size 6 is the new plus size?!??

Kenzietea2
Kenzietea2 Posts: 1,132 Member
edited October 7 in Chit-Chat
I just saw a news segment where size six might be considered the new plus size. This is ridiculous to me. Models from 20 years ago (Cindy Crawford, Christy Brinkley, Tyra Banks) would all be too big to be considered a regular size clothing model.

I have seen some women that are naturally built long and lean, but to say a woman that is 5'9" and is a size 6 is considered "plus size" is just absolutely ridiculous. I thought some of you fellow MFPers would enjoy continuing the rant about this one.

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  • toabetterlifestyle
    toabetterlifestyle Posts: 230
    WHAT. omg then i must be obese and i'm smaller than most "plus size" women.
  • mizzcase
    mizzcase Posts: 24
    Pretty sure Cindy and Christie have never been a size 6 in their life..
  • Kenzietea2
    Kenzietea2 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Pretty sure Cindy and Christie have never been a size 6 in their life..

    Yes, they certainly have.
  • Kenzietea2
    Kenzietea2 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Pretty sure Cindy and Christie have never been a size 6 in their life..

    Yes, they certainly have.

    'And I also think when I was modeling, size 6 (UK size 10) was a normal size and now it's like 2 (UK 6) or 0 (UK 4).' -Cindy Crawford

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1378849/Size-10-normal-size-Cindy-Crawford-talks-todays-shrinking-models-tougher-industry-now.html#ixzz1jOJIc6a8
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    If 6 is the new plus size, i need to be hospitalized for dangerously obese!
  • alyssamaexo
    alyssamaexo Posts: 17 Member
    i do some modeling, forced by my mother, but they say you have to be 115 or under here.
  • justanotherbrickinthewall
    justanotherbrickinthewall Posts: 156 Member
    I saw that, it's ridiculous. I guess I could be a plus size model.
  • muffintopminx
    muffintopminx Posts: 541 Member
    WTF???!?!?!?!?!?!?!? :noway: :noway: :noway:

    I'm 5'8.5" and a size 6 and it took me 9.5 months to get here. I'll cut someone if they ever try to call me plus-sized.
  • swimmchick87
    swimmchick87 Posts: 458 Member
    Haha, a size 6 is what I'm trying to get down to...
  • Kenzietea2
    Kenzietea2 Posts: 1,132 Member
    I saw that, it's ridiculous. I guess I could be a plus size model.

    Me too. its ridiculous.
  • Kenzietea2
    Kenzietea2 Posts: 1,132 Member
    I found the article that the news segment was referring to.

    http://www.anneofcarversville.com/body-politics/2012/1/10/whats-wrong-with-our-bodies-anyway-plus-model-magazine-asks.html
  • weaverfit
    weaverfit Posts: 124
    WTF???!?!?!?!?!?!?!? :noway: :noway: :noway:

    I'm 5'8.5" and a size 6 and it took me 9.5 months to get here. I'll cut someone if they ever try to call me plus-sized.

    You tell 'em minx!
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    Haha, a size 6 is what I'm trying to get down to...


    Same here. Guess we'll have to aim for a size 4.
  • seaoftears
    seaoftears Posts: 46 Member
    Um, so if I wanna be called normal or thin i gotta be size -2?
  • WifeMomDVM
    WifeMomDVM Posts: 1,025 Member
    Is it because size 6 today is bigger than size 6 from the 80's or 90's? Still, sounds a bit over the top to me.
  • jessicajoy87
    jessicajoy87 Posts: 905
    Thats so stupid! Thats why I don't look towards media about how I should look!
  • SouthernBeauty89
    SouthernBeauty89 Posts: 28
    WTF???!?!?!?!?!?!?!? :noway: :noway: :noway:

    I'm 5'8.5" and a size 6 and it took me 9.5 months to get here. I'll cut someone if they ever try to call me plus-sized.

    Exactly what I was thinking!
  • 00trayn
    00trayn Posts: 1,849 Member
    Considering the size 16 I started at was legit plus size, the size 6 I am currently makes me feel like a supermodel! I'm a healthy weight... I don't agree with the modeling world and what they consider as appropriate sizes. I can't imagine being a size 0, I'd have to eat 300 calories a day and workout for 4 hours to maintain it. Ick...
  • rodneypierce
    rodneypierce Posts: 10 Member
    Ladies, rest assured that those "models" are grossly disgusting. Being that skinny is just nasty. You all get to a size 6, and you will be just fine!!
  • BrownEyedJerseyGirl
    BrownEyedJerseyGirl Posts: 97 Member
    If the average/majority of woman are larger than that size then how can they consider it a plus size? Ridiculous.
  • Elf_Princess1210
    Elf_Princess1210 Posts: 895 Member
    If 6 is the new plus size, i need to be hospitalized for dangerously obese!

    DITTO!!!
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    Our society has become seriously F&@ked
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    Is it because size 6 today is bigger than size 6 from the 80's or 90's? Still, sounds a bit over the top to me.

    Maybe marginally, so Cindy might wear a size 4 now. But seriously, Cindy Crawford would have been limited to swimsuit modeling where the "curvy" people go. Runway is limited to the real hangers: people who are 5'9" and 110 pounds. Size zero is baggy on these models.
  • marywilsoncline
    marywilsoncline Posts: 301 Member
    Is it because size 6 today is bigger than size 6 from the 80's or 90's? Still, sounds a bit over the top to me.

    Maybe marginally, so Cindy might wear a size 4 now. But seriously, Cindy Crawford would have been limited to swimsuit modeling where the "curvy" people go. Runway is limited to the real hangers: people who are 5'9" and 110 pounds. Size zero is baggy on these models.
  • wrevhn
    wrevhn Posts: 864 Member
    I read something that crawford said about this. she was a size six in her prime. she said if ppl had a problem with it, stop buying the clothes and esp magazines that cater to it. i was shocked. she looked so hot! i am working TOWARDS size six, because of my boooty n' curves, I'd never get under, even in my way under weight teenage days when i did drugs a long time ago, i got to a 3. thats as small as my bones go. So its kinda a mess i think. I think ppl should just focus on their "beautiful" weight. where they shine and look HEALTHY.
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    Its new vanity sizing. My wife can't find clothes small enough.
  • GrammyWhammy
    GrammyWhammy Posts: 484 Member
    Is it because size 6 today is bigger than size 6 from the 80's or 90's? Still, sounds a bit over the top to me.

    Absolutely! My wedding dress in 1968 was a size 10 (I was 5'9" and weighed just under 130. My trim size 6 daughter (5'8" and weighing about 120-125) had trouble squeezing into my wedding dress. So I do believe that dress sizes have changed--a lot.
  • katie_on_a_mission
    katie_on_a_mission Posts: 112
    I don't know what the original source material was, but I have no idea how they could say a size six could be considered plus size.

    Also, the models you're referring to may have been size sixes in the past, but sizing has changed as the population has gotten more overweight. What we used to call a size six, we now probably call around a size two (I'm estimating).
  • wrevhn
    wrevhn Posts: 864 Member
    Is it because size 6 today is bigger than size 6 from the 80's or 90's? Still, sounds a bit over the top to me.

    Absolutely! My wedding dress in 1968 was a size 10 (I was 5'9" and weighed just under 130. My trim size 6 daughter (5'8" and weighing about 120-125) had trouble squeezing into my wedding dress. So I do believe that dress sizes have changed--a lot.


    I DID NOT KNOW THIS!
  • Mama_CAEI
    Mama_CAEI Posts: 235
    What it means is that models who are size 6 are considered plus size models. So, in other words, it's totally unrealistic in the sense that 1) they're telling those poor girls that they are fat and 2) "regular" size clothing models are only going to continue getting thinner and unhealthier.
    The article is very interesting. It's well worth a read.
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