america's next top model plus size cycle

paigemarie93

US size eight is a UK size 12, it's not plus sized, anything including & past a UK 16 is plus sized.
That's a US 12.

jadedone

My goal is 8-10. Well let's say 8 at gap or old navy, which more like a 10 or 12 at other places.

ChevyChick88

I'm not being critical of you personally, but the thought that a size 8 would be considered plus size in our society BLOWS MY MIND.

^^YES!!! OMG.... that is absurd! No wonder why so many young girls have eating disorders.

Kittykat_87

theyve had one or two plus size models here and there on the show but what im saying is everyone needs to be a plus size and i dont think a size 8 is plus size but in model world they do so thats why i said that

Sibby123

I don't even think my skeleton is a size 8.

Right!? Exactly what I was thinking!
-RaindropWishes

Edit - accidentally used my partner's account.

ElizabethRoad

Models are several sizes smaller than the average woman. That holds true for "regular" sizes as well as plus sizes. I am 3 pounds from my goal and I'm an 8 or 10 - obviously it's not a real plus size, but it's several sizes larger than the regular "model" look.

mgmlap

I think the whole plus size not plus size takes into account girls who are barely out of puberty..so of course they have not grown into their womanly figures..

I am currently between a 6/8...I am not plus size by any means...thats why I think we need to focus more on the mirror and less on labels..its sad...very sad.....

Derpina7

Same here! I'm a dress size 7/8, but I can't shop in plus size stores either! I'm very pear-shaped (definite ghetto booty, haha), I still generally fit a size small top.

BAMFMeredith

For regular life, no, a size 8 is not plus sized. In the fashion industry, it is considered plus sized. There is a difference.

The fashion industry gets a lot of flack for emaciated models, but MANY designers these days are refusing to employ models who appear to be unhealthily thin. Michael Kors and Diane von Furstenberg are the first 2 that come to mind. "Sample size" for designer clothing is roughly a size 2. While designers realize that most women are not a size 2, the thin models are used almost as hangers for their garments. The prime objective of a designer and model when putting on a runway show or creating an ad for a magazine is how to make people notice the garment first. If you've got a voluptuous model with sexy curves, people are less likely to notice the clothing first.

Now, I personally love the super models of the 90s. Cindy Crawford, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum (although she has been modeling her VSes more recently than Tyra). More curves. But even at the height of their careers, they were all slim and roughly a size 2 or 4--they just had more curves.

I think women of all sizes can be seen as beautiful. Look at Crystal Renn. At the beginning of her modeling career she was plus sized, and arguable one of the most successful plus sized models ever. But now, she is considered a standard sized model (she has lost quite a bit of weight). And she has looked absolutely beautiful and every size she's been.

To sum it up: real life sizing and fashion sizing are NOT THE SAME THING. Nobody thinks you're actually plus sized if you're a size 8. It's simply a term in the fashion world for women who are not sample sized.

GetFitE

Im kind of depressed. I guess no matter how low I go I will always be considered plus size even if I was to be a walking skeleton. With my frame I dont think I could get down to a size 8 unless I had my frame shaved down. Oh well.. I go by how I feel not as society tells me to feel..

THIS!!! Yea. I don't think my body can get to a size 8 either without me becoming practically anorexic.. I'm a size 12 & I must say, it looks pretty darn good on me! The smallest I'd ever consider is a 10.

dhencel

how about a biggest loser/top model show...? It would be great seeing them lose weight and model every week. Just like people on here lose every week....

Trophyyf

Did I just read that a size 8 is plus size? LoL wow I'm super sized then!!! Where is there a Next Top Model Super Sized?

ilookthetype

They'd be sizes 8-14 and that would be terribly insulting.

EmCarroll1990

They'd be sizes 8-14 and that would be terribly insulting.

I'm pretty sure, size 12 and up is considered plus size.

UsedToBeHusky

They'd be sizes 8-14 and that would be terribly insulting.

I'm pretty sure, size 12 and up is considered plus size.

Even at my goal weight, I will still be a 12.

DieVixen

Who gives a *kitten* what society says plus size is. Considering we are all part of society we let them set these standards by buying into the bullsh!t

EmCarroll1990

They'd be sizes 8-14 and that would be terribly insulting.

I'm pretty sure, size 12 and up is considered plus size.

Even at my goal weight, I will still be a 12.

And what's wrong with that? I bet you'll still looking smoking at your goal weight.

_HeathBar_

Don't sweat it... I'm a 5'9, wear size 8 and definitely don't consider myself plus size. If the modeling industry wants to consider me "plus size" that's fine. I know that in reality I'm healthy and very much a normal size.

Victoria2448

For regular life, no, a size 8 is not plus sized. In the fashion industry, it is considered plus sized. There is a difference.

The fashion industry gets a lot of flack for emaciated models, but MANY designers these days are refusing to employ models who appear to be unhealthily thin. Michael Kors and Diane von Furstenberg are the first 2 that come to mind. "Sample size" for designer clothing is roughly a size 2. While designers realize that most women are not a size 2, the thin models are used almost as hangers for their garments. The prime objective of a designer and model when putting on a runway show or creating an ad for a magazine is how to make people notice the garment first. If you've got a voluptuous model with sexy curves, people are less likely to notice the clothing first.

Now, I personally love the super models of the 90s. Cindy Crawford, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum (although she has been modeling her VSes more recently than Tyra). More curves. But even at the height of their careers, they were all slim and roughly a size 2 or 4--they just had more curves.

I think women of all sizes can be seen as beautiful. Look at Crystal Renn. At the beginning of her modeling career she was plus sized, and arguable one of the most successful plus sized models ever. But now, she is considered a standard sized model (she has lost quite a bit of weight). And she has looked absolutely beautiful and every size she's been.

To sum it up: real life sizing and fashion sizing are NOT THE SAME THING. Nobody thinks you're actually plus sized if you're a size 8. It's simply a term in the fashion world for women who are not sample sized.

Well said!

Hannah_PRprincess13

i think they need to make a cycle based on only plus size models size because theyve had a short cycle all star cycle and now mixed cycle now they need to have a plus size cycle

TOTALLY AGREE!

Hannah_PRprincess13

I'm not being critical of you personally, but the thought that a size 8 would be considered plus size in our society BLOWS MY MIND.

Then I must be considered obese....LOL

neversettle

Does it not depress anyone else that size 8 is considered "plus size"?

doesnt depress me, disgusts me.

LexieSweetheart

I LOVED when they had Tocarra on the show! I think they should have a plus size show and also one featuring men