A size 6 is plus size...wtf.

Meatsies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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