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Venus =/= full figured at all. She's actually tall and pretty slim:
She isn't much bigger than the VS models, she just has more muscle and definition. She also has a wildly different body type than her sister.
You're absolutely right.
OK, whoever just won the U.S. Open --- that must have been Serena. I would call her full-figured, large-busted, large hips and booty, muscular and fit. But full-figured.
"Pears" have shoulders that often narrower than their waist or sloping shoulders --- they are bottom-heavy. Whereas the hourglass could be said to have more of an equal shoulder/hip ratio --- they are balanced. Pears are curvy, but they could be very slim.
I'd never heard of the 'banana' description for a woman's body. That's how I came across that site, by searching for what a 'banana' shaped body is supposed to be.
(And I do realize that these categorizations are all just that, just approximate descriptors, and that every woman has a unique individual figure.)
Curvy =/= size. You can be slim and curvy. Slim and not curvy. And bigger and curvy. Or bigger and not curvy.
I am disappointed the term gets used interchangeably for larger. Sticking with fashion here, a woman who is a size 18 hourglass has wildly different clothing challenges than a size 18 apple. Or banana. Or pear. It is way more helpful to look at the general body types, and looks at the rules of proportion based on your proportions, instead of assuming people of a similar size have similar proportions.
OK, whoever just won the U.S. Open --- that must have been Serena. I would call her full-figured, large-busted, large hips and booty, muscular and fit. But full-figured.
I am going to use the infamous, this is meaningless without pics!
Here are couple of people with the average american height/weight approximately. Notice how these women look wildly different at the same approximate weight and height:
I sort of disagree on that. I think most people know 'fat' when they see it. Like Serena and Venus Williams are full-figured, but not fat. Roseanne Barr is fat. I think it's actually kind of silly to call fat people full-figured if they are simply fat. Nothing to be ashamed of, maybe something someone wants to work on or maybe not...each to his own.
Actually, Roseanne Barr is a fatHEAD. And I never call people "fat" unless I know that they're okay with it.
A little sensitivity goes a long way. In my case, for example, I'm always uncomfortable when women refer to me as a Greek God, The Magnificent Seven, or Hunkalicious...
That's an interesting site. I feel like putting myself on there.
It is really cool to see women of different shapes and sizes. People have a preconceived notion about what weight X looks like...... and in reality it can look like almost anything.
Actually, Roseanne Barr is a fatHEAD. And I never call people "fat" unless I know that they're okay with it.
A little sensitivity goes a long way. In my case, for example, I'm always uncomfortable when women refer to me as a Greek God, The Magnificent Seven, or Hunkalicious...
That must be hard..... ; )
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And I never call people "fat" unless I know that they're okay with it. 
