Plus sized model poses nude for Glamour magazine

[scott916]

Originally posted by: JS80
Size 12 my ass lol

yeah no shit she must be like 6' tall

 

[halik]

That's a stupid pose, more than anything else. When you bend forward, it always looks like you've got a gut.

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/vid.../25/sbt.size.model.cnn

Meh. I have no problem with this model, she's beautiful, and that's cool that she's being published. But is anyone else getting tired of all this "yeah! stick it to those evil magazines for publishing pictures of hot, thin girls all the time, those bastards!" stuff that always permeates these stories? Women whine so fucking much about the fact that the media portrays "unrealistic" images of beauty. Well, no duh. Male models are impossibly good looking too, and they're airbrushed to death as well. Somehow, guys seem to realize this and not starve ourselves over it. Sheesh.

It's also funny to me that all these magazines that have airbrushed beauties are largely owned and run by women, as well as purchased almost exclusively by women.

Not trying to start a misogynistic thread or anything. I just don't get this aspect of women.

I erased my initial response and decided to just post this. I am an average looking girl, as several people here will attest.

Once upon a time I posted my picture here and another member took it upon himself to start a thread about it. The thread quickly topped 100 posts, and most were about how ugly and un-doable I was.

Hundreds of average looking guys have posted their pictures here without comment from either male or female members.

Women and men are not judged equally on their appearances. It's silly to compare, or to expect them to react in the same way.

 

[Zensal]

Originally posted by: Dumac

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: Dumac
This isn't really an example of it, but I am pretty tired of fat pride.

Being largely obese is disgusting and bad for you, and should not be encouraged. Nor is it what "real" people look like.

and being a size zero shouldn't be encourages either, but that's exactly what hollywood does. Both are bad for you, so many females damn near kill themselves to try to drop to a size 0 or 1. As for what "real" people look like, the USA would learn far closer to a big person than anyone small for the average. So a bigger person would accurately represent the look of America as opposed to a smaller/skinny person.

Not as many as those that die from obesity related health problems.

I never said to encourage a size zero, although there are many perfectly healthy women who fit in size zero clothes. What I stress that is that obesity should be as discouraged, if not more discouraged, as malnutrition/underweight problems. However, the dramatic opposite is true, with society frowning on skinny people and condoning obesity.

As far as your "real" rationalization goes, being fat and closer to the overweight national average doesn't make you any more "real" than a hot woman. It just makes you fat.

I agree with you for the most part, but unless you are short or have a small build, size 12 is not even close to obese. We can, as a society, accept normal people without condoning obesity or underweightedness(however you say that).

 

[Pliablemoose]

I see naked "plus size" women at work all the time, she hardly qualifies....

When their thigh is the size of my waist, i want to pitch for the other team

 

[timosyy]

Isn't there a reality show on Fox starting soon or something which is supposed to be one of those "man-picks-girl-to-marry" things but with "real" girls (aka overweight?).

Made me lol pretty hard when I saw the commercial for it. At least, among my peers (college-age), the majority of females I see are not obese/overweight. They're actually all rather fit -- if not slim, then healthy-looking, but not overweight.

 

[goog40]

I would think this would make women even more insecure. If you put that picture out there and everyone proclaims her to be "plus-sized", what are all the women who make that model look anorexic in comparison supposed to think.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: goog40
I would think this would make women even more insecure. If you put that picture out there and everyone proclaims her to be "plus-sized", what are all the women who make that model look anorexic in comparison supposed to think.

That they should put down the cupcake and get on the fucking treadmill for once?

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: timosyy
Isn't there a reality show on Fox starting soon or something which is supposed to be one of those "man-picks-girl-to-marry" things but with "real" girls (aka overweight?).

Made me lol pretty hard when I saw the commercial for it. At least, among my peers (college-age), the majority of females I see are not obese/overweight. They're actually all rather fit -- if not slim, then healthy-looking, but not overweight.

this show?

 

[AbAbber2k]

The only thing that really makes her "plus" is her legs if I'm seeing that picture clearly (and maybe that little bit of belly flab). She looks like she has thick legs. Most "average" plus-sizers also wear XL t-shirts these days and look like they could eat a baby.

She's definitely attractive though... and I've never been one to mind a little junk in the trunk. But this is nothing for women to rally behind.

 

[tivo20]

video not working for me either damn cnn

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I see naked "plus size" women at work all the time, she hardly qualifies....

When their thigh is the size of my waist, i want to pitch for the other team

Nobody else asked so I will... what do you do?

 

[StageLeft]

Yes, I am sick of it. It's partly saying mediocrity is ok and should even be celebrated. That little pouch of fat hanging over her waist is just simply disgusting, let's not mince words. If women like it and it empowers them, whatever have at it, but it doesn't change the fact that most guys do find a woman more attractive if it looks like she at least knows how to turn a treadmill on.

If you're a chubbier chick and ok with it, great, being hella lean and fit is a lot of effort and all for aesthetics anyway. It's really a bit of a shallow pursuit, to be fair. But if you're going to have a model, let's not have a substandard one. It's like having a car commercial with brake dust on the wheels and maybe a ding in the door. Afterall that's "how the rest of our cars look", isn't it?

"norm of a size 2 portrayed in the media". Nobody thinks size 2 is normal. Don't these people understand what a model is?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: halik
That's a stupid pose, more than anything else. When you bend forward, it always looks like you've got a gut.

This is true, too, it's just a terrible shot. I have no idea who this person is and if in normal shots she looks a lot better, I'm sure she does. All but the most ripped up stomachs will hang some crap over in a shot like that. This is the picture equivalent to taking a picture of a model while she's picking her nose.

 

[Sea Moose]

i woulda said babe thread.... but....



The women wasnt a glamor model, she was the photo used for a body acceptance article

 

[jlee]

Lizzi Miller - google for pic. She's 5'11".

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: timosyy
Isn't there a reality show on Fox starting soon or something which is supposed to be one of those "man-picks-girl-to-marry" things but with "real" girls (aka overweight?).

Made me lol pretty hard when I saw the commercial for it. At least, among my peers (college-age), the majority of females I see are not obese/overweight. They're actually all rather fit -- if not slim, then healthy-looking, but not overweight.

It's COLLEGE. Haven't you ever wondered why you see DVD's like College Girls Gone Wild, but you never see 30 Year-Old Denny's Waitresses Gone Wild?

 

[rh71]

People are going easy on her because she's good looking. She is good looking overall but that shouldn't excuse this. On a similar note, everyone who thinks public nudity should be ok hasn't fully realized that ugly people would run around naked too.

I'm sorry, I don't want to see all of you unless you're good looking and in good shape. I'm not saying I have a perfect body but I'm not the one willing to flaunt it. If you're going to put someone on tv, make sure they're at least decent looking please. This is what most people want imo. If you're going to put someone with nasty flab on her stomach on a national magazine cover, your magazine should not be called "Glamour." I'm not outraged or anything, but I simply don't want to see it. People's first reaction when looking at the whole picture should tell you something.

 

[Oceandevi]

What a joke. They cant show a real fat ass, everyone would vomit and wreck their flat-screens.

 

[StageLeft]

I looked her up on google. She is in fact far thinner than most women her age.

I also luled at that show with "real" women. I know plenty of ladies who are not "real" if real means overweight to the extent a medical doctor would tell you to lose it because of health risks.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I woulda thought plus size was bigger than that.

It's sad that's considered "plus size"

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: zerocool84
I woulda thought plus size was bigger than that.

It's sad that's considered "plus size"

no doubt.. i was expecting to see rosie odonnel sized girl

this girl in video is totally hot

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Who is she? The video isn't loading for me.

That's because the file is too fat for your netbook, there, slim.

Dang it, I thought going widescreen would have prevented this

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: ZOOYUKA
When are fugly models going to get their big break?

Exactly...

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: OCguy
She is very pretty in the face, she isnt "fat."

I love how fat women will latch on to this and say "See! We are beautiful!", when that girl is in the top .5% of size 12 women.

The last thing this country needs is attempted fat acceptance. This woman is far from fat, but she is being portrayed as some sort of whale.

Agreed as well.

Also, where does she keep the 180 pounds?

[Edit] Ah, she's 5'11"...

Per this URL -- nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ -- she's a pound or two off from being "normal weight"