Comments on: Can a Plus Size Girl Be Fashion Model?

By: aj

aj — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:39:48 +0000

ok, so my best friend is very worried about her weight. She’s a size 5, but she likes my clothes/ jeans which are 13s. i mean she wears a belt but now people are calling her a liar when she says she’s a 5. she still wants to wear my clothes/ jeans but she doesn’t want people to call her a liar or “fat”. when she says this it sort of makes my feel like i’m “fat”. i know i’m not “fat” but, how do i get her to stop listening and careing about what other people say and what the media says about what size she should be?

By: aj

aj — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:07:53 +0000

i totaly agree wit Aliyah and M. Who cares about your dress size and why should they? i mean this probably sounds stupid coming from a high schooler but i’m about 5′4″, weigh around 130 lbs, and am proud to admit that i am a size 13. Does this automaticaly make me plus size? acorrding to the modeling standards it does. i’m happy with my self, and i don’t really care about what the anyone else or the media for that matter says about me. i like my size and i’m keeping it that way.

By: Katelyn Stewart

Katelyn Stewart — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:25:36 +0000

Out of curiosity what constitues a “normal” sized girl anyway? With all this size talk I kinda wonder where I fall. I’m 5′ 4″ and weigh about 124 pounds. Where would I fall on this spectrum? I know I’m not a model- not built like one at ALL, but I just wonder what we concider to be “normal” and “model”. I would have to say that I agree with a majority of the posts, saying that any size woman can be beautiful, but that a woman should try to take care of herself- keep herself healthy no matter the size.

By: Lolo

Lolo — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:38:05 +0000

i think models are supposed to be too skinny to help clothiers save more cloth…isn’t it funny ?!
i really feel sad when i watch a fashion show on TV..because i see beautiful girls starving to show up in expensive clothes, i don’t even think that is an enjoyable job..
so i prefer the girls with shiny looks to girls who are more likely to suffer from a deadly starvation.
by the way, do not think that i’m fat and jealous,i just want all girls to be satisfied with their beautiful normal bodies :-)

By: M

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:24:38 +0000

This is my take on female models….dress size shouldn’t be the issue! It’s the stupidest way to judge beauty. If a woman is beautiful, she is beautiful. Period. It doesn’t matter if she is 6 feet tall and a size 14 or if she is 5 feet tall and a size 0. And, I believe that a woman should be a vision of health in order to be beautiful. It has been proven through time that health is part of what drives attraction….why wouldn’t designers want that in their models to help drive sales? Spend a little extra on fabric and gain extra in sales!

By: Aliyah

Aliyah — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:13:01 +0000

Iam a plus model myself it very hard for me and other girl when we go to casting. U have girl their wit their bones poking out of their bodies and the director is licking their lips at them. I know I’m cute and my size 14 body is nice but sometimes its real hard when u get rejected for the parking meter on the other side of the room.But were are needed for all the women that are not thin but plumed

By: ria

ria — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:34:04 +0000

Skinny models are ok in my book, but not as skinny as the one in the pic you posted wearing the orange dress. That kind of skinny is hideous.

By: trey

trey — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:46:57 +0000

from my point of view, i would love to see models (doesnt matter runway models or normal ad models) to be of “average” stature. Not too skinny and definately not too plump (for lack of kinder words).

ofcourse there might be some exceptions where you would need a skinny or plump model for certain ads.. but in general, i would love to look at healthy looking models on the billboards or on tv.