Define a Curvy Woman PLEASE!

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  • DesiraeDoll11
    DesiraeDoll11 Posts: 48
    These days it seems like fat women use this term to try to justify there lazy/sedentary lifestyles.

    I just wish they would stop using the word on dating sites... Did they think I wasn't going to notice when we met?

    Sorry for being so politically incorrect.

    But it's so easy to say. lol
  • stargazer008
    stargazer008 Posts: 531
    Hourglass body shape! They can be any weight.
  • spectralmoon
    spectralmoon Posts: 1,179 Member
    Curvy Woman [kur-vee woom-uhn] (curvy - adjective, woman - noun) -

    1. a female human being who is just smothered in parabola.
    2. an indefinable creature of near mythical proportions, as it would seem to mean something different to every person in the world.

    I'm pretty thick... can you handle all this?

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    Its bout to go done in here! LEGGO!

    Have at it, but that Edward is MINE.

    I'm another for curvy being about shape rather than size, but I've seen/heard PLENTY of people abusing the term.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I think there's all kinds of curvy. I consider curvy to be any body where either the hips or the bust (or both) are significantly larger than the waist.

    Sherri Shepherd on the View is curvy, in a top heavy kind of way. She's more of an apple-shape, she has slim, shapely legs and big boobs.

    Jennifer Lopez is curvy in the exact opposite way. She doesn't have a lot of boobage, but has fantastic hips and bum.

    Sofia Vergara is classic bombshell hourglass.

    Kate Moss is also an hourglass, but on a smaller, more slender scale.

    All these women are very different, and they're all curvy.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    I'm very reluctantly curvy. And I know this because once upon a time, when I was very young and foolish, I coveted the Twiggy body, one I could decorate with teensy lacy little dorito-sized bras and stringy panties sliding down jutting razorbladed hipbones. I dieted and dieted and exercised and exercised, but no matter how skinny I got the only angles I ever found were my cheekbones. Finally I realized I'd picked the wrong parents for having a Twiggy body, gave up, and went back to buying industrial strength bras and slightly more sensible than fashionable underwear.

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  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    I agree that what comes to mind is Scarlet Johansen!

    Confident 'overweight' women don't need to justify their curves. I know a lot of women that carry it well. Usually the vocal ones that say it out loud are the ones making excuses.

    snip. My sister is like that. She claims confidence, but utterly lacks it. She also uses the excuse that she's done it before and can lose the weight again whenever she wants... lol. Okay, so why don't you feel like it right now? Excuses.
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    I'm 5'8", 42D-33-40, and I wear a size 8. How is that chubby?
    Did you mean to say you're 42-33-40? Because 42D is a bra size, not a measurement. 42D means your ribcage is 42 inches around, which is pretty fat, really.
  • walleyclan1
    walleyclan1 Posts: 2,784 Member
    I consider myself to be a curvy woman. I have boobs, butt, and hips but I am not fat.
  • DanIsACyclingFool
    DanIsACyclingFool Posts: 417 Member
    To me, curvy is this:

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    Alright, I give up. Help me out please.

    Who is this?
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
    OP: I understand your original post was in good faith. However -
    sweet. yet another thread where people try to get 100% agreement on a definition of a body type even though it's completely and utterly meaningless. if you're happy with your shape, who gives a damn what other people call it? if you're unhappy, start controlling your calories and exercising, change yourself, not the label.

    pears, apples, hourglasses, curvy, whatevs. out.

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  • Stump_Likker
    Stump_Likker Posts: 2,059 Member
    I'm 5'8", 42D-33-40, and I wear a size 8. How is that chubby?
    Did you mean to say you're 42-33-40? Because 42D is a bra size, not a measurement. 42D means your ribcage is 42 inches around, which is pretty fat, really.

    If you say so...:smile:
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    I'm curvy from some angles... Curvy legs, curvy butt... But not the waist really :sad:

    I like the word 'curvaceous' and the images that brings to me, such as Catherine Zeta Jones in her Darling Buds of May days.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
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  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    To me, curvy is this:

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    Alright, I give up. Help me out please.

    Who is this?

    Kat Dennings.
  • jdm_taco
    jdm_taco Posts: 999 Member
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    I would take that bottom row and a ham sammich all day, errday
  • toaster6
    toaster6 Posts: 703 Member
    For me, curvy has nothing to do with weight, only shape. If you have a waist very noticably smaller than your hip and bust measurements, I'd call you curvy.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    OP: I understand your original post was in good faith. However -
    sweet. yet another thread where people try to get 100% agreement on a definition of a body type even though it's completely and utterly meaningless. if you're happy with your shape, who gives a damn what other people call it? if you're unhappy, start controlling your calories and exercising, change yourself, not the label.

    pears, apples, hourglasses, curvy, whatevs. out.

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  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    Come on, nutter, explain this to me. How does someone with a 33 inch waist have a 42 inch torso? Either you have no freaking idea how to figure out your bra size, or you're lying.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I try not to care about how others describe themselves.
  • Muscles_Curves
    Muscles_Curves Posts: 385 Member
    To me, curvy is this:

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    :heart: :love: :heart:

    Alright, I give up. Help me out please.

    Who is this?

    She in the CBS show 2 Broke Girls. I think her last name is Dennings, but I could be wrong. It's been a while since I've watched the show.
  • DragonSquatter
    DragonSquatter Posts: 957 Member
    I've always been very hourglassed shaped (waist at least 10-12" smaller than my bust (overbust) and hips). Generally, I think of "curvy" as hourglass figure (think Sofia Vergara, Catherine Zeta Jones, Scarlett Johanssen), but I doubt it really means much. There are a lot of men who prefer pear shapes, some who prefer more athletic builds, etc. Don't base your body image and self esteem off of what some random man might think of your body. Base it off of how happy and healthy you are. Whatever your proportions, embrace them and be the best you can be.
  • DanIsACyclingFool
    DanIsACyclingFool Posts: 417 Member
    To me, curvy is this:

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    :heart: :love: :heart:

    Alright, I give up. Help me out please.

    Who is this?

    Kat Dennings.

    Thanks! :flowerforyou:
  • Stump_Likker
    Stump_Likker Posts: 2,059 Member
    Come on, nutter, explain this to me. How does someone with a 33 inch waist have a 42 inch torso? Either you have no freaking idea how to figure out your bra size, or you're lying.

    I wear a size 42D bra. The cup size is the difference in inches between your under your breasts and your actual breasts. Under your breasts is not the same as your waist. My breasts are 42 inches. Under my breasts I am 38 inches around. Under my breasts, not my waist. Actually I have to wear a 12 on top because of my breasts. Don't hate honey. As far as your "lying" comment, go eff yourself. :smile:
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
    Come on, nutter, explain this to me. How does someone with a 33 inch waist have a 42 inch torso? Either you have no freaking idea how to figure out your bra size, or you're lying.

    I wear a size 42D bra. The cup size is the difference in inches between your under your breasts and your actual breasts. Under your breasts is not the same as your waist. My breasts are 42 inches. Under my breasts I am 38 inches around. Under my breasts, not my waist. Actually I have to wear a 12 on top because of my breasts. Don't hate honey. As far as your "lying" comment, go eff yourself. :smile:
    Same. I just measured myself today to get a dress pattern and I'm 40-30-40 and wear a 36D bra. It's all about how the fat is distributed, and mine's distributed pretty damned nicely.
  • hrdkamp
    hrdkamp Posts: 2 Member
    "curvy" is definitely a subjective term. As my brother likes to say "he likes a little something something on his women". He considers me just "curvy" now that I have lost some weight whereas I still see overweight.
  • toaster6
    toaster6 Posts: 703 Member
    Come on, nutter, explain this to me. How does someone with a 33 inch waist have a 42 inch torso? Either you have no freaking idea how to figure out your bra size, or you're lying.

    When stating measurements, you measure around the fullest part of the chest/ bust and give those measurements and not the measurement of the rib cage. The poster you are questioning said she's a 42D, so that would mean her rib cage is probably around 38 inches.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Come on, nutter, explain this to me. How does someone with a 33 inch waist have a 42 inch torso? Either you have no freaking idea how to figure out your bra size, or you're lying.

    I wear a size 42D bra. The cup size is the difference in inches between your under your breasts and your actual breasts. Under your breasts is not the same as your waist. My breasts are 42 inches. Under my breasts I am 38 inches around. Under my breasts, not my waist. Actually I have to wear a 12 on top because of my breasts. Don't hate honey. As far as your "lying" comment, go eff yourself. :smile:
    Same. I just measured myself today to get a dress pattern and I'm 40-30-40 and wear a 36D bra. It's all about how the fat is distributed, and mine's distributed pretty damned nicely.

    Tis true. My boobs measured round themselves - 42 inches. But drop a couple of inches lower where the bra strap AROUND actually goes - it's smaller. Boobs stick out, so the space below them - where they're NOT sticking out - are going to be smaller.
  • DragonSquatter
    DragonSquatter Posts: 957 Member
    Come on, nutter, explain this to me. How does someone with a 33 inch waist have a 42 inch torso? Either you have no freaking idea how to figure out your bra size, or you're lying.

    I wear a size 42D bra. The cup size is the difference in inches between your under your breasts and your actual breasts. Under your breasts is not the same as your waist. My breasts are 42 inches. Under my breasts I am 38 inches around. Under my breasts, not my waist. Actually I have to wear a 12 on top because of my breasts. Don't hate honey. As far as your "lying" comment, go eff yourself. :smile:

    Erm, I think the band size on bras is supposed to be the underbust measurement, not the overbust one yes?

    I'm a 38DD, but 38" is the underbust measurement.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member


    Erm, I think the band size on bras is supposed to be the underbust measurement, not the overbust one yes?

    I'm a 38DD, but 38" is the underbust measurement.

    Yep. But for things like fitted shirts and whatnot, you need to know what the bust measurement itself is. I may be a 39 underneath, but if you don't put those extra few inches on the bust, nothing is going to be able to zip up! To my dismay, as I often find really cute clothes that fit my ribcage and torso great....until I get to the "no amount of super tucking my shoulders in is gonna make this work" point.
  • DragonSquatter
    DragonSquatter Posts: 957 Member


    Erm, I think the band size on bras is supposed to be the underbust measurement, not the overbust one yes?

    I'm a 38DD, but 38" is the underbust measurement.

    Yep. But for things like fitted shirts and whatnot, you need to know what the bust measurement itself is. I may be a 30 something underneath, but if you don't put those extra few inches on the bust, nothing is going to be able to zip up!

    Yes, but I am confused by nutter's comment about her bra size being 42D when her underbust measurement is 38 is all.

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