A size 6 is plus size...wtf.

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  • Meatsies
    Meatsies Posts: 351 Member
    Well then I'm hoping to get that fat someday ;)!

    LOL! ^^^ Love this.
    Totally cracked me up.
    I am with you on this one.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    Keep in mind the average model is at a height between 5'9" and 6'2". A size 2-4 would PROBABLY have them at a higher weight than the average person. Sadly, the average weight of a model is 108-120, at the height range, this would put them at an unhealthy, underweight BMI.

    I'm 5'9" and never expect or WANT to be under 150lbs. I think the fashion world and modeling are horrible. The unrealistic goals that women and girls of all ages set for themselves because of the infulence from this industry is scary.
  • pamfm
    pamfm Posts: 93 Member
    That's really interesting. I'd never heard of that before! And it is reassuring to know that a size 2, 5'11" model might really be a size 4 or 6, which I still think is unnervingly thin, but better than it originally sounds.

    Why is it that if a person is tall and a size 2-6, they must be really skinny?

    I'm 5'9, weigh 151 and wear a 4(and could wear a 2 in some items).. and I'm def. not "unnervingly thin".

    I didn't ask to be this size when I started losing weight.. nor did I aim for this size. It just happened.. and there's nothing I can do about it. Except re-gain weight I lost.. and thats def. not going to happen!

    Don't be so quick to get offended. I'm not insulting thin people, I just don't idolize or condone unhealthy body fat levels (high or low). Judging by your photo, you've got really slim hips, and that would make you a smaller pants size than, lets say, me at the same waist measurement and bf%. That's honestly something that I forget about sometimes - that not every woman has a 10-12 inch difference between hips and waist.

    The thing is, I'm petite, and I used to wear a size 2, and I was way too thin. You could count ALL my ribs, front and back, by looking at me. My pelvic bones protruded grotesquely. A good friend of mine was nearly 6 feet tall, and had a very similarly too-skinny build (neither of us by choice, I might add, but rather because of metabolic issues and poverty) but her pants were size 6-8. I don't even want to imagine what she would have to look like to fit into a 2. The only way I'd want to be that size again is with a lot more muscle... and still, not really even then.
  • Laura_beau
    Laura_beau Posts: 1,029 Member
    Not to mention most models are tall, so as size 2 on a model could be a way less BMI compared to a shorter normal woman who wears a size 2.

    ^^ This

    For arguments sake the model was 118 pounds- at my height of 6'1" and a size 2, that would be a BMI of 15.6!!! Whereas on someone foot shorter at 5'1" the BMI would be a healthy 22.3 and I'm sure the size 2 would look a lot more in proportion on the petite shorter frame.
  • AmiC0717
    AmiC0717 Posts: 440 Member
    I notice you left off my next sentence making it look like I am bashing skinny people. Notice I also said:
    What we all need to remember is that all of this is JUST OPINIONS.
  • AmiC0717
    AmiC0717 Posts: 440 Member
    If you choose to use my stuff to reply too then at least don't use it as that I don't realize this is FITNESS not just losing weight.
  • xxthoroughbred
    xxthoroughbred Posts: 346 Member
    I'm a model and a 6 is absolutely plus-size in the modeling world. I'm a very healthy size 2-4 (0 in high waisted skirts but that's it) and I was told that if I moved to NY like the designers/photographers I worked with wanted me to, I would be told to get skinnier.
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