whether skinny or normal, or plus size.
When trainers are studying for their certification, there’s a section on how to take particular measurements – body fat, circumferences, etc. The “waist” measurement is taken at the narrowest portion of the torso, or at the navel if the person is so obese (like these women) that there is no narrow area in the middle of the torso. They’ve accumulated so much abdominal fat that they don’t have a waist anymore.
I totally disagree with you. For one, most Polish women have a specific frame. Their body types tend to be more “apple” or “boy-ish” shape, with a larger chest and thinner legs.
Two, I am overweight and I still have a very distinct waist! I also have an hour glass figure. Again, it is all about what your normal shape is.
i’d say they look about a 14-16 UK and they don’t have the perfect proportions of some plus size models. there are plenty of women out there who’d like to see this size modelling because it’s representative of their own bodies and i think that’s great. i don’t think we need to patronize people telling them what is healthy or unhealthy. most of those clothing editorals about about what clothes suit your body and i’m thinking there are a lot of women who have that body type so why not show them the way to dress instead of having a skinny model and saying “to hide your big tum wear blah blah”. personally i’d like to see more size uk 10-12 models because that’s MY size but all sizes should be represented without a diatribe on whether or not we’re heatlhy. i have a doctor for that, thank you very much.
Some people are honestly larger in frame, but are still healthy. These “models” are just fat. There’s nothing healthy, beautiful or acceptable about promoting this kind of behavior.
What behavior exactly? You don’t know what their eating habits are like. Just because they’re not losing weight doesn’t mean they’re not eating healthy or exercising. You can eat perfectly healthy to try and maintain your weight.
I’m sorry, but if you eat healthy and exercise, you DO NOT look like that. And I very much doubt these women happen to have thyroid problems. They look like this because they overeat, that’s the “behavior” she’s talking about.
You don’t know that. It’s very possible that they are healthy. Maybe they did overeat once, to get to their size, but there is a certain amount of calories one and eat and a certain amount of time one can exercise to MAINTAIN their weight. They can be eating healthy and exercising and be that size. They can be healthy.
I would bet my life on the fact that these women did not get to their current obesity by eating fresh, plant-based meals in controlled portions and running 20 miles a week. They probably belong to the camp that is so jealous of people who live a healthy lifestyle that they think “Oh, I don’t want to live like that anyway” as they eat an entire bag of chips.
Alexa, I’m surprised that someone who’s on a diet herself (as I see from the website) can be so mean and singleminded when it comes to other people.
Agree with you!
Why do you hate fat people so much? you need help.
So by your logic, we should also get rid of all the uber skinny models because they promote eating disorders. If they’re a size 0, they must be starving themselves right? All of these generalizations are silly.
What makes you think that I only oppose certain kinds of unhealthy lifestyles? Deal with the issue at hand; don’t deflect.
neither is promoting being thin when alot of those women are extremely un-healthy
Exactly, these women don’t have curves! Its just all fat and rolls, pathetic really.
If someone weighs as much as the women in those pictures, then the SHOULD loose weight.
It is a joke. Celebrating healthy bodies is very important. But promoting or supporting being overweight is not the way to do it. Being fat is just as big of a problem as being too skinny, Neither are healthy. Those people either don’t know they have a problem or just don’t do anything about it.
The “average” woman should not be a size 12 or 14. 10yrs ago the average person was much slimmer than they are now. People eat too much, load up with high calorie foods and drinks, don’t exercise enough, and aren’t as active as they used to be. They need to get off the computer and step away from the TV and video games. Go outside and take a walk or play a game with friends (a real one not a video game version).
Magazines now show sizes for tall/super skinny/flat chested women and very overweight women. Why don’t they have petite (5’4″ and under women) skinny to curvier women, slim but not skinny women, big chested but slim or healthy women, athletic (slim and more muscular) bodies, bigger boned but not covered in rolls of fat women? If they are going to talk about “for all shapes and sizes”, then they can’t just show 2 extremes.
I agree, I’m 5 ft 2 thin and slightly athletic. I never see models like me, only celebrities
i totally agree. im 5’3, petite with a vase-body type and i weigh around 112 pounds. i NEVER see my body type in any of the magazines. in editorial work it’s all about the super skinny 5’10 models or the ulta plus size ones. and when they have “wear clothes for your body type” it’s always a fat one which they call “curvy”, a super skinny one which they call “athletic” and then one “petite”. and the petite one always have no boobs, no ass, no hips and they give her tips to look more feminine, what about me who’s petite AND have curves, you cant expect all petite women to be all the same. im so fed up! the only ones in the media that focuses on ALL shapes are trinny and susannah. gotta love them <3
Actually, the average person was quite a bit bigger than they are now. Look at Marilyn Monroe, she was (apparently) a size 14 U.S. and she was considered the healthy “norm”. Now the “norm” to be healthy is considered a size 6, and some people would say even that is too much. Hm, I wonder how Marilyn would look in comparison with these women if they’re only a size or two bigger than she was. She looked pretty normal to me.
Marilyn at her lightest had 35 inch hips (about a size 4). Even at her heaviest (140 at 5’5), today she’d have probably fit into around a size 8 US. Sizes have changed a lot.
‘Apparently’ is correct.
You only need to watch Marilyn Monroe’s films to know that she was NEVER a UK size 14 (it wasn’t the US size that was claimed). In her early career, ‘Gentlemen prefer Blonds’ she was around a UK 8 and even when she did put on weight later in The Prince and the Showgirl she was around a UK 12.
Btw, the average person was definitely a lot smaller in the 50s that they are now, due to less process foods and less technology, meaning people were more mobile in those days. Any scientist or historian will tell you that.
I should’ve added that sizes back then were smaller than they are today so a UK 14 would not be the same as today’s standard
dittol. everything is vanity sizes today. i wear a size 4, but i don’t consider myself to be a size 4 because sizes are so inflated
MEOW. *rolls eyes* No need to be catty or condescending. I was merely saying that the actresses that were popular in the 50`s were much `curvier` than those of today. No need to get rude.
Yes, thank you!
I’m so tired of everyone using Marilyn as an example for “the bigger girl”. I mean, have these people never seen her movies? And the camera is supposed to add weight aswell. As you’ve mentioned, in “Gentlemen prefer Blondes” she is quite thin and was even smaller than her co-star Jane Russell .
i think it’s great that the clothes really flatter their shapes rather than just highlighting the fact they’re bigger than the average model, like other plus size shoots. they all look really good and their best features are enhanced properly.
They look good. You don’t know if they are healthy or not. You are not their doctor. Maybe they are in good shape.
I hate that ***** moralism that decides if you are on the good or the bad side! What does being healthy mean???? You can be skinny and have a cancer. You can have a cancer and still fight for living. Being healty means being in an optimal state of living with what you have NOW. Fat, thin, big, little, who cares?
Just because you’re in denial doesn’t mean that it’s the truth. Obesity, especially abdominal obesity as exhibited in the photos here, is NEVER healthy. You’re right that skinny people can have cancer, but we would never have a magazine spread “celebrating cancer for people who don’t want to be cured!’
It doesn’t matter how much you love and accept yourself; obese people are not healthy.
I doubt any of those women (except maaaybe the size 46) have a waist circumference of 35+ inches, so your abdominal obesity comment is unwarranted.
Well does anyone actually have a link to their apparent stats? EU size 42-46 would typically be a 32-36″ waist.
Their sizes are written on the pages I posted – they are written in red.
Wow, you’re going out of your way to trash these women just because they are the opposite of Alessandra Ambrosio or models like that. In case you didn’t know obesity means a BMI of 30 or more. You cannot tell if they are obese or not just looking at a picture; here is why http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:8_Women_with_a_BMI_of_30.JPG
And here is a women at different BMIs
http://www.bangsiland.com/weightblog/weightblog_bodychange.htm
and here is somebody at BMI 29 (overweight, not obese)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1463210422/
So stop with the bashing and hating. These women are most likely quite tall, so being size 42-46 doesn’t make them anywhere close to obese. I’m a 42 and have a healthy BMI at 5’5″ and a half.
I just think everyone is too obsessed with size. Period.
The magazines go from sooooo skinny to really fat. I bet those women are obesed. Is it alright to promote that? No, it isn’t, neither is putting girls on the catwalk/magazines with a BMI of 17 and lower.
Why can’t they just take models who have a healthy BMI, 18.5-24.5? That sounds more fair to me.
BMIs suck! According to the BMI scale I am overweight. I am 5’9″, 170 lbs, with a 32H chest. I am nowhere near fat. I do not look fat and no one would ever call me fat. Just because you appear to be big does not mean you are unhealthy. Everyone is saying how fat they are, and rolls this and that. Hello! Some skinny people have rolls too. Just because you are thin does not mean you are healthy, fit or pleasing to the eye. Every person in the world cannot be a 8/10.
I agree with the suckyness of BMI. See, BMI is influenced by how tall you are. Being tall, your BMI will be higher than a shorter exactly to scale version of yourself. It has to do with the maths (BMI scales in 2-dimensions, people scale in 3-dimensions)
I’m short, with a small frame (and skinny limbs)…and even at my highest weight am just outside of a “healthy weight”. BMI frustrates me, because according to it I’m “underweight”, while a tall supermodel who is OBVIOUSLY thinner than me would be considered a “healthy weight”.
Nobody who saw me in real life would say I’m “underweight”…maybe “petite” or “slender”, but not gross-skinny…yet some (not all) doctors take one look at the numbers and have a problem with it. Very annoying having medical professionals sizing you up for an eating disorder when I know I don’t have one.
BMI is total bull crap and should be abolished! Also BMI requirements for runway models pretty much ensures that we’ll NEVER see anything but ridiculously tall women in that job.
Agreed. I too had a doctor who decided I must be unhealthy/have an ED FOR SURE because my BMI was slightly lower than their godly range.
I asked for a second doctor, who ran blood tests etc and determined I was in optimal health.
BMI can indicate good health, but BMI does not equal health.
Well people’s frames don’t exactly scale up like cubes anyway.
But yes a tall person with a BMI of say 20 will look proportionately smaller for their height than a shorter person with the same BMI.
True, at my lowest weight after being ill was at the some bmi as a skinny (but not scary skinny) model. And I always felt like someone who was in a cage and someone jumped on it.
But BMI indeed doesn’t say everything. People who have a BMI of 23 and don’t exercise look differant than someone who is a body builder. Fat ways more than muscles.
But what I tried to say was that these women probably aren’t the healthiest people at the world based on their, yes, BMI, waist measurement and fat %.
I just think that people in magazines should promote a healthy body.
So women who don’t fit into an articicial range should not be represented in fashion?
I do agree that there is a huge shortage of “normal” sized women in fashion.
But what the hell does BMI have to do with anything? BMI is at best a guideline; it certainly doesn’t tell you if someone is healthy or not.
That’s like saying anyone who doesn’t fall into the normal range of heights is sick. Yes, it’s true that some may have issues with hormones and might be suffering from gigantism and such, but maybe they are perfectly fine and just happen to fall out of the range a little too.
BMI’s don’t necessarily tell you if a person is underweight/overweight. It can be used as a guideline, but you have to take into consideration whether the extra weight is down to muscle or fat.
Sometimes someone with a BMI >25 is healthier than someone with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.5.
Why should a BMI seem fair. In the peak of his body building career Arnold Schwarzenegger had a BMI higher than the healthy range, but do you believe he was unhealthy? BMI doesn’t account for a lot of factors like muscle mass and body fat percentages.
What’s with all the self-pitying denial? For the vast majority of the population, the BMI scale is absolutely useful. Very few people actually have the kind of muscle mass that would throw off the result. The fact that you’re holding up Arnold freaking Schwarzenegger as your “exception” says it all.
Untrue. Bone structure and muscle mass (or lack of muscle mass) exclude a lot of people from the traditional BMI.
Not to mention that for some people, the body’s optimal functioning level may fall slightly above or belwo the “healthy” BMI range, thanks to genetic variation.
And height!!! That’s the reason that “athletes” are often considered “overweight/obese” according to BMI – muscle mass has only a small part to do with it, while the fact they’re often tall (like over 6 foot) causes them to fall into these weight categories.
It’s really in the maths.
I suspect the first world “obesity epidemic” is exacerbated (but not entirely due to) the fact we’re getting taller – like post WWII.
Also, BMI *is* really useless as an individual diagnostic tool. It can have some use in comparing groups within a population (where height is roughly average across those groups), but otherwise it’s extremely misleading and doesn’t tell a doctor anything that couldn’t be ascertained by either sight or other measures of health.
Exactly!
Where are the Amazonian models such as Helena Cristensen, Cindy Crawford, Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks in their hay-days and even now? They did not look anorexically thin, but promoted the toned, healthy physique of a woman’s body. Also, they were/are curvaceous, yet have the model-esque beauty we expect from the fashion world. Yes, plus-sized models make a statement against the established anorexic appearance and lifestyle, but younger generations seeing large and ultra skinny women circulated around the media isn’t going to make them feel comfortable with their appearance: it’s confusing. I agree with Sanne that the healthy BMI should determine what models are on magazines.
AGREED! i miss the days of women like this….
I like this spread, because it shows women, who may be in between sizes during weight loss how to dress for the size they’re at.
They are not real models, on the first picture from left to right: actress, makeup artist and a the last one is the hosts of culinary show on tv. And they are middle age (circa 40)and they look like average 40-something women , ok. but nothing special.
I was wondering about that! All of their poses look so awkward. I was thinking that there’s no way they could be professional models.
i dont dig it. yea they look good and whatever but models are in magazines and on catwalks to show off the clothes. its not supposed to be realistic and it’s not supposed to represent real women. i think all the women are beautiful but for some wierd reason they cheapen the clothes :S
That’s the problem. Models are seen as unrealistic but people do not understand that and try to obtain that. We buy those clothes we see on catwalks and in magazines. They should be catering to us. It shouldn’t be unrealistic. And I think they used the term “model” as in they were modeling the clothes, not that they are professional models. I think they look good and I love the pencil skirt.
Why are we always discussing their health? Their size does not make them any less healthy then the rail thin size 0 models, or even “healthy” sized women. The point is not their health, it’s FASHION. Why should any size be excluded from great clothes? Especially when larger bodies are dominant? Everyone should try to feel pretty/attractive.
i agree! their health is not the issue. so some big people are unhealthy and some aren’t but even if you are unhealthy does that mean you shouldn’t be allowed to enjoy fashion or have photos of your body type in the press? who came up with that idea. they aren’t giving health exams to the skinny models either!
Its not even necessarily the size of these women I have a problem with. Yes they are overweight but I don’t actually think any of them are attractive enough to be models. They all have really unattractive faces and most certainly wouldn’t be regular runway or cover models if they were smaller. So it begs the question are they just models because they are larger and is that right!?
i don’t think they are models. i think it’s a feature on those three women who are an actress, a makeup artist and a chef according to another poster.
I don’t like this photo shoot. I don’t mind that the models are plus sized. It just looks so…amateur and cheap. The models are plain, nothing striking or modelesque about them at all, even for plus-sized models. The poses are all commercial and not really edgy or what is typical of fashion magazines. It’s almost a joke compared to actual fashion magazine issues. It’s like they’re trying to show that plus-sized modeling is different and not as serious as normal fashion modeling, which defeats the purpose of having a plus-sized issue.
The clothes are actually nice and flattering, for once.
And lastly, I really want to say something for those of you who call these models unhealthy. Please. You cannot tell health based solely on someone’s size. I have used that argument when thin women were being called unhealthy, and the same applies the other way. You just can’t. Even if you actually knew their BMI’s, that doesn’t tell you much either as BMI is just a range produced by normal distribution and not by some health criteria.
And you cannot say they encourage people to be unhealthy by thinking it’s okay to be fat. We’ve had skinny models for the past 20 years and most of America is still overweight. Clearly, public preference for thinner/normal sized women has done little to impact obesity rates. Overweight women who are overweight due to a bad diet or lack of activity will continue being overweight no matter who’s featured on a magazine.
I do however think that those who are obese might look at these women, and feel that they are closer and more relateable. I have seen numerous times that even plus-sized women can get even bigger women to be inspired to lose some weight and become healthier. So if anything, these women have a positive impact on the obesity epidemic.
None of these women are actually models as someone else pointed out. I don’t think it was meant to be high fashion. i think it was more “hey fat folks, we know you have to wear clothes too so lookie here”.
My mistake then. They referred to them as models so I thought they were actual models (as in, that’s their career), and not just models as in people who are modeling for the particular shoot. I still don’t quite like it.
The “for women who don’t want to lose weight” part pisses me off.
Promoting obesity is not okay. It is a serious problem , the most important massive health issue, and it needs to be dealt with responsibly
i don’t think that these women are obese, overweight yes. but i agree, that is a stupid thing to say. it irritated me as well.
yes they need to loose weight BUT so do i perhaps, loads of my friends, family members, you,,,,until that we need to wear something! weight problems do happen and if a person goes underweight or obese looking at various models then she/he needs serious psychiatric help, for others it is matter of “this is me now and i need something to wear”, as i commented on few previous posts, i actually see clothes on these pictures not women, perhaps this is big deal since it is featured in big shot magazine, but here in europe there are loads of magazines with regular or almost regular average and plus size models and clothes in every issue. as i said they would be better with less fat but not everyone can deal with it easily but we all deserve decent clothes to wear in various sizes.
I think there is a little bit of ageism going on in some of these posts, such as “they are 40+…nothing special”. The point that so many don’t seem to get is that models are meant to show clothes that consumers then want to buy. Unfortunately, most models are either teenagers or at least quite young and thus excludes an extremely large part of the consumer population. Women who are older also wear clothes and would love to see clothes that flatter on their figures. It is just bad economics for designers to ignore this part of the population. Also, for those who believe it is easy for an older woman to achieve a younger svelt-like figure- and that they are just fat over-eaters, I say wait until you have babies! Your body changes and it acts very differently to when you were in your twenties. I too used to be very thin pre-babies and since having children, my body has retained a lot more fat- that is despite the fact I work out five days a week and watch what I eat (much healthier lifestyle than before I had kids!). So my advice is to watch your judgement and scorn as it may just come back to bite you on your own behinds.
Not every woman wants kids…
it wasn’t her point that every woman wants kids, she just meant that a body works different as it ages.
Thanks Morgan. You are right I didn’t mean to infer every woman wanted babies. My point is that so many seem quick to condemn women who are larger as being lazy and unhealthy. When in fact you don’t always have the absolute control over your size (due to things such as age and yes having babies) that you took for granted when you were younger – despite good health and exercise. Thus I think it is very wrong that women should be excluded from fashion just because they don’t conform to the young thin ideal.
I like this very much.
what they really need to do is show a variety of body types all together. I hate when people say stuff like “real woman are curvy” women come in all shapes and sizes, and fashion needs to show this. Some people are curvy, some straight, tall fat, thin, short ect. as long as your healthy and happy its ok….btw we hav no way of knowing if these girls are healthy or not, so its unfair to make judgments.
Sure, people’s bodies vary when defining “healthy”, but these women really ought to lost 20+ lbs. Of course, stick skinny is not ideal, but neither are they.
I find it sad that there was so much criticism for these beautiful ladies. Just because someone is over a size 8 does not mean that they are not allowed to dress nice or see someone representing them in a magazine. Being overweight does not mean you are a ugly, disgusting, terrible person. I am 25 and a size 14 US. I gained weight due to depression and a hormonal imbalance and I recently have been treated for both conditions and I am starting to loose some weight. But even before I gained weight I was a healthy size 10. My build wouldn’t allow me to go smaller without extreme dieting/exercise and not looking healthy.
Lets face it, the reason we are seeing more plus size models is not because the fashion industry is being more accepting, but because of money. A lot of consumers don’t fit into the “teen to 20′s/ size 00 to 6″ range.
Seeing the clothes featured in this article inspired me to try out (meaning: BUY) some new clothes instead of the boring sweatpants and t-shirts I have been wearing the past few months due to my weight.
It’s called marketing people get a grip!
What ever a company thinks will sell at the moment is what they put on the cover.
The industry has gone through this battle for decades!
Ever looked at twiggy and cindy crawford I mean really one is really skinny from back in the day and then in the 80′s they wanted a “healthier looking” girl.
They are just trying to sell mags and clothing to a new group of women that’s it.
P.S. just showed the first photo to a group of guys ages 24 to 47 and they all said the women look uncomfortable and the dresses that tight make them look like sausages.
None of the guys found them attractive and all said they needed to loose weight about 50 pounds each.
Go figure!
i think these women have really really average, plain faces… couldn’t they get prettier plus sized models?
Whether or not you think these women are “unhealthy”, “obese”, “fat”, whatever, you can’t deny that there are women out there that are this size. Those women deserve to see spreads in magazines that cater to women their size, and have clothes made that look good on their frames, the same as “thin” women do. Maybe they are trying to lose weight (the consumers, I know that these models have said they don’t want to), but still want to look fabulous and feel good at the size they are at. Not that I think these models need to lose weight, but for those of you that do, I don’t think it would help them lose weight for the fashion world to banish them to tent-like clothing that doesn’t flatter until they get down to a size that the fashion world deems appropriate. Plus, you can’t deny that there is a definite market out there that will buy this magazine simply because it features models that appeal to a target audience.
And if they are unhealthy? Then what? Personally, I wouldn’t care. I could care less if either Ashley Olsen or Kelly Clarkson are healthy, and I’m willing to bet many others would agree. I’m much more interested in how they carry themselves in public, how they entertain me. I just want to be entertained, and media like this magazine provides that for me.
I enjoy visiting this site and ragging on celebs about their square torsos and weird jawlines (further entertainment), but 99% of the time (with exceptions of cases like Rachel Zoe and Gabby Sidibe), I’m purely for/against their general appearance. I don’t think this shallow subject should be approached with heavy, serious perspectives because it is a shallow subject.
In the end, I worry about the health of my family, friends, and my own. It is a much more significant issue when it revolves around your loved ones rather than some celebrities.
their faces are contorted from the excess adipose tissue
sexy how?
YAAAAY! GO POLISH ELLE!!!! These pics look way better than some of the “plus size” shoots in the states where the models are only “kinda” big… and then photoshopped skinnier on top of that. I totally love it. They look spunky, sexy, active, vivacious and do justice to the large part of our population who are healthy AND curvy.
Anyone notice how tons of posters assume things from appearance. And not just the BMI stuff, we’re talking personality, lazyness level, dietary prefferences, intentions of promoting their behaviour etc.
How exactly is it different from racism?
Funny how nobody gets so nuts about stars/models having a ciggarette in their mouths. Being overweight ISN’T in and of itself a bad thing, if your diet is relatively clean, and your life is active, and your genetics are good. Heck, some studies actually show a better life expectancy for overweight people, IRRESPECTIVE of those added variables.
You can very well be overweight and in athlete condition. Yes, there are overweight atheletes, check out the hammer throw in the olympics, or the like, those physiques are not lithe at all
While smoking is really toxic. It severely cuts your life. Being overweight might give you diabetes, but it won’t give you cancer. Being overweight can be neutral. Being a smoker isn’t.
And yet people don’t freak out so much about stars /models being seen smoking.
Allesandra Ambrosio is a known smoker. Anyone flood her posts with “burn the unhealthy witch”-hunts? Nope.
Some unknown’s post who just so happens to not look skinny => huge discussion about ending up in an early grave, and tons of assuming.
Ok, I didn’t have the patience to read through the 89 previous comments but heres my opinion of it.
I hate the first picture. It adds 20 lbs to each woman. The rest of the spread is ok, though. Basically, what I’m getting from this is “these are some ideas for clothes for plus sized women.” So, it isn’t just about clothes, but clothes, if you’re plus sized. I think it’s a great idea to run simultaneously with traditional models. I don’t think one or the other is better and in this day and age, I think it has a place in the media.
As for the models themselves. Well, I personally don’t care for them. They look rather ordinary to me, but I suppose, that was the point. Personally, I would like to see curves more, and by curves, I mean waist-to-hip/bust ratio in all sizes.
That’s my two cents.
(in batman theme song) na na na na na na na na fat girls!
the first pic looks like: look-at-me-being-fat-and-happy, a bit over the top
the rest of them are okay, but still, i wish they’d put people with healthy weights in magazines and runways (like chrystal renn, I think she’s at a healthier weight than these models)
well, they should not present these ladies as role models. “for women who don’t want to lose weight” – promote such a quote with pictures of women who obviously are not at healthy size is just not good. magazines can influence whole nations and it seems to me that this issue is just telling people that it is ok to be overweight (or obese) and not wanting to change it.
on the other hand- cool idea to show some fashion tips and trends for bigger ladies because just like everyone else in this world they gotta wear clothes, too
and they deserve to look as good as possible.
I dont know what the arcticle says, but i sincerely hope that it contains at least a sign of warning that being overweight and not being active and not taking care of yourself is not glamorous, but self-destructive…
I do NOT think these women are obese. 0_0
But I am happy to see bigger women featured in a fashion magazine – in clothes!
Whenever I see bigger models in fashion magazines, they are either wearing almost nothing, or something very unflattering that highlights the fact that they bigger than the other models… anyone know what I mean or am I just rambling? haha.
I just wish that they would accept different sizes and not make a big fuss about it, you know? It shouldn’t be a big deal..
(plus, why is it always either extremely thin, or extremely curvy? Why can’t it be something in between?) /rant over
I was referring to things like these:
http://www.skinnyvscurvy.com/body-type-clothes/plus-size-models-walk-runway-london-fashion-week.html
http://www.skinnyvscurvy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/slide_5623_76284_large.jpg
If I had to choose between the big model and the small model of your link, I’d choose the skinny one to look best.
I ma polish and these are not models. One of them is a make up artist and the blond one is an actress/singer.
I really don’t like that first photo spread. It doesn’t appeal to me at all. The other photos are better, but like someone above said, this doesn’t look like a fashion shoot.
I don’t think they are overweight. You can be heavy and healthy. The same way you can be skinny and healthy. They are beautiful women.
i don’t think you can call them curvy…but what they try to promote is that you can be healthy even if you have more fat on your bones than the models and actresses we’re used to see in magazines, on tv, etc, it’s just that they chose the wrong way to put it, like if thin can be on runway that fat can be there too….
and the fact that most of us (all of different sizes) look at these pics and automaticly come up with the words like “fat”, “obese”, “unhealthy” in our minds only shows how much obsessed with body-beauty cult we are nowadays, and how deep can the brainwashing affect one’s mind.
i think that no matter how things change, magazines and runways will alw be full of mostly thin girls, that’s just how it is, and we just need to finally get to our minds that “models” means live mannequins, and i don’t think anyone of us thinks “i wanna have such a body” when sees a mannequin in a shop, imho
Let the pics in magazines be with thin and mostly beautiful models, but the articles be about smth real, like how to become healthier, how to accept yourself and embrace your individuality, etc not about how to look like a model, or put on make up in a way that hides all your natural traits or bout diets, etc…but i guess this won’t change anything, cause we’re not reading’ we’re not listening…we just look…cos we’re more like zombies nowadays, we let others outline the way we see the world and people, we are roo lazy to think and analyze…pity
Oh, and the first pic- awful, in this so-popular plus-size issues they dress this models in bandage or tight dresses(outfits) – its like they do it on purpose, cos it shows all this fat that we’re programmed to automaticly react to as “repulsive”, and that’s how they try to actually make women and men prefer to look at thin girls, i think
but i gotta say that on the rest of pics the dresses are quite flattering and cute.
Are these dress sizes?Cause my best friend is 42(EU) in dress sizes but she looks thin(and these girls dont’)!She has big breasts but the rest of her body is very thin…Did i missundersood?
*understood
u people make me laugh. how is possible to say they don’t look healthy??? they look like some normal woman, not everybody has to be thin. we are all different thats the beautiful thing about human body. they look great to me.
I agree that they are healthy and that not everybody has to be thin,but I do not consider their bodies average.I’m not suggesting that they are like whales or sth,but they are a bit fat…not obese, but a bit overweight.This doesn’t mean they are not healthy if this is how they were made!
so we have very skinny models and plus-size models.but we don’t have normal models. this is sad. it looks like my type of body, normal body, not too small, not too big isn’t very interesting or people just don’t care about it.it makes me feel sad.
Obese or not (Obese), Healthy or not (Not).
These women/photographers do not do a good job at posing/taking pics/ or making the clothes look good, if that is the goal.
Im all for big girls, however Ive seen big girls take good pics and these aren’t examples of that.
And i also disagree with the notion that you can be fat and healthy. I don’t care if these women can run a 4 min mile or do 50 pull-ups being that big is taking its toll. On your heart, your lungs, your joints, your back, your hormone levels, your skin, your bone density.
There is no good balance, its wrong to not let “bigger” women feel beautiful, however it is just as wrong to let your women think that its ok to be 5’4 200lbs and call them curvy just because the pounds of fat on thier hips and chest let them keep an hour glass.
I thought a models job was to make the clothes look good.
These three aren’t exactly doing the best job.
From that first picture, the one on the left doesn’t even look like a model.
She just looks like someone picked off the street.
Tbh, quite an amateur looking photoshoot. :/
So I’m guessing that they are short “plus-size” models then.
For everyone saying “We don’t know if they’re healthy”….HOW can you not see that they AREN’T?! No one healthy sits at that size…the fat that is cushioning their internal organs is as obvious as the nose on my face….and you people think somehow they can be “healthy?” I have bad news for you…healthy can be soft and curvy like Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. Healthy isn’t rolls of fat choking your internal organs. Get a grip, people! THIS is why we’re so unhealthy, people don’t want to see the truth about “healthy” because it takes more effort than they’re willing to put in!
“No one healthy sits at that size”
So you are telling me that you know EVERYONE in the world, and know their medical history, enough to determine that?
That is mine and other posters’ point. Because NOT EVERYONE sits unhealthy at that size, you DON’T KNOW if these women are unhealthy too.
I’ll be honest. I can bet at least 1 of those women probably has some degree of issues brought on by being overweight. The statistic probability of that is high. But you still cannot say for sure.
Does a doctor just look at a patient and start treating them? Would they look at a tired person and then send them to chemotherapy for leukemia? NO! They would run tests on them. For all we know, these women could have no squished organs, no diabetes, and no stage of heart disease. Some people’s bodies can just function at both a range of weights, and at a higher weight.
Since you mentioned a doctor….I can still say that a doctor would never look at one of these women and say they’re healthy. Why? Because I’m a RN and I’ve been in the same room with doctors talking to women like these. And for all we know, they don’t have squished organs…except it’s obvious they do because of amounts of fat surrounding their organs. It’s just not possible to sit healthy with flab ESPECIALLY visceral fat (around your midsection) the most dangerous kind that increases risk for heart problems among other things. Seriously, you need to face reality. Health isn’t fat-and these women ARE.
It’s just sad the lengths people will go to to rationalize being overweight. Obesity is an EPIDEMIC because of the mindset that it’s okay to be fat. The same women who are sitting here defending these overweight girls are the ones who harp on the skinny models for being unhealthy. Curves and fat are two different things. And when people don’t want to make the effort to be healthy so they rationalize being fat and harp on skinny women…well it’s just ugly.
They may be considered ugly, TODAY. Back in the 50s (since I’m a history nerd) there was an article about the perfect woman/ house wife and she “jumped on the trampoline to maintain her size 12 figure.” So it’s not that they’re ugly at the base of things, it’s that the “in thing” today is to be smaller.
Hm. Well, that’s great and all, but a GOOD doctor would run diagnostic tests approved by WHO or their licensing committe to determine someone’s health, and not simply their apperance. The last time I checked, judging someone’s apperance has not been scientifically proven to be an accurate and consistant predictor of one’s health. Weight can indicate the need for other tests, such as blood and blood pressure, but is not the sole test itself.
Like I said, I’ve had a doctor lecture me about anorexia, anemia, etc, and tried to get me into an eating disorder treatment simply because I’m on the thin side. Needless to say, when the real tests came back, he had to apologize and shut it. Sometimes doctor’s opinions can be as misguided as the people on this site. But, by profession, they’re obligated not to let their opinions interfere with doing their job objectiveley and properly.
“Obesity is an EPIDEMIC because of the mindset that it’s okay to be fat. ”
No. Obesity is an epidemic due to a poor, high-fat diet, and a lifestyle of a lack of activity. Ask any obese person if they like being obese and 99% will say no, so I doubt people feel okay with being fat.
“The same women who are sitting here defending these overweight girls are the ones who harp on the skinny models for being unhealthy”
I do agree a lot of overweight women do lash out at thin women, but it does not make sense to defend thin women and not slightly thicker women. I defend thin women a lot because I’m technically underweight by BMI, but I am healthy, so I know it’s possible. However, if that is true for me, can it not be true for people on the opposite side? That they can be overweight by BMI and still be healthy?
They are EU size 42-46, but they are probably really short!!! I am a EU size 40-42 and 173 cm tall, and I look much thinner than them!!! And I agree with a previous comment: they probably are overweight… one thing is putting models like Crystal Renn (that I really admire) who has a healthy BMI
I bet they are quite tall, but probably closer to an EU 46 or just don’t carry it so well. Having the same height and proportions as another person doesn’t necessarily mean you will look the same.
So much hate for someone you don’t know. Shouldn’t this have been moderated? Versus?
Thanks, and completely understand,
I deleted it – now I am not at the computer all the time, so the best I can do is to allow all comments to be posted (minus the ones that include swearing and the moderated visitors), and later, I read them all and moderate the offensive ones that passed.
The other solution is to moderate all of you from the start… so I hope you guys understand.
I’m sorry that you think my comment was filled with hate. I was simply stating my point of view – That I, personally, prefer to see skinny models.
If you are referring to me saying that they are “slightly overweight” and “average looking” is hateful, well that is my opinion.
Just because I’m expressing my opinion doesn’t mean that I’m hating. I’ve seen far more malicious comments on this post than mine.
What a great shoot, they actually have plus size models wearing (mostly) flattering clothes!
And how can we possibly tell if they’re healthy or not, in the same way we can’t tell from just looking if skinny models are healthy or not…I don’t think the point of the feature is to say that being overweight is healthy, but that women can be many different sizes and still look good.
:/ lay off people, half of you adore crystal renn just because these aren’t you’re token plus sized model you’ve got to hate on them? I read crystal renns book-excellent read btw-and she clearly says that they sometimes ‘pad’ the models with photoshop, these women may not even be the way they look on the pages. Its the message the magazine wants to sell, they’re just doing their jobs. They’re 6 feet tall mostly, and have different frames, so their weight and sizes are different. 160/170 on a 6 foot woman isn’t bad. I admit it. I wouldn’t want to be a size 12-16, but I’m only 5 5 and have a medium average frame, I’m 115 pounds and have an athletic vase frame, I just wish that there was a middle ground with models, not mags being like o here are our plus girls and here are our very thin girls. Is the middle forgotten? I don’t think they’re obese, they’re smaller then the average american woman- 5 3 and a size 12-they have an extra 7 inches to spread out their proportions! And this isn’t their ‘only chance’ to feel sexy. They’re working models, not girls from the dove body image campaign.
I swear, some of y’all are chin deep in your stubborn, egocentric viewpoints of the world.
I don’t think they’re promoting anything! It’s common sense to understand that people come in different shapes and sizes! Granted, ultra-skinny models are used all the time for aesthetic reasons. But guess what? The title of this ‘article’ or whatever it is points out the difference, if it wasn’t obvious enough on it’s own. Some people have trouble losing weight, others aren’t motivated to…big deal. We’re not living in Thomas More’s Utopia, people. Everybody is different. I can’t believe it offends some of y’all that plus sized people can look happy.
I honestly think some of you have serious insecurities and that’s why you’re lashing out so harshly. The models look happy–I envy their ability to appear so much more confident than I, who is a much smaller size than they! A smaller size doesn’t guarantee happiness, and y’all need to chill.
We’re so keen to keep mum about racial slurs or discrimination against people of different ethnicities, but stereotyping fat people is acceptable? Granted, one can’t erase their ethnicity, but WE can be kinder to all.
Being nice to certain people is just like being a hypocrite, but worse. If a fat person offends you because they’re in a magazine, don’t purchase it. Or turn the page.
Because no matter how much you bitch and moan, there will still be fat people.
That was very well said!
I am SO over this!
I’m not model skinny, and I don’t want to be, but the image of the “model” is a dream. Just like the glamour of Hollywood, or the reason we go to watch movies.
Who wants to watch a movie about someone who wakes up, eats, goes to work and comes home? Same with models.
I for one, don’t want to see average looking women who are slightly overweight.
Bring back the beauties!
I think they look fat and unattractive. Their bodies look like sacks of potatoes.
I agree with Alexa that there’s no way you can eat healthy and look like this. We all know that fruits and vegetables and legumes are healthy — and it’s not possible to get fat by eating them. You can be slightly overweight, maybe, if you have an insatiable appetite and can’t step away from the veggie chili or the carrots and hummus. But you aren’t gonig to be obese like this. So if these ladies are fat, then it’s because they’re also eating ice cream and mashed potatoes and pasta and all that caloric, fattening stuff which is not healthy at all.
Also, fat is fat. It doesn’t matter what you ate to get it or what kind of exercise you do in addition to being fat — fat is unhealthy in and of itself, b/c it’s a metabolically active substance, and the more of it you have, the more it messes up your metabolism and hormonal balance.
And, like I said, it’s plain unattractive.
I just want to mention that there are some vegetables and fruits which can lead to weight gain if you eat too much of them: carrots, sweet corn, potatoes, bananas, grapes. One may also say that they are having healthy breakfasts when they are eating cereal, but most cereal have a high sugar content (even the wholegrain ones). These ladies may be fat, but I don’t believe for a second they are obese.
wow so much talk about this elle magazine. well here’s my thing: you can’t tell a person whether or not if they’re healthy. sorry but you can’t. like some say even doctors make mistakes when it comes to BMI and what you’re BMI’s tell you doesn’t mean oh you’re unhealthy. the women aren’t attractive but women of all shapes and sizes should feel beautiful and look sexy whether we like it or not. and if models who are size 0s that make girls feel bad about themselves and encourage them to be skinny then there wouldn’t be obesity in america like casey said. and as much as i want variety in modeling and in life, it won’t happen no time soon. bitching about it won’t make it better. girls these days are pressured into looking like someone they’re not and we can’t just blame the media for it. you either have to be skinny or curvy for a woman to feel beautiful and accepted and that’s not fair because women won’t look like the women men or women drool over. being a woman doesn’t mean you have to be curvy with hips, butts, breasts to be considered beautiful and vice versa.
I’m all for not being a walking stick on a magazine anymore.. but for some reason their weight isn’t my issue it’s more that they should of picked prettier faces.. these women aren’t that pretty
Who cares if they need to lose weight? Like it or not there are plently of overweight women in the world. That is reality. Whether they choose to lose or not, I’m sure they want to look pretty in clothes too. Isn’t that the point of this? To show them clothes to flatter their figures and help them feel good about themselves? And who knows, maybe if it lifts their self esteem a bit they might feel less self concious and will feel better about trying to get healthier!
FAT
Oooooh, I love that grey dress at the end.
I think having plus sized models in magazines is a good thing. And no, I’m not plus sized, nor do I think these women look particularly healthy. Frankly, I think whether or not they are healthy is besides the point.
People aren’t going to become overweight because a magazine tells them it’s okay, any more than people lose weight when magazines tell them they’re fat. That’s simply not how human psychology works.
The fact is, telling people that they’re overweight does not help them lose weight, even when it’s true. Especially when it’s true. You can’t shame someone into being healthy. That doesn’t even make sense.
Shame is not a healthy emotion. It does not inspire healthy behavior.
If you tell an overweight girl she’s too fat to be seen in a magazine, she’s more likely to want to hide herself away where she won’t be judged. On the other hand if you tell an overweight girl “Hey, you can wear a nice dress and look sexy,” you just might see her wearing that nice dress the next time you go clubbing. And let me tell you — she’s a lot more likely to burn calories having fun in a club than she is sitting at home on her couch hating her body.
definitely agree!
…I don’t understand, models are either tiny tiny less than size 5 or huge, over size 10. What about girls that are average? Size 6-9 I think that’s a healthy size….I mean I don’t think super skinny or super large is good. Curvy should be curves not fat. If someone is 5’7″ and 130 they are curvy, if they are 5’7″ and 145 + that’s bordering fat….I mean let’s be real here, as some of you are saying ‘don’t promote being fat’. It may be mean but it’s not healthy, but neither it being a toothpick.
The fashion industry is so messed up dude…
Since when is 145lb @ 5ft7 bording on fat unless you have a teeny tiny frame?
I agree with your sentiments but then you kind of let yourself down by your perception of fat.
I have no problem with plus size models but their pictures could have been taken better with better poses. I don’t see what the big deal is if they don’t wanna lose weight then why should you care its not your body and its their prerogative.It’s not against the law to be plus size or underweight. So if your displeased by the look of the model just find another magazine. Though on another note I wish I could find a magazine that advertises with models under 5’5 cause Im 5’2.
Nothing remotely attractive about these pics at all. Especially the first one, imo, they are too big and the clothes are too tight!! Not a good look!!
Seriously, people need to stop making such a big deal. These articles aren’t about being healthy. They are about clothing for plus sized people. I don’t know why everyone has to try so hard to put these girls down, it’s so stupid. Everyone is different. Just because they look like this, doesn’t mean they are “obese”. everyone’s body has their own comfortable spot in weight..so who are you to judge whether they are unhealthy, or too big? They can be perfectly healthy the way they are.
People are also saying stuff about the “extremes”. Well this is the start of trying to show all different kinds of body styles. Your also saying that people like this shouldn’t be shown…well then if you say that, who’s to say body types like yours should be shown either? Thats just hypocritical and not fair to say.
Stop judging, if you don’t like the articles then why are you here? just don’t comment. Just saying.
I totally agree – if you all want to judge somebody go look in the mirror. I bet you won’t like what you see there either!
Health is NOT the issue here, being skinny does not make you healthy, in most cases skinny models either have a high metabolism or are starving themselves (you are a fool is you think otherwise). I have friends who are stick thin and b/c of their high metabolism can eat whole packages of cookies or a whole pizza without flinching, yet they can’t run a mile. In many cases you’ll find that over-weight folks are in better health than the skinny ones. Though it may be true that being obese can cause MANY health conditions, there are just as many other conditions caused by unhealthy eating by ANYONE, skinny or not. Most people that are over-weight have metabolism disorders, thyroid disorders, and many other conditions that make it extremely difficult to lose weight and keep it off,despite healthy eating and exercise, so to say that being over-weight means you are unhealthy is just as uneducated as the assumption that a thin person is the opposite.
I just wanted to add my opinion in here. I am a mildly successful plus size model. I wear any thing between a US size 10-14. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Like the first few commenters called these women fat or obese other people could easily call them beautiful or attractive.
Of course their are risks when being overweight but there are just as many risks of being underweight. Of course i would love to see more middle weight models being featured but that doesn’t mean we have to bash the straight sized or plus sized models. These women are very beautiful and aesthetically appealing and we as viewers have no way of knowing what their health is like. By naming all the risks associated with being over weight you have accomplished nothing as there are countless risks involved with alcohol and smoking yet plenty of women or men continue to do both.
In my personal experience i eat just as healthy as all my skinny friends and live similar lifestyles but i have a notably slower metabolism and larger frame. I am extremely healthy (according to my doctor) and have competed in many different sports and athletics.
So i am not going to tell you you cant voice your opinion o how they look. You may think they look fat just the same as i may think you look ugly.
But DO NOT tell me these women are “unhealthy” or “obese” when you have little insight about how they live their life and have no information on their actual health state.