I came across an interesting (and, frankly, disturbing) story today that made me set my White Castle lunch aside and drop my head in shame. While I (and most human beings) have never thought of Kate Upton as anything but runway-model thin, one pro-ana writer is calling her fat. There’s no hope for any of us, ladies. Read more from the offending post here!
One anonymous (natch) blogger on SkinnyGossip.com wrote a scathing review of the model’s looks, describing her thusly:
Huge thighs, NO waist, big fat floppy boobs, terrible body definition — she looks like a squishy brick. Is this what American women are “striving” for now? The lazy, lardy look? Have we really gotten so fat in this country that Kate is the best we can aim for? Sorry, but: eww!
The author also describes Upton walking down the runway, “like there was a buffet at the end of it.” Ouch: it looks like the mean girls from high school have learned to pen full sentences.
I kind of want to eat another White Castle burger in defiance of this post. I know I’m not the most svelte woman out there, but when Kate Upton is being called cow-like, it makes me want to just go live in the woods and never reveal my face in public again. (Aside from the occasional White Castle run.) [via Jezebel]
What do you think of the site? Is Kate Upton fat?
rose / 937 posts
Girl on that blog has an ED. She needs help, and reading her thoughts on anything in an honest manner is just ill-advised.
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Why bother caring or republishing her comment?
daisy / 603 posts
Are you kidding? Kate Upton fat?? WHERE?!
I think she looks great! I find fat bodies to be completely repulsive and disgusting, but she is none of those.
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Breaking news: Pro ana girl has skewed idea of what a woman should look like.
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If Kate Upton is fat, then there is no hope for me. Yes, Kate has a round face, small hips (which makes the waist look wide) and not very defined, but I am doubting she is overweight.
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Since when should anyone take a pro-ana girl seriously when it comes to how a woman should look? Really…get with the program. Girls with eating disorders have a very skewed body image and very skewed ideas on what is ideal in general.
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i wouldn’t call her fat, but i’m not a fan of her body either. i’m not a guy, (just a bi girl…) but her boobs ARE floppy and weird and she DOESN’T have much of a waist. she has a square shaped torso and no butt. her face is pretty bland and nothing to write home about.
everyone has a type, she just isn’t mine. i’m not into a lot of mainstream celebrities that others seem to swoon over (guys and girls). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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@ashleynicole - Yes. Exactly why I was confused by this post.
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Are you fucking kidding me?? I’d KILL for a body like that!! The world really sucks…..
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who on earth cares what a pro-ana person thinks? they have more issues than Time magazine.
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You’re an idiot if you actually let a pro-ana writer bother you.
rose / 937 posts
@blackspiders@xanga - Did you ever see those “starving tips” on her site? I think she used to have an actual section for it, now I don’t see it.. but OMG wtf
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she isn’t an actual runway model.
anyway if that were to bother her than something is wrong with her because obviously she has a figure that a lot of people want in their magazines which i don’t agree with but it is for a much different reason and not because of her appearance.
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yeah why even care about what an anorexic girl thinks is fat, clearly she has a fucked up perception of the human body anyway. Besides, if that skinny ass chic in the photo is fat then I am a fucking cow
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Pro Ana bloggers have obvious issues with their own bodies so I would come to assume that they would see others in an incorrect light as well. Body dismorphia can be cause for a skewed perception, clearly.
rose / 980 posts
@vain_apathy@xanga - Maybe her boobs look “floppy”?? because they are real??
rose / 980 posts
@ashleynicole - The starving tips of the day were all pro-ana advice pretending to be sensible advice. She made a new post where she stated that she was rethinking some sections of her blog. She is 5’7″ and weighs about 100 pounds, about a 15.7 BMI… she’s a delusional anorexic. I’m 5′ and when I was super skinny at 88lbs I still had a 17ish BMI.
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dont see anything wrong with this upton chick but this girl is kind of right, upton’s only real appeal is her blonde boobiness.
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Kate Upton = hotness.
Anonymous chick with mental illness (aka, obsession with being thin) = not worthy of anyone’s time or attention.
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Eh, she’s not fat but she really does have no definition & I just don’t think she has a great body.
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Like others have said, why get worked up over something a person that has issues said. I don’t think Kate Upton is fat.
orchid / 160 posts
Why are you drawing attention to pro-ana writers. Why are you picking issues with something obviously meant for non-healthy audience. This is why lovelyish makes me so angry. Of course Kate Upton isn’t “fat” by “real girl” standards, she’s a model. Of course girls with eating disorders think she’s fat, because they have eating disorders; they think everything’s fat. They could look at a starving African child and call him fat because of the worms in his distended belly. GAWD.
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Physically speaking, I think she’s quite beautiful. God forbid ALL women have EXACTLY the same body dimensions and curves. …now I just wish she’d put more clothes on.
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For all these people who have said she doesn’t have a great body, I must look like a effing elephant.
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She’s not runway model thin, but she’s nowhere near fat. She just looks healthy. That’s part of what makes her so appealing. And her “huge thighs” and “big fat floppy boobs” are fucking awesome.
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She’s SO hot
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That blog thing is HORRIBLE… Skinnygurl or whatever… Someone wrote a comment that because she is super skinny, she is superior to everyone -_- …. Anyways, people totally have the wrong idea on what fat is….
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Skinny Gossip** My bad
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kate upton is phat.
#reppinthe90s
peony / 1 posts
@my0615@xanga - this. to everyone else on the internet that thinks this is actually a story too.
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i still can’t get passed her face……
but that’s not the point. no i don’t think she’s fat. i think that’s ludicrous. she may be bigger than runway models (which is a good thing) but she’s not fat.
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by runway model standards, Kate is on the “heavier” side, but I find her sexy as hell, and that’s all that matters. I used to think the skinnier the better, especially for myself, but I’ve finally realized that I look good with a little meat on my bones( 5″2′, 105 lbs), loving my c-cups and butt!
orchid / 109 posts
Pro ana are often “fat” or so called girl, who are angry about themselves so try to find failure on others, even if they don’t have failures.
This women is not fat, but it’s true, she does not have a marked waist. Well. I don’t now many women with a tiny waist…
(by the way, I’m skinny and knew many pro ana who were not anorexic at all).
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@lttlegel - I find misinformed, judgmental, mean girls who take their own insecurities out on other people to be disgusting and repulsive. Why should what ANYONE looks like affect YOU? Get over yourself.
daisy / 603 posts
@KickStart350@xanga - Wow. Uhm, I’m allowed to have opinions too. You know how they say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder?” Well I don’t see overweight as being beautiful. Being overweight is incredibly unhealthy, it is linked to a ton of health conditions and in general makes your life harder. Why should what I think affect you?
rose / 937 posts
@lttlegel - Are you saying that.. Kate’s overweight then?
daisy / 603 posts
@ashleynicole - this was my first comment: “Are you kidding? Kate Upton fat?? WHERE?!
I think she looks great! I find fat bodies to be completely repulsive and disgusting, but she is none of those.”
So clearly, no. I am not saying she is overweight.
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She may not be fat by normal standards but she definitely does not look like a runway model, gross. You conveniently didn’t post any of the horrible runway photos including the one where you can clearly see a back roll, side rolls, clearly no waist, and a horribly saggy, misshapen butt. That photo is obviously edited and we are talking about how she really looks.
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… What is pro-ana??
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I think she’s too fat to be anything but a plus size model….maybe she’ll have better luck there. Yeah, I can’ t believe she’s on the cover of sports illustrated…
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@MommaFish89@xanga - pro-anorexia. They call it “pro-ana” because saying the full name out loud exposes how unhealthy and stupid it is.
rose / 937 posts
@lttlegel - Without reading that first comment it does kinda sound like you are saying she’s fat tho.
But I mean.. I might get flamed but i agree. I don’t find unhealthily large bodies (or unhealthily small) to be attractive. If I know the person I don’t care, but strangers I will find it unattractive. When I was close to 200 pounds I don’t think I had any opinions about heavy people at all.
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All I see is fat! then again, I’m staring at her boobs.
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She’s not fat, I just think she has weird bOObs.
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I haven’t read the article but to be fair, that snippet of the article probably could have been written in a more uh..polite fashion. But I can see where that author is coming from. Upton may not be OVERWEIGHT but she doesn’t exactly look like she’s toned or like she works her body, her arms are just sticks. And of course, there’s no (or shouldn’t be) a set ideal of the “perfect female body” which is the idea that the author of that article seemed to portray.
daisy / 603 posts
@ashleynicole - Well of course only reading half of what someone says sounds like something else.
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Body shaming of any kind isn’t cool. Fat, skinny, it’s none of anyone’s damn business.
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I’d do her in a heartbeat.
rose / 937 posts
@lttlegel - No need to get bitchy about it.
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My body is constantly being compared to kate upton, only I have a smaller waist. I think she could drop a few pounds for sure.
sunflower / 487 posts
They were quoting a pro-anorexia website, of course you are looking for controversy.
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For some people, you’re just not thin enough until your body looks like that of a prepubescent boy. I really don’t get it.
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Some may call her fat because they’re just jealous.
Others may call her fat because it’s relative. To a hippo, she’s skinny. To a snake, she’s fat.
Some girls (probably not guys) just have too much hate for other women.
As long as she’s living and eating healthy, leave her alone.
Why do women do this to each other? Judging so harshly.
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well. i never thought that thin = sexy. so, fat or not. she looks good.
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That has to be the fat mother of all trick questions.
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This doesn’t make me feel bad about myself. It makes me feel sad for anyone whose thinking is distorted by mental illness to the point that they would say that.
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personally id kill for her figure!
to bad skinny means you have to be anorexic thin. =-/ thats not what i strive for.
its disgusting how the media can impact u.now i bed her seeing this shes gonna go on a starvation diet… and look all thin and droopey.