Super Models? Or Super Gross?

sundaybeachday
sundaybeachday Posts: 24
in Fitness and Exercise
So I'm sure a lot of you have noticed this crap circulating on MSN (why do I even bother?).
MOST (not necessarily all) of these ladies just look, well, malnourished to me - NOT sexy. And this is why we're so messed up when it comes to body image...

http://glo.msn.com/style/whose-hot-beach-bod-9268.gallery
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  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Super None-of-my-business...because I can only look however I'm gonna look. Per my genetic potential.
  • froeschli
    froeschli Posts: 1,293 Member
    Meh, some of them look like they take care of themselves, others don't. i'm just glad i am not in the public eye :happy:
  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    The majority of them look like they take care of themselves. I don't see one that looks too skinny or malnourished.

    I'm probably skinnier than a most of them - not bragging, just a fact. This is how my body reacted to a better, healthier diet. How do you suppose a post would potentially make me feel? In case you do care, it doesn't make me feel bad as I have a thicker skin than that, but what if it did?

    Why the thin-shaming?
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    What makes you think it's okay to call thin women super-gross?
  • misscharleygirl
    misscharleygirl Posts: 66 Member
    I think they look great.

    Although that's not to say that this is the *only* way to look great.
  • JeffseekingV
    JeffseekingV Posts: 3,165 Member
    I woulldn't be kicking out any of these ladies out of bed for eating cookies.
  • RonnieLodge
    RonnieLodge Posts: 665 Member
    MOST (not necessarily all) of these ladies just look, well, malnourished to me - NOT sexy. And this is why we're so messed up when it comes to body image...

    The reason I think we are messed up with body image is more because despite winning a genetic lottery, constantly watching what they eat and working out before having a team of people wax, tan, style, dress, pose, light and shoot them in a flattering way, these people then end up getting photoshopped.

    That is messed up.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    I find your body shaming to be far more gross than anything in any of those pictures.
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    I don't find them to (appear) to be unhealthy or malnourished...do you even know what that would look like?

    Stop body shaming.

    PS- I am not messed up when it comes to body image...you can speak for yourself next time instead of using such generalizations of others.
  • annasor70
    annasor70 Posts: 187 Member
    Some look great...some not as great...but we are all different and there is nothing wrong with being slim, just as there is nothing wrong with being a litte bigger.
    None of these women looks too thin to me...I think we are just too accustomed to slight overweight being the norm these days.
  • violettatx
    violettatx Posts: 230 Member
    Oh good. Another body shaming thread.

    I think most of those women look healthy. Heidi is looking fab for having 4 kids!
  • Supastarrnikki
    Supastarrnikki Posts: 248
    i wouldnt mind looking like them.
  • 122ish
    122ish Posts: 339 Member
    I tend to favor woman with curves like Jessica biel, scarlet johansen, sofia vergara or Blake lively
    So while most of these woman were thin I really expected to see sickly thin woman, honestly thought most of them looked just fine.
  • QueenE_
    QueenE_ Posts: 522 Member
    I don't want none unless you got buns hun.
    Wah.
  • msliu7911
    msliu7911 Posts: 638 Member
    You know what I LIKE about this set of pictures?

    It doesn't have a face associated with the body, so right away that preconceived judgement of "Oh its JLO, she always looks good..etc" is not there.

    As a previous poster said, its nice to just appreciate others for who they are.. and embrace the fact that we are not all created the same. 130 lbs on one female may look completely different on another, just as we all are different and thats what makes us unique.

    Bottom line is at least they appear to be comfortable in their skin, no matter what the size or shape.... :wink:
  • msliu7911
    msliu7911 Posts: 638 Member
    Oh good. Another body shaming thread.

    I think most of those women look healthy. Heidi is looking fab for having 4 kids!

    +1.

    I was expecting to see protruding bones and sickly women...(not that I wanted to see that).... but these women look very healthy and confident if you ask me.
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
    Being happy with by body has nothing to do with what others look like, but what I think about myself. Putting down perfectly healthy bodies just because my genetics are different just doesn't help.:ohwell:
  • extraordinary_machine
    extraordinary_machine Posts: 3,028 Member
    Stop the effing body shaming.

    Srs.
  • DragonSquatter
    DragonSquatter Posts: 957 Member
    Heidi is looking fab for having 4 kids!

    Yes she does! Kudos to her!
  • Bonny619
    Bonny619 Posts: 311 Member
    Are you kidding me? They all look pretty damn fabulous to me and I definitely don't like the TOO skinny look. I think they all look great and heathy.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    Body shaming is also my favorite thing to do!

    Not really I think its completely gross and shouldn't happen to anyone no matter what their size is.
  • sweetchildomine
    sweetchildomine Posts: 872 Member
    lol The majority of them looked healthy to me...There was only one person on there that I thought looked a bit too thin. I'd kill to look like Brooklyn Decker, who is on that list. She looks healthy and fit!

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    This girl...I have no clue who she is...but she was on the list too. In what world is this "malnourished"? LOL

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    I'm starting to think that our society has become so accustomed to seeing obesity that we think that it's what's normal and there's something wrong with people that take care of their bodies.
  • El_Cunado
    El_Cunado Posts: 359 Member
    Beautiful women come in all shapes and sizes.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Imagine your sitting on the beach, having fun, getting some sun, and with your loved ones. Someone takes a picture of you publishes it on the Internet puts it out there for all to judge if you are worthy enough and proceeds to call you malnourished or fat. How would that make you feel? Does it teach our daughters to love their body? Does it seem judgmental?

    Frankly all these posts make me embarrased to be a woman. We focus more on each others flaws more than men do. Maybe it is some genetic competition for the best semen. I don't know but as educated learned women...Stop it!
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    Imagine your sitting on the beach, having fun, getting some sun, and with your loved ones. Someone takes a picture of you publishes it on the Internet puts it out there for all to judge if you are worthy enough and proceeds to call you malnourished or fat. How would that make you feel? Does it teach our daughters to love their body? Does it seem judgmental?

    Frankly all these posts make me embarrased to be a woman. We focus more on each others flaws more than men do. Maybe it is some genetic competition for the best semen. I don't know but as educated learned women...Stop it!
    You assume they are educated learned women, these posts lead me to believe they are neither educated nor learned women. Just catty biotches.
  • Sharkington
    Sharkington Posts: 485
    I really don't think those women look malnourished and I find many of them sexy, personally. I don't see the point in bringing negative attention to them. Why can't we all just say "I love my body and what I am working towards" and leave it at that, without bringing other people down, whether you're commenting on a stranger/celebrity, or not.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Super-judgemental body shaming, more like it.
    Who cares. Do you. You just wasted time looking at pictures of (and then *****ing about) other women when you could have been prepping some healthy meals, going for a walk, doing a workout, refillng your water bottle or any number of other things to help you improve yourself. I looked at the first two pictures, found nothing offensive, made a big "sigh" face.
  • KyliAnne26
    KyliAnne26 Posts: 209 Member
    The OP deactivated her account, y'all. You can put away your talons and fangs, lol :)
  • SteelySunshine
    SteelySunshine Posts: 1,092 Member
    The OP deactivated her account, y'all. You can put away your talons and fangs, lol :)

    Good. But I already got my talons and fangs out so it would be a shame to not put them to use.

    I think that shaming people for whatever reason is wrong. I don't care if they are skinny, fat, obese, or have a problem that has nothing to do with their looks. But, this is odious saying these women are super gross. Most of them look healthy and fit not at all anorexic. And if they were anorexic calling them gross is really mean in that case they have an ED and it would be like calling a cancer patient gross or someone with schizophrenia gross. In that case they would be someone in serious need of a medical intervention. Irregardless people deserve to be treated with respect no matter what their body size is.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    ...I'm starting to think that our society has become so accustomed to seeing obesity that we think that it's what's normal and there's something wrong with people that take care of their bodies.

    Agreed. I come from a family of naturally thin people. We are not malnourished or super gross. We DO eat plenty of food but we are also very active. Your thread comes off as Super Petty to me. :tongue:

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