‘Curviest model ever’ walks fashion's most inclusive runway (interview, insurance, rates)

[Odenwald]

I hate it when terminology gets highjacked. That woman is not curvy, she is obese or fat.

[Delahanty]

I don't see a problem with women of all sizes modeling women's clothing; women come in all shapes and sizes. Come to think of it, so do men. Yet I've never seen a fat man on the runway.


Anyway...enough with this "curvy" crappe. I'm sick and tired of obese women thinking they're "curvy," and co-opting that adjective. I can call myself "curvy" because, though I'm skinny as hell, I still have a shape--like a lot of thin people.

That woman isn't "curvy." She looks like an egg on legs.

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by detshen

The billion dollar diet/fitness industries require people to keep spending money striving to achieve a ridiculously "fat free" body ideal that most can't reach without sacrificing their health. Marylin would be picked apart on social media.

Yes she would be. She has thighs. She has rounded upper arms. She has full breasts. She has a little belly. In other words, she is not skinny or pre-pubescent looking.

[Chicano3000X]

Some folks like 'em big. Some like 'em like a twig. Some like 'em like as big as a house, some want 'em as a spouse.

In other words, there's folks that like thick women.. But I'd prefer everyone healthy. There's no such thing as a healthy fat person..

[detshen]

Originally Posted by jacqueg

I don’t know how true it is. But my intuition would be that if overweight women buy more clothes, it‘s because they have a harder time finding clothes that fit well, so they often settle for something that doesn’t - and still keep looking for something that does.

Also, if a woman is overweight she is more likely to try diets and buy new clothes for weight fluctuations.

[LearnMe]

I wonder what Oprah would have to say about this embarrassing thread...

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by Odenwald

I hate it when terminology gets highjacked. That woman is not curvy, she is obese or fat.

as a kid, i remember the description in sears and jc penney's catalogs was 'pretty plus' for girls and 'husky' for boys.

[jjrose]

How dare a plus sized line of clothing be modeled by plus sized models!!!!!

Oh the outrage!!!!

[FreedomPenguin]

repulsive.

[thefragile]

Lol, I guarantee every single obnoxious person on this thread insulting this woman is an out of shape, fat ass who does nothing but pound on their keyboard while stuffing their fat ugly faces. 100% guarantee.