Cheryl Tiegs blasts full figured Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover

[voiceofreazon]

Originally Posted by Stockyman

But I do find it hilarious that a lot of posters are calling Tiegs an old dried up prune face who's living in the past. I guess it's okay to bash old people but not overweight young people?

Yeah the hypocrisy here is ridiculous.

[ocnjgirl]

Originally Posted by selogic

I grew up in the 70's myself , so I saw her too . If you think she made it without the help of an agency you are extremely naïve . She was " created " like most celebrities are , then and now .

I never said she didn't have an agency, of course she did. No one would have given her any job without one...but I maintain this was an organically occurring phenomenon, not something engineered by her agency. Back then models were NOT considered celebrities, there was no such thing as a supermodel, they were nameless faces...it wasn't even considered that a model could be that famous. her agency had nothing to do with it...she had the right look at the right time, and her popularity exploded with her and her agency doing not one thing they didn't do for any other model in their stable.

[hunterseat]

I'm not reading through the 8+ pages so I apologize if I'm repeating anyone's comments.

The plus-sized model on the SI cover looked a bit.... pornographic to me. I'm not any huge Tiegs fan but she does have a point. Reminds me of the fb post that showed a 1940's picture of a fat man in the circus next to a current picture of a young man who is way bigger than the circus "freak". It used to be rare to see grossly obese people but they've become the norm and are even celebrated. Reflects the glutony that has become our society. AND the "everybody's okay however they want to live as long as they're happy". Hogwash. (no pun intended)

Look at the beloved stars (and family members) who have "killed themselves" by obesity. It's NOT okay.

[mjlo]

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