Plus size model

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  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
    She is plus sized though, in model terms.....I don't get it.

    Of course she still looks beautiful and fantastic, she's a model. But she is, by definition, physically larger than other models.

    Are plus sized models supposed to have fat rolls or something?

    I agree.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    There doesn't need to be a "plus" attached to it. She's just a model. And just a woman. And just a size 16. There's no need for a special term for it like it's just outrageously rare and wrong. That's what irritates me. A size 10 is considered plus. Plus what? When I was a size 10 I was pretty damn skinny. I don't get why that just can't be a size, and she just can't be a model.

    Because to model regular clothing you have to be a size 2 or smaller, mayyybe a 4. Bigger than that size is plus sized. It's not a judgement thing, it means she won't fit in to regular clothing sample sizes.
  • chopper_pilot
    chopper_pilot Posts: 191 Member
    plus sized is anything larger than sample size in it's corresponding category.

    sample size is a 0-2 cause you want to use as little fabric as possible for samples that may get completely edited out.

    so yeah, she is larger than sample. She looks like an 8/10, possibly a 12. Which is the highest size available in contemporary fashion - the second smallest sizing standard available with a price point of $200-$500/piece, before you get into cusp/bridge/missy sizing. This isn't Old Navy.

    So yes, she is a plus sized model. She isn't a Misses or Missy or Women's clothing model. She is the top size available in one category of fashion, just one.

    There is Designer/Premier, Contemporary/Cusp, Bridge, Modern, Relaxed, Moderate, Budget - she is just a plus sized model for contemporary.

    This does not mean that she is a plus sized woman.

    JC
  • chopper_pilot
    chopper_pilot Posts: 191 Member
    i understand why people get caught up on labels, but I still wish that they didn't.

    i mean, it seems arbitrary. just like women's clothing sizes are not consistent from store to store, there are plenty of women who will buy a size 6 from one store because it says "size 6" even though it's the same as a size 8 at another store. why does it matter? because of self-perception... and that's why I understand why people get caught up in it.

    but it would be nicer if they didn't.


    sometimes, I make no sense, and this feels like one of those times.

    because different stores carry different categories of fashion and therefore different sizing standards.

    Old Navy is Relaxed/Budget, so you wouldnt wear the same size there as you would at Theory. I wear a 12 in Theory and an XS size 6 at Old Navy - cause two different things completely.
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    the bathing suit is still ugly

    DID ANYONE NOTICE THE UGLY BATHING SUIT?

    With a body like hers, she can wear rags and look stunning..
    Hence.. What bathing suit?? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Sovictorrious
    Sovictorrious Posts: 770 Member
    There doesn't need to be a "plus" attached to it. She's just a model. And just a woman. And just a size 16. There's no need for a special term for it like it's just outrageously rare and wrong. That's what irritates me. A size 10 is considered plus. Plus what? When I was a size 10 I was pretty damn skinny. I don't get why that just can't be a size, and she just can't be a model.

    Because to model regular clothing you have to be a size 2 or smaller, mayyybe a 4. Bigger than that size is plus sized. It's not a judgement thing, it means she won't fit in to regular clothing sample sizes.

    I agree, I also think that no one should take this situation and let is get you down. Unless you are aspiring to be a plus size fashion model and thought "Plus" size was a bit larger. So just shrug it off and keep working at making yourself healthy!
  • katyejean
    katyejean Posts: 233 Member
    I do not blame Cosmo for this. Cosmo does not make the "sizing". The fashion industry is what makes it. I don't look toward magazines and models because of this. I am not willing to starve myself to achieve those kinds of goals. It's awful, yes. But there isn't much of anything we can do about it until people stop becoming interested in being "perfect". Some people are dead set on having to be just right, and that's something we have to help them through. But until women are unwilling to fit into the fashion industry, it will always be there.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    There doesn't need to be a "plus" attached to it. She's just a model. And just a woman. And just a size 16. There's no need for a special term for it like it's just outrageously rare and wrong. That's what irritates me. A size 10 is considered plus. Plus what? When I was a size 10 I was pretty damn skinny. I don't get why that just can't be a size, and she just can't be a model.

    Because to model regular clothing you have to be a size 2 or smaller, mayyybe a 4. Bigger than that size is plus sized. It's not a judgement thing, it means she won't fit in to regular clothing sample sizes.

    I agree, I also think that no one should take this situation and let is get you down. Unless you are aspiring to be a plus size fashion model and thought "Plus" size was a bit larger. So just shrug it off and keep working at making yourself healthy!

    Agree completely. Sizing standards for models have no more to do with my life than weight standards for professional boxers. I don't care what weight class I would fight in, nor do I care what size model I would be (none, incidentally because I'm short and unremarkable looking- the weight would never matter)
  • PatiencePerceptionandPeace
    PatiencePerceptionandPeace Posts: 31 Member
    10/10 would bang. Wrong thread? She is gorgeous and looks healthy (not knowing her diet and exercise routine, but she appears healthy). And we wonder why little girls are scared to get "fat" when the are 8. Seriously.

    This. I remember as young as 6 years old my best friend and I would weigh ourselves in her parents bathroom, back then I always weighed less, but I was shorter then her. We used to take diet pills in the 3rd grade that we stole, not proud of that, but it is what is was. Good times, been obsessed with the scale since the age of 6. To this day I am 90% comfortable in my skin, for it's the one I was given. Daily work in progress here..:bigsmile:
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
    Agree completely. Sizing standards for models have no more to do with my life than weight standards for professional boxers. I don't care what weight class I would fight in, nor do I care what size model I would be (none, incidentally because I'm short and unremarkable looking- the weight would never matter)

    The boxing analogy is PERFECT!!




    However, the "unremarkable looking" is inaccurate bordering on bullcrap and you shouldn't say that.
  • victoriannsays
    victoriannsays Posts: 568 Member
    Agree completely. Sizing standards for models have no more to do with my life than weight standards for professional boxers. I don't care what weight class I would fight in, nor do I care what size model I would be (none, incidentally because I'm short and unremarkable looking- the weight would never matter)

    The boxing analogy is PERFECT!!

    I also appreciate the boxing analogy


    However, the "unremarkable looking" is inaccurate bordering on bullcrap and you shouldn't say that.
  • Vincentsz
    Vincentsz Posts: 407 Member
    UH NO!
  • taytaylynn3
    taytaylynn3 Posts: 601
    Was pissed when i saw that.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Like I said to someone else (if it's the Cosmo "plus sized" model we are talking about)... if that is plus sized, then I would kill to be plus sized and be so happy with it.
  • CoffeeNBooze
    CoffeeNBooze Posts: 966 Member
    no way!!!! You have got to be kidding me. If she's plus size, than so am I and everyone else out there.
  • Jane2285
    Jane2285 Posts: 187 Member
    She's hot...and sexy...and so not plus size. I strive to be like her! She looks good and fit. Plus her swimming suit is super cute!!

    Megan:)
  • Eleonora91
    Eleonora91 Posts: 688 Member
    She's surely a "plus size" compared to all of the other models. I wouldn't say she's fat, but you can see she's thick, she looks like a big girl overall, tall and strong. Which is something most models aren't... they usually look really emaciated and must be thinner than healthy thin girls. That's just the way it works.
    Anyway yes plus size models might even have fat rolls in addition to big bones. Just look at the models in the plus size section at ASOS. They look exactly like whatever you would expect from their label. Some are toned, in a good shape, some are big boned, some have a noticeable waistline, but some don't. Most of them look like a lot of beautiful, overweight girls you might find in your everyday life.
    I think that the label "plus model" doesn't really explain that much. We would just need clothes for people who differ from the medium shape, weight and height.
  • latewinterwolf
    latewinterwolf Posts: 79
    if thats plus sized then i must be like a freaking blue whale
  • PBsMommy
    PBsMommy Posts: 1,166 Member
    Is tops that no where near match the bottom coming into fashion or something?

    Cause if so, I got a lot of bottoms with tops missing and tops with bottoms missing that I can surely become fashionable with this summer.
  • toaster6
    toaster6 Posts: 703 Member
    She has a nice body but she IS plus sized. According to herself, the model wears a size 12, which puts her into plus size category in the fashion world. What's the big deal? Why should it make anyone feel bad if they're labeled as "plus sized"?
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    She is plus sized though, in model terms.....I don't get it.

    Of course she still looks beautiful and fantastic, she's a model. But she is, by definition, physically larger than other models.

    Are plus sized models supposed to have fat rolls or something?
    This!^^

    She is a size 16 sooo technically a plus size, but she is 6'2" which makes her size 16 a healthy size. I see no problem with a plus size woman being called plus size. That aren't calling her fat or unhealthy, they are simply stating that because of her unique size she wears plus size cloths.

    Yeah, this. 6'2" and a size 16, she ain't "little". She's a big woman. She's not fat. She's not unhealthy, but she's big. Maybe there needs to be more than two labels (or more than two body types) in modeling. Show the world how different bodies look in clothes (but I guess it would be logistically hard to have sample clothing on hand in all sizes).
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Is tops that no where near match the bottom coming into fashion or something?

    Cause if so, I got a lot of bottoms with tops missing and tops with bottoms missing that I can surely become fashionable with this summer.

    The surfer girls have been doing it since at least 2005. I think it's a cute look. But yeah, those VERY different patterns. I don't know if I do that. I do two different solid colors.
  • ThinLizzie0802
    ThinLizzie0802 Posts: 863 Member
    There doesn't need to be a "plus" attached to it. She's just a model. And just a woman. And just a size 16. There's no need for a special term for it like it's just outrageously rare and wrong. That's what irritates me. A size 10 is considered plus. Plus what? When I was a size 10 I was pretty damn skinny. I don't get why that just can't be a size, and she just can't be a model.

    Because to model regular clothing you have to be a size 2 or smaller, mayyybe a 4. Bigger than that size is plus sized. It's not a judgement thing, it means she won't fit in to regular clothing sample sizes.

    I agree, I also think that no one should take this situation and let is get you down. Unless you are aspiring to be a plus size fashion model and thought "Plus" size was a bit larger. So just shrug it off and keep working at making yourself healthy!

    That's exactly what I'm talking about. What magic *kitten* fairy decided 0-2 was regular?
    That's not regular. And she isn't plus. And the fashion industry needs to learn a new vocab.
  • ThinLizzie0802
    ThinLizzie0802 Posts: 863 Member
    She has a nice body but she IS plus sized. According to herself, the model wears a size 12, which puts her into plus size category in the fashion world. What's the big deal? Why should it make anyone feel bad if they're labeled as "plus sized"?

    Because why does that vocab even need to be used? She could just be...a size 12! No need to add plus, regular, etc. to it.
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    Just as an FYI, google says she's 1m88. That's about 6'2 in anglo-saxon terms.

    That's very tall for a woman, in fact it would be pretty tall for a man, so she IS plus-sized, just not the way you think...
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    Yep. She looks like a plus sized model to me...
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    She has a nice body but she IS plus sized. According to herself, the model wears a size 12, which puts her into plus size category in the fashion world. What's the big deal? Why should it make anyone feel bad if they're labeled as "plus sized"?

    Because why does that vocab even need to be used? She could just be...a size 12! No need to add plus, regular, etc. to it.

    "Plus size" is specifically for those over size 12. In some countries it's called "Outsize". It essentially means clothing outside of the normal size range.

    Based on averages, if you are over a sized 12 you probably ARE outside of a normal weight and/or height and/or general size than the AVERAGE person.

    That's why men have "big & tall" sizes. It doesn't mean "HEY YOU ARE FAT SIZED" it just means your size is not within average limits for said clothing manufacturer.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    There doesn't need to be a "plus" attached to it. She's just a model. And just a woman. And just a size 16. There's no need for a special term for it like it's just outrageously rare and wrong. That's what irritates me. A size 10 is considered plus. Plus what? When I was a size 10 I was pretty damn skinny. I don't get why that just can't be a size, and she just can't be a model.

    Because to model regular clothing you have to be a size 2 or smaller, mayyybe a 4. Bigger than that size is plus sized. It's not a judgement thing, it means she won't fit in to regular clothing sample sizes.

    I agree, I also think that no one should take this situation and let is get you down. Unless you are aspiring to be a plus size fashion model and thought "Plus" size was a bit larger. So just shrug it off and keep working at making yourself healthy!

    That's exactly what I'm talking about. What magic *kitten* fairy decided 0-2 was regular?
    That's not regular. And she isn't plus. And the fashion industry needs to learn a new vocab.

    You should write a petition.
  • djeffreys10
    djeffreys10 Posts: 2,312 Member
    I am wondering if the people getting bent out of shape in this thread about a plus size model being called plus size are the same people that defend the drastically overweight calling themselves curvy (while fat rolls are somewhat curved in shape, we all know that isn't what is meant by curvy). Because, as they say, why would it matter to you what a person labels their shape/size?
  • 1PatientBear
    1PatientBear Posts: 2,089 Member
    She has a nice body but she IS plus sized. According to herself, the model wears a size 12, which puts her into plus size category in the fashion world. What's the big deal? Why should it make anyone feel bad if they're labeled as "plus sized"?

    Because why does that vocab even need to be used? She could just be...a size 12! No need to add plus, regular, etc. to it.

    "Plus size" is specifically for those over size 12. In some countries it's called "Outsize". It essentially means clothing outside of the normal size range.

    Based on averages, if you are over a sized 12 you probably ARE outside of a normal weight and/or height and/or general size than the AVERAGE person.

    That's why men have "big & tall" sizes. It doesn't mean "HEY YOU ARE FAT SIZED" it just means your size is not within average limits for said clothing manufacturer.

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    I am wondering if the people getting bent out of shape in this thread about a plus size model being called plus size are the same people that defend the drastically overweight calling themselves curvy (while fat rolls are somewhat curved in shape, we all know that isn't what is meant by curvy). Because, as they say, why would it matter to you what a person labels their shape/size?

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