Candace Swanepoel can make anything look cute. The other day at the airport, she paired a really short pair of shorts with a fur jacket and looked fabulous. Keep reading to see what she has to say about Americans and swimsuits.
The 23-year-old Victoria’s Secret model’s short shorts might be the start of something new in America. She recently told FOX News that Americans are too covered up:
People in Brazil are a lot more comfortable with their bodies and their sexuality (than in the U.S.) and it’s more about having fun… In America, the backs are obviously larger, which I think should change. We are trying to change that!
What do you think about Candice’s statement?
tulip / 24 posts
No offense but as a size 3 woman in fairly decent shape whose not ashamed to wear a bathing suit, I would in no way ever consider wearing a bathing suit with a smaller bottom than I regularly see in stores, some of which don’t even fully cover my toosh. Bathing suits already are basically underwear with waterproof padding and I find it really hard to believe that unless you are Candance’s size, which is obviously very slim, most people wouldn’t be comfortable showing their entire backside to a viewing public.
Comments like this always slightly disgust be as they always seem to come from people with incredibly small bodies and obviously very comfortable with themselves because of it.
guest
I agree with her. But it’s also a ‘no shit, sherlock’ observation. (Most of) America is fat. Obviously those who are uncomfortable with their fatness will not be baring their backs much less having fun with it.
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I don’t think there can possibly be any better or worse amount of skin exposure. There are cultures that cover up more and cultures that cover up less. If anything, she’s suggesting that the more naked a society is the more free they are. o_0
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No thx.
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I’m comfortable in most any swimsuit, and I don’t have to be mostly naked to feel sexy or pretty.
daffodil / 1607 posts
ahh the transformation of the swimsuit from one piece to the two piece then to thong pieces
and even before that, entire coverups
i dont think that the back should be more minimal, even if you do have a nice body. sometimes more is sexier
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@LightBlue21@xanga - I don’t think she’s trying to convey that message. I mean, one of my closest friends since Kindergarten moved here from Brazil, and she says the attitude there is exactly like that. It’s very laid-back, people aren’t as mean as they are here. A curvier girl wearing the same thing as her size 0 counterpart isn’t ridiculed or found to be disgusting. It’s more a ‘enjoy your body’ attitude rather than ‘feel fat and cover up because society makes you feel like you should’ thing. Personally, I would wear something much skimpier to the gorgeous beaches of Brazil than here in Texas.
Though, really, anything veering into possible wedgie territory is a no-go for me.
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I think that options are the best solution. Some women want less coverage and some women want more. A whole spectrum would be ideal, there shouldn’t be only tiny bikinis or only ones with lots of coverage–all options should be available and common.
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Hawaii is already on board with this. The majority of us wear Brazilian cut bikinis, and there’s a lot of local places that make them.
Here mainlanders, get with it ;P
http://www.facebook.com/ACACIASWIM
http://www.facebook.com/sanlorenzobikinis
After wearing smaller cut backs, it does feel really awkward when I attempt to wear regular ones. Kind of like going from boy shorts to granny panties
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I totally agree with her. There is a split in American culture, some don’t like skin, some do. I am in the “like skin” camp. The human body is beautiful if it is taken care of and we should not be ashamed of it. Skin is not “dirty”.