average fashion model VS plus-size *pics*

I dont see why we should promote TOO thin or TOO heavy

I'm honestly kind of torn on this topic. While I don't want to see the sickly thin models, I also don't want plus sized models making me feel 'okay' about being overweight and unhealthy. Yes I should be confident and value my self-worth at any size, but I should also strive to take care of my body and nourish it properly.

*shrugs*

(Edit for spelling)

To add: I think that women of ALL sizes should be in modeling, because it should be more about encouraging confidence and love of oneself, than a pair of skinny jeans...

i just saw a size 6 is plus sized...I guess my point is both models 'sizes' with time shrink and shrink.

Hopefully that can change one day. :ohwell:

I agree that too thin is just as bad as too heavy.... healthy weight is different for everyone and that is what we should be showing ppl...however i doubt that a size 18 is healthy for anyone..but i could be wrong...eitherway i just think that it should be about being healthy and not a stick or too heavy

Thanks

- Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today, she weighs 23% less.

Is this because the models are getting thinner or because the "average woman" is getting bigger? Probably a little of both, but since our country has been getting fatter as a whole, I would assume it's probably the latter more than the former.

I think 'healthy' means something different for everyone in terms of their appearance! I was clapped on the back for my weight loss a few years back but I had only lost it due to stress, other women lose it due to eating disorders. The truth is, I have been at my healthiest in terms of emotional and mental health when I have been 'curvy'. I think plus sized models look beautiful and if these magazines allow people to see themselves as normal and beautiful even when they don't look like a model, then go for it! Looks can be oh so deceiving.

- Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today, she weighs 23% less.

- Ten years ago plus-size models averaged between size 12 and 18. Today the need for size diversity within the plus-size modeling industry continues to be questioned. The majority of plus-size models on agency boards are between a size 6 and 14, while the customers continue to express their dissatisfaction.

- Most runway models meet the Body Mass Index physical criteria for Anorexia.

- 50% of women wear a size 14 or larger, but most standard clothing outlets cater to sizes 14 or smaller.

I used to be the store manager at a plus size clothing store and our 'plus size' mannequins were actually a size 6. We used to have to pin the clothes back and then customers would wonder why things never looked as good on them as they did on the mannequins. That was as big as the mannequins would come (at the time) but I think they're up to a size 10 now.

bump for later.

If there's truth that size 6 is ever considered to be plus size, than that is very sad, indeed.

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- Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today, she weighs 23% less.

Is this because the models are getting thinner or because the "average woman" is getting bigger? Probably a little of both, but since our country has been getting fatter as a whole, I would assume it's probably the latter more than the former.

Even with the average woman getting heavier, they haven't gotten 15% heavier in the last 20 years... more like 5% heavier, which would still have the average fashion model now weighing about 18% less than the average woman 20 years ago.

That being said, Size 00 fashion models are not healthy, but most women are not healthy at a Size 18 either. I didn't have obesity related health problems when I was significantly overweight, but I was placing undue stress on my joints and was at risk of developing diabetes and high blood pressure and cholesterol.
A healthy weight and size varies greatly - but it would probably be right around the middle of what standard fashion models are vs. what plus sized fashion models are - probably between a 6-12 or maybe 14.

Isn't there a happy/healthy medium? Neither extreme is healthy.

i think it depends on what kinda models your talking about.

look at the victoria secret models.. wow.. they look amazing.

but plus size... that just looks bad.

i live in Houston. EVERYONE is fat. and by fat i mean morbidly obese, including small children.

Why do fat guys never glamorize fat male models?

"The majority of plus-size models on agency boards are between a size 6 and 14, while the customers continue to express their dissatisfaction."

I think it's bad when a size as small as a 6 is considered a plus size---only in the modeling business.

"- Most runway models meet the Body Mass Index physical criteria for Anorexia."

This is scary and I think it sets up young women to have unrealistic body image standards.

"- 50% of women wear a size 14 or larger, but most standard clothing outlets cater to sizes 14 or smaller."

Sooo not fair!!!! People of all sizes and weights deserve access to clothes and fashion--just another example of how society devalues people based on appearance, by not providing them with the equal goods and services.
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