Lovelyish

I think you’re very, very pretty. And, no, you don’t look “plus sized” at all. It is a shame that the modeling world only cares about how skinny you are, because that doesn’t necessarily make you a great model.

You’re nowhere near plus-size.
At all.

Great photos! I feel the same way sometimes. I’m 5’8 and 135 lbs, and I wear usually a size 8, but when I tell anyone that, they think I’m completely lying and ashamed of the fact that I’m so tiny or something ridiculous like that. I don’t care if I can’t ever be a model, it just sucks that that’s the impression young girls are given.

your questions are so leading. let’s fish for compliments a little more, okay?

You’re stunning.  My favorite pic is the third one.

You look stunning.

I don’t think you can go by size.  I wear a size 5-7, but I’m huge.  I’m just built small.  It’s funny because everyone says I’m fat, but when they take a photo of me next to someone else, they get insecure because I look tiny in comparison.

I have a friend that wears a 12 that looks smaller than me.

you’re a size 10?? what?

It’s insane that you’d have to apply as a plus-sized model. 

I wouldn’t ever consider you plus sized. You look perfect to me

Ridiculous is the right word. And you are absolutely beautiful!

the catwalk modeling industry has different size standards for what they think are ideal. I don’t think they are implying that “plus sized” models are obese cows or “fat” but that is just what they categorized it as in comparison to the usual small sizes of their models. curves are nice but I think fashion designers picked mannequin-like figured models for the sole reason to display their clothing, so you don’t get distracted by the curves(bouncing boobs or butt) when she is sashaying down the catwalk. the models are literally walking mannequin models there is a plus sized clothing industry and women, who are bigger, not necessarily obese or even fat, but with still toned bodies, have other options/media to model for.

you’re so prettyyyyyy! i seriously cant believe you’re a size 10, you look so tinyyy

First, I second @shes_lump. You’re beautiful, but the questions are quite leading and obvious. I’ll humor you, though – no, you shouldn’t be a “plus size” model. You’re not proportioned in a “plus size” way, in my opinion.

Secondly, I want to draw attention to this paragraph: “Photo editors and art directors seem to think that an anorexic model will make photos look better because ‘the camera adds 10 pounds’, and these girls need 10 more pounds, at least. When I’m photographing, I hate shooting super skinny girls. I want women who look like women, dammit!”

So, excuse me, but – super skinny girls don’t look like women? Why not? Because they don’t have the same body type as you?

Forgive me, perhaps, but that, juxtaposed with the rest of the article and your questions, makes it look like you are a liiiittle bit insecure. Not because the article exists, but because fishing for compliments while photo-whoring while putting down people of the widely “exalted” (I use that term loosely) body type looks too damn much like feigned confidence for me to take it as sincere. Were it sincere, this article would be more about how beautiful you are than about how you shouldn’t be plus-sized and how you, unlike super skinny girls, “look like a woman.”

In short – you’re beautiful. Really, you are. You say you know this, but by saying it in the way you did, it seems like you need to accept it on a deeper level AND get it through your head that not all “super skinny” models are anorexic. There’s no need to be a bully.

I’ve felt that way for a very long time. I find it ridiculous that in the modelling world, normal people are considered plus-sized. Seriously. How is being anorexic normal? And really, they shouldn’t be allowed to condone eating disorders like that, it’s sick! 

And as for you, you are absolutely gorgeous! I’d much rather buy a magazine with a healthy, confident woman. :]

The black dress photo is the best looking photo.

Your question at the end of the post, however, is insanely rude, I think. Being “plus size” does not automatically mean you are an “obese cow” as you put it.

But do I think you are plus size? Yes. I do. Double digit dress sizes, to me, automatically puts you in the plus size category.

Also, if you don’t want to conform to the standards of a successful modeling agency just so you don’t have to apply as a “plus size model,” then… Newsflash: DON’T and quit your bitching.

for fucking real? you don;t have the thinnest of legs, but come on…plus size?

that’s bedlam.

An “obese cow”? What a kind term of you to use. You’re gorgeous, you don’t look your size, etc. – the compliments you wanted & knew you would get – but I agree with a number of the other commenters that your putting down other body types strikes me not only as insecure but as just plain mean. I’m a 14 & I look like it, but hey, I think I’m pretty, too. Does that make ME an obese cow?

THAT LITTLE BLACK DRESS LOOKS AMAZING ON YOU. I WANT!

It’s sad because from your last question you’re implying that being a plus sized model would indicate they all look like obese cows. That’s not a nice thing to say about anybody. 

And the question at the end is tongue-in-cheek, guys.

I already told you this, Nicole, but I’ll tell you again: your photos are gorgeous!

You don’t look anything like a cow, nor does any other human being I’ve ever seen!  I think it’s completely stupid that the modeling world has models that are too thin.  It’s just dumb and lame.  Women look better with a bit of meat on their bones and when I say that I don’t mean anything overweight, just not super skinny like a lot of models (who btw don’t eat or diet to stay that skinny). 

You look great!!  And I’d rather wear the clothes you model (I’m a 6) than wear the clothes a size 00 is modeling. 

If people want to think I’m plus sized, that ain’t my problem! I embrace my plus sizedness anyhow, and there are plenty of guys that will also. To heck with what those empty-headed critics think!

I think you look great! Very pretty! And you don’t look plus-sized at all. However, I have nothing else to say because pretty much everyone summed up my thoughts.

As a model myself, I can tell you that fashion sizes have nothing to do with the customers wearing them. They are decided on strictly within the industry. Sizes run the way they do because it’s been a proven fact that  models in an ad or runway show don’t sell as much product when you are talking about sizes 10 and up. The industry is simply reacting to what consumer demand is, not the other way around (although eating disorder groups and extreme feminists will want to claim otherwise). It’s great if you love your body, but why does it still seem to bother you that your size just happens to be plus in the fashion industry?

You’re absolutely fucking gorgeous and even that isn’t doing you justice. Technical plus size, or not, you own it.

you look great!! i’m 5’6” and 138lbs…dunno where I would fit on the modelling spectrum if I were interested lol

don’t you dare try to be a stick, you look gorgeous!

@TiredSoVeryTired@xanga - “just not super skinny like a lot of models (who btw don’t eat or diet to stay that skinny).”

My girlfriend does fashion modeling (meaning she’s small) and eats a ton of food, especially candy and soda. Some people just have fast metabolisms.

I have a close friend who dances and has never been above 105 pounds – but never watches what she eats, as long as it’s delicious.

I’m around a 2 when I haven’t been exercising or watching my diet. If I’ve been exercising (which I do for general health, not size), I eat more and lose weight. I also have a tendency to down an entire pizza by myself – and we’re talking Papa John’s, complete with grease, pepperoni, veggies, and extra cheese – drink 3+ sodas a day (not diet, full sugar), eat too much cake, etc. I’ve never legitimately been above a 3 or so.

So no, not everyone who’s tiny avoids food to get that way.

You are gorgeous and not a plus size at all!!! 

dude, i don’t believe you’re a size ten.. like size 7 max!

Honestly… what size models look best at really depends on what they’re modelling… and skinnier girls ARE better for modelling clothing a lot of the time, imho.
This isn’t to say curvy girls can’t look LOVELY in high fashion clothing… just that I think the shape of their body alters the look of a garment.

I like Lara Stone sometimes… but there are some photos where I think “They should’ve chosen someone thinner… her thigh is blocking half that dress in that pose.”

You have LOVELY eyebrows, btw.

You are beautiful.  

You definitely don’t look like an obese cow! I know someone who is a size six, tall, and skinny as a rail (even though, somehow, we’re the same size, and she’s smaller than I am), but she would still be classified as a “plus sized” model. Ridiculous. 

@RestlessPhoenix@xanga - I have no doubts that if you ate all the candy you wanted, ate a pizza every day and ate two more meals each day you would gain a lot of weight.  What do you eat the rest of the day?  What do you eat every day?  I doubt you eat three servings of every meal, three times a day. 

The “high metabolism” is a lie.  I know this because I use to believe I had one too.  Turns out I didn’t eat as much as I thought and I certainly didn’t eat all that I could when I was 88lbs.  When I was 172 pounds, hell yeah that is when I ate as much as I wanted, for reals. 

@shes_lump@xanga - Really, that’s what you’re going to get from this?

I think she’s got a great point. It’s ridiculous to think that something as mundane as a pants size makes you “plus size” or “fat.”

I fall into the same weight and height range as you, and it’s crazy that people won’t believe I wear a size 10!

you’re considered  ”plus size”? screw that. you’re gorgeous. 

I think I’m “plus-sized” too. I’m an 8 usually, and I thought that used to be standard…

You are very pretty.

This post really, really frustrates me. I can’t even type out a good comment. 

@TiredSoVeryTired@xanga - When I’m not overeating crazily, I still eat whatever I want and however much of it I want. Rest assured, though, there’s always tons of soda involved, always lots of carbs, etc. I don’t eat in meals – instead, I eat and drink constantly. (We’re talking 10+ beverages a day, 3-4 of which are soda, and 2ish are coffee with full milk and whipped cream, ice cream cones, cheesecake, and cookies but also fruits, vegetables, breads, etc. It all depends on what I WANT to eat that day.) I eat slowly, sure, but I’m eating consistently.

*Could* I hit a size 6, 8, 10? Probably… but I’d have to severely overeat, probably to the point where I made myself noxious. I would never WANT to eat enough food to get to that size – not because of the size, but because of the amount of food I’d have to eat.

Either way, that wasn’t a point. Pulling my dietary habits apart by the amount I consume – assuming I do eat regularly, which I do – wasn’t YOUR point. You said the models either didn’t eat or dieted TO STAY SKINNY… which I don’t. I don’t care if I gain weight – I care if I’m healthy. My body (note that I say my body specifically) COULD NOT be healthy if I gained a lot of weight. I’m around 115 at 5’2″. That’s perfectly healthy, especially considering I’ve never dieted and eat well.

Also, no. Everyone’s metabolisms work differently, and they can change over time. It depends on genetics, dietary habits, movement, etc. For instance, those who drink a lot of water and green tea and those who eat several small meals instead of a few big ones help accelerate metabolism. To say “fast metabolism is a lie” is… honestly, ignorant. “Fast” and “slow” are relative, so of course some people are going to have “fast metabolisms,” just like some people are going to be “tall” or “short” compared to everyone else. Perhaps you thought you did and didn’t, perhaps you did and then it slowed (this tends to happen as people age anyway), but your case doesn’t represent everyone with “fast metabolisms.”

Wow, from your profile photo, I never would’ve thought you were a size 10. You just have to keep in mind that the modeling world has very different standards, albeit fucked up ones, but it has them.
The fact that you are considered a plus-sized woman in the modeling world does not mean you are considered a plus-sized woman in every single aspect of life.

You’re very pretty! The only reason why you’d get labeled “plus size” is because you have hips!

You look gorgeous and no where to looking like a plus size model. But I don’t like how you worded your last question – it’s like implying those who are obesed look like cows :S 

WOW….
that’s all I have to say.

You look great but don’t hate on the skinny girls. I am a size 1 that’s right one and I still eat pizza and mcdonalds.

size 10?!!! no way. my pant size is smaller than that and my thighs are fatter than yours. maybe it has to do with height.

You’re very pretty, and no, there’s no way in hell that I would believe that you’re a size ten, but you needn’t ask anything pertaining to the subject of being or looking “plus-sized” in the modern fashion industry because it’s rather blatant that you’re not. You are beautiful, alright? Alright.  

@RestlessPhoenix@xanga - @shes_lump@xanga - 

I don’t think her questions are fishing for compliments. They’re rhetorical and sarcastic, but not leading. What I get from this article is that she knows she’s beautiful, she’s confident in her body, and she’s not afraid to show it. 

Considering the percentage of girls that have eating disorders, I’d say it’s better to err on the side of vanity- and it’s not like she’s being all bitchy “I’m better than you” like some people *coughJenn*.

As to whether super skinny models are anorexic, no, they don’t have to be, but with the standard that healthy weight is plus-sized, I think she’s pointing out that there’s something wrong with the way media and society is portraying things i.e. you’re not pretty unless you’re unhealthily underweight. The criticism isn’t of the models, it’s of the modeling agencies.

Modeling goes through cycles of what “type” of models they like. It’s not about looking like a woman, but looking like the style that’s popular. If Marilyn Monroe tried to be a model now, they would tell her “Hell no,” because she doesn’t have the body style that’s in vogue. Ethnic groups, hair colors, eye colors etc. also come in and out of style.

If you want to model, you have to think of yourself as a product you want to market and not the person that you are.  

Yes, I hate that numbers have this stigma attached to them.  My mom is always asking what my weight is and is horrified when I tell her 150-160 or that my pants size are 10-12 etc, but I do not look that big, but because the numbers she thinks I’m getting really fat or something.  Sure I could lose some weight, but if I look and feel good in my clothes why should I have to fit some numerical standard when I look just as good as someone who is a size 5.

@RestlessPhoenix@xanga - Agreed.. :/

@TiredSoVeryTired@xanga - My boyfriend eats whatever he wants, whenever he wants. He kicks off his morning with chocolate donuts and coke and ends the night with something starchy. He never works out or even attempts. Ever since I’ve moved in with him I’ve gained about 10-15 pounds, while he has gained NOTHING. He weighs 105 and is built like a stick. I’m pretty sure that was something to do with his metabolism. 

Because women who are skinnier than average don’t look like “women.”

@enoughtodiefor@xanga - As per your first point, perhaps so. I disagree, but that’s that.

That said, I don’t see any way in which the quote “When I’m photographing, I hate shooting super skinny girls. I want women who look like women, dammit!” is putting blame on the industry, and I don’t see any way in which it’s not demeaning super skinny women or saying they “don’t look like women.” Maybe it’s there, but… I don’t see it. Even if it’s in reference to the industry, it’s still talking about the girls in the industry. That’s not commentary on its problems, that’s attacking its ideal in a way that attacks the body type itself. To me, that’s not acceptable.

I do see your point, and hers – I get that the modelling industry is “off” compared to the “real world” – but I honestly do not see a way the above quote isn’t putting down the “super skinny” body type. That, combined with the questions (which I actually think are sarcastic AND leading, but whatever), left a bad aftertaste for me.

@shes_lump@xanga - What, you wouldn’t compliment her? No denying she’s hot 

Well, you have a point, and then you just sound angry. Yeah, super skinny women sometimes seem fake rather than realistic, but you need to remember that the other reason for having a size 0 model is so all of the clothing can stay consistent, thus creating a consistent view point. If a runway show had a size 0 model walk out, and then a size 5 model walk out, it would be a bit distracting. Same with the facial expressions. model shows are solely to show off the clothes, not the women. And “plus-size” doesn’t necessarily suggest that you’re obese. 

I admire your fire, though 

Omg you look drop dead gorgeous !! I didnt even know those jeans were size 10 until you told me.  Those jeans dont look like size 10 at all.

I don’t think you are even big enough to be considered a plus size model. They’d probably ask u to gain weight if u wanted to do that. Its crazy.

You’re beautiful, and fashion directors are dumb. I’m in the same boat. Size 8/10, and considered plus size even though I’m 145 (5’7′). I also love pizza and nutella way to much to lose 30 extra pounds. The standard is super ridiculous.

@RestlessPhoenix@xanga - i was going to say literally the same thing.
it’s unfair to say that a smaller girl is “anorexic.” it makes smaller girls feel ashamed or less confident for being small, the same way you don’t like being told you’d be a “plus size” model.

It’s just that you have a waist/breats/a butt… obviously too “fat” *eyeroll*

Ah well, I am 5ft4 and have no hope at ever modelling due to my height and I don’t whinge, now get on with life, youre a photog major now get on with it!

@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga - porcela1n doll your right…when models walk down the runway, it would be way too sexy if boobs and butt were involved, lol! Although, VS models are pretty damn skinny and their bits are suppose to wiggle a bit??… but I never see them giggle..well perhaps boobs but their bums are tight as drums!!! Anyway, I see your points and your right on.

I think plus size just means normal now, not fat cow. Although some mags seem to think it still means fat cow, idk. But I think that if a girl really wants to model, she should go as is and see what opens up. Im only 5’3 and Im not super skinny but Ive gotten 2 commercial gigs before…and some face work used. You have to work with what you got and hope you can find your place. If you really want it, it will happen. Hell, give Tyra a call, she seems to think she can help the whole world become a model…or call up the big “O” , lol, now she’s really plus sized!

i think you are gorgeous! i’m a size ten as well but it looks way better on you lol .I’m short.

Yeah, you don’t look like a plus-size model even by fashion standards (where plus size usually means normal), but I guess it is because you don’t look like a size 10. I guess you are just bottom heavy? I think your hips are really the only thing “plus sized model” ish.  

You look great!  I’m 5’10″ too, and 150 is my ultimate goal weight.  Back in the day I weighed 160 and wore a size 8/10 depending on the store, and I would have been considered “plus sized” too by fashion industry standards.  It’s fucking ridiculous.  I think the way the fashion industry functions is just one big facade.  Yes, there are talented designers and truly beautiful clothes, but in my opinion all of that is overshadowed by politics, money, status, and GIANT egos.  It’s not about the art, it’s about who is the big shit this week.  I’m glad that I have given up caring about it and trying to conform to its standards.

Also, I like how a lot of the same people who usually comment on these “curvy vs. skinny” posts saying that skinny is the best way to be still tell you that you look awesome at a size 10 (because you do).  Huh…funny how when you actually SEE someone’s picture, you start to change your tune and maybe realize that *gasp* the numbers are NOT everything, and that much of a woman’s beauty has absolutely nothing to do with the numbers.

I remember once a few months ago I saw a comment on a post about fashion for curvy girls that basically said the commenter was thankful that, since the average American woman is a size 12 (to quote: “cow”), she was glad that she was not average.  Well, size 12 is only one size bigger than you are, which is still far from being a cow.  Which is why the numbers are a bad indicator of beauty and why size numbers are not an indicator of health.

You look good. You don’t look fat at all. But if they go by sizes, and you’re a size ten, and size ten is considered plus-size, then you would be plus-size. Who cares? If you’re that confident, and you know you take good pictures, I wouldn’t worry too much about it.

I read a quote that I like a lot that might make you feel better. Can’t remember the exact wording, but the gist of it is, “Why would I want to be a model? Models have to do two things I hate: Wear clothes and shut up. You can have it.”

Who cares what you would be technically? You look like a you have a healthy body. If you do model, they won’t plaster “PLUS SIZE” on the photo. If you were to be a catalog model, yeah, maybe…but really, you don’t look plus size, so I don’t think you would land a plus size catalog contract. You look great, be happy about that!

You are radiant. I’ve had the same issue though. I’m about six-one, and I go between a size ten and twelve (due to some health problems, my weight has fluxuated a lot) but I’ve never been like an actual plus size. I’ve always wanted to model but it send out the wrong idea that girls that look like you (who are thin and gorgeous) are plus sizes! That’s not the right idea at all.

The fashion industry sure has some crazy ideas about sizing.  I think you look gorgeous, your body is proportionate.  Women come in all shapes and sizes, it’s just too bad the media thinks only very thin women are beautiful.  In the end, there is more than just looks, though.  There are many facets to a fulfilling life.

It isn’t just modeling; society in general has a seriously fucked up view of what “fat” is. Hell, people call Jordin Sparks fat. It pisses me off so much. Just because someone isn’t a twig does NOT make him/her “fat.” In fact, people who are NOT twigs, are the people who look the best, in my opinion. I think you look fantastic. I think Jordin Sparks looks fantastic — she looks way less sickly than a lot of the famous women out there! 

Anywho, I just hate society’s views on beauty so much I can’t even describe it: society is deluding so many beautiful women into believing they are ugly and “fat,” and that is something I cannot forgive them for. 

Size shouldnt matter…..

@RestlessPhoenix@xanga - ok, yea, I see your point. That wasn’t a good way for her to put it. I thought she was trying to say she prefers more curvy models, but I can see why her words would be offensive. 

nutella and pizza! yesss! probably my two favorite food loves.

Thank goodness for this post! I’m pretty tall at 5’9 and I’ve always worn size 10′s and I never FELT plus sized or anything, just average, but I couldn’t understand how on earth these models of the same height were fitting into size 0 jeans. It weighed on me some and it actually has pretty much up until a few months ago when I started working with a woman who was a few inches shorter than me, totally gorgeous with an amazing body, and she confided that she wore a size 8 and weighed 160 lbs–I would have never in a million years guessed it. I work with another girl who has perfect abs and legs that are super toned and a little muscular, she is in amazing health and looks wonderful in anything but is technically considered “overweight”. It’s so weird to me but it goes to show that size doesn’t matter…

Yeah, the plus-size model thing is ridiculous. And you look great!

@princessditobethin@xanga - victoria’s secret models are selling lingerie, so the bouncy assets are essential to sell the product catwalk models rarely if ever wear bras unless it was part of the fashion original design, so just modeling the clothing is their goal

Where are you from? you look interesting. 

That’s you? Wtf. I though size ten was a little wider on the hips. The camera doesn’t seem very “adding of ten pounds” on you XD But yeah. I’d tell modelling agencies to fuck off o_o

I used to watch America Next Top Model.  I remember Tyra said about one of the “plus size” girls that in the real world she would just be a “hot” girl. For some reason or another the fashion industry wants only tall, very skinny women. I mean I remember when Eva (the girl who won that season) was criticized for being too “short” at 5’7″ which is above the national average. So for whatever reason the fashion industry has different standards.

Even so you are very beautiful and who cares if in the fashion world they refer to you as plus size! If you really want to model then you should definitely go for it regardless of labels!!!

looks like an average body to me…. Hmf. Society these days

you know, the word plus size isn’t such a bag thing.

Firstest, you’re very pretty and the photos look awesome. 

Second, I think people who are NOT stick thin are appreciated as beautiful everywhere and by most people. 
I agree with @inasublimemind@xanga, that being plus size or being considered plus size doesn’t make you any less of a being. Being plus size doesn’t mean you’re fat, a cow (I know that was sarcasm ) or overweight. It’s just bigger than what fashion houses want. 
And this wasn’t really in your post, but I just wanted to say, being very interested in the fashion industry, that super skinny women are needed in fashion. Expensive fabric is saved, it’s easier to tweak designs and it sells better.

@RestlessPhoenix@xanga - I agree, I agree, I agree! I’m not sure if it’s fast metabolism, but that’s what I just tell people. I eat a LOT and people always ask, “Where does it all go?!” I don’t know what else to tell them, except that I have a fast metabolism.. lol. Both my sisters are pretty skinny and they eat like monsters too. We don’t throw up or avoid food and I hate it when people assume it.

@TiredSoVeryTired@xanga - just because you don’t have a fast metabolism doesn’t mean they don’t exist…

Quit bitching, you look great. Modeling is overrated imo.

@specifx@xanga - OMG!!!!    You’re soo…..

Yea. You don’t look like a plus size model.

i don’t understand where you’re buying size 10′s. you look close to the same size as me, and i wear size 4/6.

you’re definitely more of a pear shape though, so you look a lot thinner in your arms then you do in your legs so maybe that’s why? idk. no matter how thin i get i wouldn’t be able to model ANYwhere under ANY category because i’m 5’5 which is basically a midget in the modeling world. am i a midget in the real world? no. are you plus sized in the real world? no. so quit fishing for compliments, you know you’re not fat.

you don’t look like a size 10 at all

Awesome pictures!!

&& no, you do not look like a plus sized model or obese.

Thin woman aren’t exactly very attractive most the time. ‘Plus’ is perfect in my opinion.

Seriously?! Size 10?! I looked at that picture thinking you were a size 4. lol I’d much rather see models that look like you than the stick thin ones.. but that’s just me!

The fun part about all these comments is that everyone is saying some variation of “no, you’re not plus sized, you look perfect/beautiful/amazing/etc”, basically stating that if you were plus sized you would not be those things.

So, you bash the plus sized girls. You bash the thin girls, with a blanket term like “anorexic”.
No props from me on this.

SAMEEEEE SITUATION RIGHT HERE!!!!! I am 5’11” and a size 10 and people always told me I should model and say I’m thin and stuff but I’m like …… not if I wanna legit model. They don’t get it though. I totally understand you!

Fuck those standards, they’re so ridiculous!! YOU are drop dead gorgeous, seriously. Totally stunning and beautiful just as you are! Don’t give up modeling, you’re soooo good at it!!

you are so freakin gorgeous and you have a GREAT figure which i would consider to be very slim but still healthy and sexy! 

More reason for me to believe that the standards in the modeling industry need to be adjusted. You may be a size 10 on a label but you don’t look it at all. They should at least go by inches. Heck the pants world needs to go by inches in more places for women. When I was a size 10 I did not look like you, even when I had toned up. I was still a lot chunkier in my legs. Same with anyone else I’ve known at a size 10 near my height. I am also a lot shorter than you though (5’5″). I really think you should count as a smaller size or I needed a bigger size.

omg. you aren’t plus sized at all..this world is messed up.
you are so pretty..i wish i looked like youu!

Plus size isn’t an insult.  It’s a way of describing a set of sizes for modeling and clothing.

A size 10?! I’m a size 9 and my hips look much bigger than yours! I would be considered plus size too, and I too think it’s ridiculous.

@TiredSoVeryTired@xanga - You’re wrong. I am in the same boat as RestlessPhoenix@xanga, that is, I eat more than any of my friends. It’s impossible for me to gain weight. I am 5’7 and 105 lbs, and I can’t help it. On several occasions I’ve eaten a medium pizze AND an order of breadsticks for supper BY MYSELF. And i eat around the same amount for every meal, except breakfast- which I don’t eat. And for you to say that high metabolism isn’t real is completely ignorant on your part. Go talk to a doctor. Just because *you* don’t have a high metabolism doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. 

To the OP, saying that super skinny girls don’t look like women is vain, ignorant, and rude. I don’t have boobs and I have no ass, but I’m just as “womanly” as you. I’m sorry that you’re so insecure in your looks that you have to attack people that look different. 

@Youthful_Ignorance@xanga - If you skip breakfast that’s 300/400 or more calories you aren’t eating.  Maybe you are more active than others who eat exactly what you eat.  But weight gain is more calories in than out.  So if you eat more than your body needs, you will gain weight. 

I’m 5′ and at age 20, I weighed 88lbs.  I ate what I wanted and ate poorly.  Eventually, I ate more and more and increased what I ate and by age 24 I was 132 pounds when I never, ever thought I could gain weight.  It wasn’t that my “high metabolism” slowed down, it was that I was less active and ate larger and more portions.  I now weigh 125 from a high of 172 (I’ve had babies) and my metabolism hasn’t sped up at all.  I still eat junk food, just not as much as before. 

@TiredSoVeryTired@xanga - Except I’m not more active than anyone. In high school I was, I played on 3 different soccer teams… But in college, I don’t do anything. I don’t workout, I don’t run, I don’t play sports. I go to work and watch tv. My metabolism is still fast, and I still haven’t gained any weight.

@Youthful_Ignorance@xanga - Do you walk to class?  I lost weight in college because I walked to classes.  I was less “active” but walked to class.  People who weigh more have a higher metabolism, people with more muscle have a higher metabolism.  Your metabolism will slow down when you lose weight, not the other way around.  So if you never gain too much weight your metabolism will stay the same. 

If you’re “plus size”, I’m Brad Pitt.  (And I’m not Brad Pitt, believe me.)  You look perfectly fine to me, and I’m absolutely astonished that you would be considered a plus.

I’ve long had a problem with the fashion industries promotion of skeletons as sexy, mainly because of the health problems caused by skeletonhood.  I have noticed recently, though, that we’re starting to see healthier people in modeling.  I hope the trend continues.

what the eff?? you are gorgeous!! i definitely dont see how you’d be a plus sized model in any way! with your height that is a perfectly healthy weight. geeze people these days… lol. well i think you are beautiful!

Yeah, you’re not skinny enough for the catwalk. Sorry.