I have some issues here because I strive to be thinner. However, seeing people my size in the media make me feel good. These people look brilliant yet they still make me want to be thinner. I think what it is is that I want to be thinner but I always want to have that affinity with bigger girls modelling and in the media and stuff. I’m never going to be model sized I’ll always have these curves.
Beth Ditto looks fantastic in this picture, I love her style, her music and her attitude. She loves herself just as she is and I’ve heard people say that she is being irresponsible flaunting herself around as it projects the image to young women that it’s okay to be fat. Alright, it’s okay to be curvy, okay to love your body and okay to be confident. It’s probably not okay to be fat, heart disease and all that shizzle but I don’t think Beth’s attitude portrays that. I can’t help feeling that she’d look bloody amazing if she lost two stone. She’d still be big and she’s hot now so she’d be even hotter then.
I think her attitude is an inspiration and although I’m sort of torn on the skinny models / normal women in magazines I think Beth is doing it all right.
My reason for not minding skinny models in magazines is that they are making me strive to get down to a health weight of 11stone, slightly larger models would make me want to get down to 12 or 13 which is less healthy. Also, no matter what anyone says I stick by the fact that most clothes look more appealing on a size ten body than a size fourteen one. It comes from a marketing point of view I think as a marketeer I wouldn’t put my clothes on a /large/ model because people that might be thinner will see that and think they’ll look awful. Sad but true.
I think there is a time and a place for plus sized models (In formal wear shoots, dresses, jeans etc) and a time for skinny models (lingere, beachwear, crop tops, work out gear.)
Check out this article: http://hourglass8.com/professional-plussize-model/
It gives details on how to become a plus size (which oddly is size 14-16) model. I know a lot of my readers are hot and if you ever need portfolios then I would seriously LOVE to photograph you. Go on, do it. Model!
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