america's next top model plus size cycle

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  • paigemarie93
    paigemarie93 Posts: 778 Member
    US size eight is a UK size 12, it's not plus sized, anything including & past a UK 16 is plus sized.
    That's a US 12.
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    My goal is 8-10. Well let's say 8 at gap or old navy, which more like a 10 or 12 at other places. ;)
  • ChevyChick88
    ChevyChick88 Posts: 356 Member
    I'm not being critical of you personally, but the thought that a size 8 would be considered plus size in our society BLOWS MY MIND. :)

    ^^YES!!! OMG.... that is absurd! No wonder why so many young girls have eating disorders.
  • Kittykat_87
    Kittykat_87 Posts: 22
    theyve had one or two plus size models here and there on the show but what im saying is everyone needs to be a plus size and i dont think a size 8 is plus size but in model world they do so thats why i said that
  • Sibby123
    Sibby123 Posts: 99
    I don't even think my skeleton is a size 8.
    Right!? Exactly what I was thinking!
    -RaindropWishes

    Edit - accidentally used my partner's account.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Models are several sizes smaller than the average woman. That holds true for "regular" sizes as well as plus sizes. I am 3 pounds from my goal and I'm an 8 or 10 - obviously it's not a real plus size, but it's several sizes larger than the regular "model" look.
  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
    I think the whole plus size not plus size takes into account girls who are barely out of puberty..so of course they have not grown into their womanly figures..

    I am currently between a 6/8...I am not plus size by any means...thats why I think we need to focus more on the mirror and less on labels..its sad...very sad.....
  • Derpina7
    Derpina7 Posts: 552 Member
    Same here! I'm a dress size 7/8, but I can't shop in plus size stores either! I'm very pear-shaped (definite ghetto booty, haha), I still generally fit a size small top.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    For regular life, no, a size 8 is not plus sized. In the fashion industry, it is considered plus sized. There is a difference.

    The fashion industry gets a lot of flack for emaciated models, but MANY designers these days are refusing to employ models who appear to be unhealthily thin. Michael Kors and Diane von Furstenberg are the first 2 that come to mind. "Sample size" for designer clothing is roughly a size 2. While designers realize that most women are not a size 2, the thin models are used almost as hangers for their garments. The prime objective of a designer and model when putting on a runway show or creating an ad for a magazine is how to make people notice the garment first. If you've got a voluptuous model with sexy curves, people are less likely to notice the clothing first.

    Now, I personally love the super models of the 90s. Cindy Crawford, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum (although she has been modeling her VSes more recently than Tyra). More curves. But even at the height of their careers, they were all slim and roughly a size 2 or 4--they just had more curves.

    I think women of all sizes can be seen as beautiful. Look at Crystal Renn. At the beginning of her modeling career she was plus sized, and arguable one of the most successful plus sized models ever. But now, she is considered a standard sized model (she has lost quite a bit of weight). And she has looked absolutely beautiful and every size she's been.

    To sum it up: real life sizing and fashion sizing are NOT THE SAME THING. Nobody thinks you're actually plus sized if you're a size 8. It's simply a term in the fashion world for women who are not sample sized.
  • GetFitE
    GetFitE Posts: 247 Member
    Im kind of depressed. I guess no matter how low I go I will always be considered plus size even if I was to be a walking skeleton. With my frame I dont think I could get down to a size 8 unless I had my frame shaved down. Oh well.. I go by how I feel not as society tells me to feel..

    THIS!!! Yea. I don't think my body can get to a size 8 either without me becoming practically anorexic.. I'm a size 12 & I must say, it looks pretty darn good on me! The smallest I'd ever consider is a 10.
  • dhencel
    dhencel Posts: 244 Member
    how about a biggest loser/top model show...? It would be great seeing them lose weight and model every week. Just like people on here lose every week....
  • Trophyyf
    Trophyyf Posts: 218 Member
    Did I just read that a size 8 is plus size? LoL wow I'm super sized then!!! Where is there a Next Top Model Super Sized?
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    They'd be sizes 8-14 and that would be terribly insulting.
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    They'd be sizes 8-14 and that would be terribly insulting.

    I'm pretty sure, size 12 and up is considered plus size.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    They'd be sizes 8-14 and that would be terribly insulting.

    I'm pretty sure, size 12 and up is considered plus size.

    Even at my goal weight, I will still be a 12.
  • DieVixen
    DieVixen Posts: 790 Member
    Who gives a *kitten* what society says plus size is. Considering we are all part of society we let them set these standards by buying into the bullsh!t
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    They'd be sizes 8-14 and that would be terribly insulting.

    I'm pretty sure, size 12 and up is considered plus size.

    Even at my goal weight, I will still be a 12.

    And what's wrong with that? I bet you'll still looking smoking at your goal weight.
  • _HeathBar_
    _HeathBar_ Posts: 902 Member
    Don't sweat it... I'm a 5'9, wear size 8 and definitely don't consider myself plus size. If the modeling industry wants to consider me "plus size" that's fine. I know that in reality I'm healthy and very much a normal size.
  • Victoria2448
    Victoria2448 Posts: 559 Member
    For regular life, no, a size 8 is not plus sized. In the fashion industry, it is considered plus sized. There is a difference.

    The fashion industry gets a lot of flack for emaciated models, but MANY designers these days are refusing to employ models who appear to be unhealthily thin. Michael Kors and Diane von Furstenberg are the first 2 that come to mind. "Sample size" for designer clothing is roughly a size 2. While designers realize that most women are not a size 2, the thin models are used almost as hangers for their garments. The prime objective of a designer and model when putting on a runway show or creating an ad for a magazine is how to make people notice the garment first. If you've got a voluptuous model with sexy curves, people are less likely to notice the clothing first.

    Now, I personally love the super models of the 90s. Cindy Crawford, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum (although she has been modeling her VSes more recently than Tyra). More curves. But even at the height of their careers, they were all slim and roughly a size 2 or 4--they just had more curves.

    I think women of all sizes can be seen as beautiful. Look at Crystal Renn. At the beginning of her modeling career she was plus sized, and arguable one of the most successful plus sized models ever. But now, she is considered a standard sized model (she has lost quite a bit of weight). And she has looked absolutely beautiful and every size she's been.

    To sum it up: real life sizing and fashion sizing are NOT THE SAME THING. Nobody thinks you're actually plus sized if you're a size 8. It's simply a term in the fashion world for women who are not sample sized.

    Well said!
  • Hannah_PRprincess13
    Hannah_PRprincess13 Posts: 45
    i think they need to make a cycle based on only plus size models size because theyve had a short cycle all star cycle and now mixed cycle now they need to have a plus size cycle

    TOTALLY AGREE!
  • Hannah_PRprincess13
    Hannah_PRprincess13 Posts: 45
    I'm not being critical of you personally, but the thought that a size 8 would be considered plus size in our society BLOWS MY MIND. :)

    Then I must be considered obese....LOL
  • neversettle
    neversettle Posts: 168 Member
    Does it not depress anyone else that size 8 is considered "plus size"?

    doesnt depress me, disgusts me.
  • LexieSweetheart
    LexieSweetheart Posts: 793 Member
    I LOVED when they had Tocarra on the show! I think they should have a plus size show and also one featuring men
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