SKINNY VS CURVY

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  • Mabohlale
    Mabohlale Posts: 148 Member
    Catherine Zeta Jones in Entrapment ... serious curves ... not overweight.
  • BCSMama
    BCSMama Posts: 348
    Hmmmm.... I'm "curvy" and it's nothing but a pain in the *kitten*! Try buying jeans when your waist and hips are so disproportioned. Size 12 rear and a size 8 waist. You end up compromising in a 10 that won't stay up and is too tight in the butt and thighs. At least now they reconize women are built different and have various "fit's" to pick from. I don't know why there is such a debate about the issue. Love what you got and work to make it the best it can be... Confidence is sexy as hell!

    Thank you! I hate this debate as well because I will never be "curvy" without surgery, lol. When I was overweight, I was overweight everywhere (bigger boobs, big tummy, big butt). Since you can't spot reduce, when I lost weight, I lost it all and not have small boobs, small tummy and small butt. I don't think I could do enough squats or chest presses or whatever and get any curves to speak of. I suppose if I could waive my magic wand and be curvy, I would, but it doesn't work that way. I try to work what God gave me and embrace it and am grateful for the Victoria's Secret super sexy push up padded bra, lol!
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    It was really common for starlets to be photographed with low-angle photography to appear larger than they actually were. If you tip your camera down, your subject will look smaller (my-space angle, anyone??)... a tipped up lens, will make them appear much larger.

    True story. Wouldn't that suck?
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    It was really common for starlets to be photographed with low-angle photography to appear larger than they actually were. If you tip your camera down, your subject will look smaller (my-space angle, anyone??)... a tipped up lens, will make them appear much larger.

    True story. Wouldn't that suck?
    Plus she's in white. And the camera really does add weight.

    I met Jessica Simpson back in her Newlywed days and I swear she appeared a good 20 pounds smaller in person than on TV or in photos.
  • alexbusnello
    alexbusnello Posts: 1,010 Member
    skinny-curvy is what I prefer. They aren't mutually exclusive. Like this.

    mel-bs-curvy-body-in-sexy-lingerie21.jpg

    To me SKINNY alone is shapeless and box-like while curvy is well curvy. Now, SKINNY-CURVY is a lower-weight curvy person. That's my view.

    THIS. Love
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    It was really common for starlets to be photographed with low-angle photography to appear larger than they actually were. If you tip your camera down, your subject will look smaller (my-space angle, anyone??)... a tipped up lens, will make them appear much larger.

    True story. Wouldn't that suck?
    Plus she's in white. And the camera really does add weight.

    I met Jessica Simpson back in her Newlywed days and I swear she appeared a good 20 pounds smaller in person than on TV or in photos.

    That's true. I got to see one of my celeb crushes in person several years ago and was seriously surprised at how tiny he is in person? Shocking. :)
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    Muscled like my other half...

    sprogress.jpg

    Wow. Incredible. What dedication she must have.

    13 days into her diet - she listened incredibly well as I helped her bulk to add muscle and now dieting how I instruct to the exact word. He results are definitely due to pure dedication and unwavering effort.

    She's amazing and beautiful. For myself that's perfect and an inspiration.

    Now, stepping out of this thread bc this crap makes me bang my head into a wall.
  • SummerNights32
    SummerNights32 Posts: 86 Member
    The only people I've ever encountered that refer to themselves as "curvy" are people who aren't comfortable with facing the reality that they're overweight.

    Ouch, that is harsh and I very much disagree. I am curvy and I love it. I like having a small waist, flat stomach, and a big butt and thighs. Sure, I would love to lose about 30 pounds, but not if it means losing my curves. The older I get, the more I appreciate them :). Even when I was heavier, I was curvy...just more jiggly. BUT..I did acknowledge (and still do) that I had weight to lose.
  • Jerrawuff
    Jerrawuff Posts: 58
    I think every woman wants a little curve... and to whoever said only women that arent comfortable with being overweight see themselves as curvy that is not true. I am over weight but regardless of how much weight I lose I will always have very wide hips and probably pretty large tatas. I thin women are all beautiful and its not about curvy or skinny or what size your pants are, its about how you feel about yourself. I personally never want to be quite at a "healthy weight" I just want to feel healthy. And before anyone eats my soul for that I dont mean healthy weight is a bad idea, just myself personally would like to be about 10-15 pounds over my healthy weight... But curves and thin are all in the eye of the person with that body. Just be happy :D
  • chocowalnut
    chocowalnut Posts: 23 Member
    Depends if when you say "curvy" you mean overweight. The body I want has nice curves in the right places and is also skinny at the same time.
  • alexbusnello
    alexbusnello Posts: 1,010 Member
    Depends if when you say "curvy" you mean overweight. The body I want has nice curves in the right places and is also skinny at the same time.

    This
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    From a male point of view, I definitely prefer curvy, and I don't know many, if any, men that prefer skinny over nice curves. I think Marylin Monroe, dress size 12 to 16 (depending on timeline) had the ultimate body!
    She was much smaller than that by today's clothing size standards.
    True. Today's 12 to 16 is an 8 to 12 back then. But even an 8 is considered fat now. So Marilyn was not skinny by today's standard. Even if you want to compare clothing size. Marilyn had some dangerous curves.

    Ummm, Marilyn was a size 2 by today's clothing standards, folks. Her waist was 21 inches and her hips were 35.

    Kind of ironic that she's held up as the icon of large, curvy women when she was curvy because she had an ungodly small waist. Look it up instead of just guessing.

    Thank you. Someone show me a damn size 8 with a 21" waist. I'm a 6 and I have a 25" waist. Seriously. Stop dragging my girl Marilyn into the Skinny vs Curvy hot garbage. She was TINY. You can have tatas and still be tiny, folks. News flash.

    From what I can tell she wouldn't fit any of today's standard size clothing without serious tailoring. At 35-22-35 she would be between a 4 and a 6, and have to have the clothes tailored by like 5" in the waist.
    http://clairehunter.com/dress-size-calculator.htm

    Yes, I just read an article that said that in auction someone purchased the white dress she wore in the seven year itch and when they tried to zip it up on a size 2 US mannequine it wouldn't zip and they had to get a smaller figure for the dress, at 5'5" her weght averages 118# and her figure was slim. She had a natural hour glass figure with boobs and a butt. Her dimensions would respectfully hold up today's hollywood standards, although she'd be on a little softer side rather than a firmer musculature.

    She was a complete freak of nature, that's why she was who she was.. and that's why she's been dead so long and people are still talking about her. Nothing about her was "normal".

    How is she a complete freak of nature? They're talking about her body, not her in general.

    OK I will buy into some of the arguements that today she might be in a smaller dress size like an 8..but those saying 2 and that she had a 21" waist....not in this picture, and this is the curvy I was originally meaning as my preferred curvy. She was a pretty amazing woman and although had her demons and was extremely insecure and lonely despite all she had. It is amazing that mentioning her still brings up so much controversy.

    marilynmonroe.jpeg

    She was 4 months pregnant in that photo.

    Like another poster pointed out, the Smithsonian had to have a mannequin custom made because her famous "Seven Year Itch" dress was too small for the size 2 one.

    I'm not saying you can't like MM, I'm just saying that the MM you like was preggers.
  • fmebear
    fmebear Posts: 172 Member
    I want to be fit, sexy, strong, toned and above all else CONFIDENT!! I have to look at what was and what is. I have to work with what is NOW and what it CAN BE. I will NEVER be what I was in my teens, my twenties or my early 30's. My body has changed and so my vision has to CHANGE with it. I now have hips thanks to my children. Would I give up my hips for my children? HELL NO!! My children made my body different but because of them I am a better person. For that I am grateful. I just now have to change what I see in my body because I can not undo what was already done. :) I can make myself fit, stronger, sexier and CONFIDENT as hell in what I have.

    I will be a more fit, sexy, strong, toned and above all else CONFIDENT. I will never be a runway model but I can be confident in who I am. I think the person that best fits the description I want is Christina Aguilera. Her body has changed dramatically but she is confident in it and that makes her SEXY.
  • princessallybaba
    princessallybaba Posts: 2
    Yeah curvy, but..... My mums been saying to me... As im in my ideal weigh range, please stop fussing over it caus you will look back in years to come when its all droopey and grey hair and think, why was i so hard on myself,
    Excersize, try to eat healthy and love yourself....

    I dont love myself and im battleing it big time at the moment!
  • SDHudgins1976
    SDHudgins1976 Posts: 140
    I've always been overweight so I don't know what I'll be, but when I get there I just want to be healthy :)
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    The only people I've ever encountered that refer to themselves as "curvy" are people who aren't comfortable with facing the reality that they're overweight.

    So true...and a circle is not curvy.
  • MissyJessy
    MissyJessy Posts: 1,279 Member
    What do you prefer?

    SKINNY or CURVY?

    What body shape do you have / want? :-)

    i prefer FIT!
  • queenhiphop
    queenhiphop Posts: 286 Member
    If you want a different body type, you should find new parents.

    Hahahahahahaha yes
  • RitaSantoss
    RitaSantoss Posts: 986 Member
    Curvy all the way, thank you very much.
  • xXxHBICxXx
    xXxHBICxXx Posts: 370 Member
    Curvy for sure. I personally don't think women should be too thin I love the Kim Kardashian, J-LO look I find it very attractive and my body is built closer to theirs vs a Paris Hilton or Megan Foxx so that's what i'm sticking with. I want to be toned and curvy =D any pointers you all think I should know about to help me have MY perfect body would be much appreciated! Feel free to add me or message me.
  • 0Karina0
    0Karina0 Posts: 131 Member
    I prefer to be skinny, I'm already curvy and im not crazy about it, I prefer to be more cute than sexy :D
  • KrazyAsianNic
    KrazyAsianNic Posts: 1,227 Member
    What do you prefer?

    SKINNY or CURVY?

    What body shape do you have / want? :-)

    i prefer FIT!

    ^^
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    I am curvy....honest to goodness in and out and in and out again curvy and its not a euphemism for fat, I actually have curves and am proud of them.
  • HealthyLifestyleG525
    HealthyLifestyleG525 Posts: 64 Member
    curves for sure...but on a trim, athletic body
  • beautybeyondmyskin77
    beautybeyondmyskin77 Posts: 66
    I am a Pear shape woman, so I have learn to love the curves of my body!! But most of all I LOVE ME!!!!!
  • meghan6867
    meghan6867 Posts: 388 Member
    The only people I've ever encountered that refer to themselves as "curvy" are people who aren't comfortable with facing the reality that they're overweight.

    Not necessarily true. I am not overweight any longer (thanks in part to MFP)... but I still consider myself to be curvy. It's all about the bust-waist-hip ratio and isn't synonmous with weight at all.

    That being said, I'm pretty happy with a curvy physique... as long as it's a fit and healthy curvy... :smile:
  • tsmom1128
    tsmom1128 Posts: 151 Member
    I have no hips or bum, so I will never be curvy. The best i could possibly get to would be thin with a huge rack, LOL. I'll take healthy and happy over any body type though.
  • bridgelene
    bridgelene Posts: 358 Member
    That's how a woman should be, not like some of the stick thin "role models" that are out there just now.

    Yes and no. A woman should be healthy. Some women's natural figures are without much, if any curves, and that doesn't make them less of a woman or wrong anymore than being a blonde haired and blue eyes would make me "wrong". Healthy healthy healthy's where it's at.

    That being said, currently I'm fat. Started at 290.6 and am slowly down to 270.6. I hope to end up nice and fit, strong muscles (thick and muscular thighs!), and curvy as hell. Also being bisexual, that's the figure that I'm most attracted to, 'though I certainly wouldn't rule in or rule out anyone based having or not having that kind of figure, alone.
  • nosey_rosey
    nosey_rosey Posts: 380 Member
    I will take her body.... I am almost there =)


    http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltp3l5qzJm1qjpzedo2_250.jpg
  • myraknits
    myraknits Posts: 81 Member
    I am curvy....honest to goodness in and out and in and out again curvy and its not a euphemism for fat, I actually have curves and am proud of them.
    ^
    ^
    !!!! Me too!!!!

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