Skinny VS Curvy

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Helen Mirren is 65 years old and guess what, she’s pretty… naked in the new issue of New York Magazine.

Here’s a little quote from the interview:

Mirren on the younger generation: “I’m thrilled young girls are claiming their sexuality for themselves,” she says. “I love bold women: Madonna and Scarlett Johansson—sexy and gorgeous, but not only that. And Miley Cyrus—fantastic! And Lady Gaga. I love the way she’s elevated pop to performance art, or dragged performance art down to pop, or maybe made a wonderful amalgam of the two.” With her coy smile, Mirren looks like the conspiring queen who’s usurped the throne, securing the kingdom for her heirs: “My girls: Miley, Scarlett, Lady Gaga. My team … Yes.”

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The June issue of French Marie Claire features ‘plus-size’ models Hayley Morley and Laura Catterall in bathing-suits, lingerie and in well, nothing. These girls are a size 10 US, look well-proportionate and have the following measurements:

Hayley (the blonde):

Size: 14UK, 42EU
Height: 5’9, 178cm
Bust: 34dd, 102cm
Waist: 29”, 74cm
Hips: 41′,’ 104cm

Laura (the brunette):

Size: 14UK,  42EU
Height: 5’10, 178cm
Bust: 34E, 102cm
Waist: 29”, 74cm
Hips: 41” 105cm

What do you think of this spread?

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The “Hills” star Stephanie Pratt went clothes-free (though not exactly fur-free), stepped inside Photoshop for a touch of “glowing skin” and appeared in a new ad and iPhone app for PETA.

How do you find this ad? Too photoshopped? Cool? Awkward?

See yet another reality TV star baring it all (and getting photoshopped) for animals’ sake!

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It’s “Let’s Go Nude” week in celebrity world, so let’s admire Catherine and Kim wearing well, nothing. Catherine went naked for Allure Magazine and had this to say about the clothes-less experience:

“That’s when your dancing days and being in theater pay off. When you’re doing a quick change, you don’t give a sh*t who sees you.”

As for Kim, she bared it all for Harper’s Bazaar and had this to say:

“I don’t get why everyone is always going on about my butt. I’m Armenian. It’s normal. My butt is probably not as big as you might think, because I have small legs and a small waist, which makes it appear bigger.”

“I was wearing a C cup by the time I was 11. I would go to bed and pray, ‘Please, Lord, don’t let my boobs grow any bigger.’ I hated what was happening.

“I think the message is embrace your curves and who you are. I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, ‘I’m curvy, and I’m proud of it now.’”

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Following the current trend, French Elle decided to dedicate an entire issue to plus-size women, put model Tara Lynn on the cover… and undressed her inside the magazine. Tara is beautiful (we’ve seen her in V’s Magazine Size Issue as well) and she does look plus-size (unlike other so called “plus-size” models).

But NY Magazine makes an interesting point:

We’ve asked this question before, but we’ll ask it again: Why must so many magazines shoot plus-size models naked? The photos of Lynn that follow in this spread depict her wearing clothes, as she should since this is a fashion magazine, with presumably an aim to show women how to dress. When fashion decided to make the hottest models the skinniest girls they could find, they didn’t shoot them naked to flaunt their protruding rib cages. Why must it be different now?

Magazines choose to remove even the tiniest lump, booty-tentative, ounce of fat out of the skinniest models’ bodies, yet at the same time, they choose to glorify and not photoshop the bigger lumps and bigger bellies of the plus-size models… it’s like these 2 extremes should be as extreme as possible and what lies in between is a “forbidden territory” – why do you guys think that is?

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