Let's define "curvy" because I'm confused

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  • TinkrBelz
    TinkrBelz Posts: 866 Member
    I do think that "curvy" can be used to describe women when we are chunkier.

    But, I do think thin women can be curvy too to an extent. For example, I think that I have a "ruler" shape, but because I have a bubble butt, I look curvy in a profile picture. My measurements will say hourglass...but again, that is not because my waist goes in and my hips go out...my hip measurements are what they are because of my bubble butt...not hips.

    When I think of a curvy woman, I do think of a woman whose waist does go in by more than 10 inches...not straight up and down, but the waist gets quite a bit smaller than her hips.

    For example: 34-24-34 Does not seem or look curvy to me. But, 36-24-36...that woman will look curvier because he waist is a lot smaller than her breasts and hips.
  • valz2000
    valz2000 Posts: 78 Member
    I have always been curvy even at my largest. When I was in HS my Measurements were 36-24-36 at 5'3'' ( The song "I like big butts" was my theme song) Now after losing over 30 total lbs my measurements are 40-36-48. Still curvy just much larger curves. MY goal is to get back to the old measurements.

    I have always felt that curvy was positive term. Given that my Grandma used to tell me that I was curvy like the golden age actresses that she watched on the silver screen. So I will personally always look at being curvy as a good thing. I am also one who will correct round people that curvy means more than one curve not one continuous curve and walk off while they look confused =)
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Curvy is a woman with an hourglass figure. Although nowadays it can also be a kind or gentler way to refer to large woman.
  • nnapieralski
    nnapieralski Posts: 132 Member
    Curvy is about proportions, not size. I'm very curvy, 36-30-39!
  • Curvimami
    Curvimami Posts: 1,851 Member
    Like others have said already curvy, to me, means having a defined waist. A figure that goes in and out in all the right places. I'm thinking Beyonce, J Lo, Kelly Brook etc. Not that Gemma woman from TOWIE (never watched it but am aware of the existence).

    I'm 36-26-36 curves

    Its definitely the waist hip ratio. two women may both have a 24 inch waist or even a 44 inch waist but if her hips are 27/47 there is no definition. However if her hips are 36/56 then you have a curve = curvy. The hourglass shape and the pear shape are the curviest no matter the weight its all about shape.
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    Okay, so it doesn't matter if you're a size 0 or size 16 to my understanding. Curvy is pretty much having a defined waist, hips, and breasts. Pretty much having feminine curves in the right places. If you're curvy you won't lose your curves just because you lost weight. You also won't gain new curves just because you put on 50lbs.

    That's my understanding of how a curvy women looks. If I'm just confused about it all, maybe someone else can enlighten me

    Not in my world.

    Curvy is often times used by women who can't admit they're overweight.
  • stylistchik
    stylistchik Posts: 1,436 Member
    Okay, so it doesn't matter if you're a size 0 or size 16 to my understanding. Curvy is pretty much having a defined waist, hips, and breasts. Pretty much having feminine curves in the right places. If you're curvy you won't lose your curves just because you lost weight. You also won't gain new curves just because you put on 50lbs.

    That's my understanding of how a curvy women looks. If I'm just confused about it all, maybe someone else can enlighten me

    I agree with this. One of my friends gave me crap because I told her I wore a size 0 jeans (in women's, in juniors usually a 1 or 3) and she replied with "But you have a butt. How can you be a size 0?" I am 5'2. That is why I wear a size 0 and have a butt. When people talk dirty about "skinny" people wearing this "forbidden, disgusting" size it's because usually it's a 5'10 model with my same measurements. If you stretched me out another 8 inches, yeah, it'd pretty sad looking - but I can be small and have a butt, thanks.
  • paint_it_black
    paint_it_black Posts: 208 Member
    To me curvy means T & A being the most pronounced parts of the female body, simples.
  • EmmaM2211
    EmmaM2211 Posts: 536 Member
    I've got a curvy bodyshape but I lost it when I got overweight, now losing weight and the quickest thing to go is my waist. Called myself curvy because I used to be but deep down knew I was just plain old fat haha

    Now I'm getting my curves back - yey!! 42-34-42 :drinker: Even though I still have a looooong way to go.
  • SingSmileLaugh
    SingSmileLaugh Posts: 278


    -Proudly Curvy 44-32-44 :smile:

    same!!
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    Okay, so it doesn't matter if you're a size 0 or size 16 to my understanding. Curvy is pretty much having a defined waist, hips, and breasts. Pretty much having feminine curves in the right places. If you're curvy you won't lose your curves just because you lost weight. You also won't gain new curves just because you put on 50lbs.

    That's my understanding of how a curvy women looks. If I'm just confused about it all, maybe someone else can enlighten me

    Not in my world.

    Curvy is often times used by women who can't admit they're overweight.

    Right. They ruined it for us true curvy gals. So my goal has become to describe myself as "Athletic" instead :bigsmile:
  • sarahmoo12
    sarahmoo12 Posts: 756 Member
    I would call myself curvy because my body is very "in and out". Pre-stepping up my fitness, my bust was 100 cm, my waist 68 cm and my hips 100 cm. My thighs narrow above my knees and my calves widen below my knees, and then into small ankles. Does that make sense? Mesomorphic / hourglass.

    I agree completely that anyone whose bodies are also "in and out" - difference between calves and ankles, waist and hips, etc - is curvy.

    In popular online usage however, curvy seems to be a polite way of saying overweight/obese, no matter whether the overweight/obese person has "curves" or not. So I think there's a difference between "correct" and "commonly used"

    I agree with this !
  • kikokateyy
    kikokateyy Posts: 136 Member
    Okay, so it doesn't matter if you're a size 0 or size 16 to my understanding. Curvy is pretty much having a defined waist, hips, and breasts. Pretty much having feminine curves in the right places. If you're curvy you won't lose your curves just because you lost weight. You also won't gain new curves just because you put on 50lbs.

    That's my understanding of how a curvy women looks. If I'm just confused about it all, maybe someone else can enlighten me

    Exactly :smile: . I am 48-37-51. I'm pretty sure thats curvy haha
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    haha! I like this thread...

    "Fat" females often call themselves curvy when, lets just face it, they're fat. Cruves look like CURVES. Even when I was at my heaviest, I wasn't curvy, just round and FAT.

    Even now, im not curvy. Im straight, I wish I could change that with my weight loss, but I can't.

    Our bodies are generally shaped the same with/without those extra pounds. There are skinny curves, athletic curves, healthy curves and fuller curves.

    curves are CURVES. There, thats my 2 cents! :flowerforyou:
  • monipie
    monipie Posts: 280 Member
    Real curvy = waist proportionally smaller than hips & underbust (~70%) and not muscular (> 20% BF)
    Fake curvy = self-esteem way of saying "fat"

    lol! and agree!
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    I saw the movie "Inglourious Basterds" on TV the other day. I read some reviews and was astonished that a review described one of the actors, Mélanie Laurent, as "curvy." Apparently having recognizable woman parts now qualifies you as curvy.

    http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/04/14/2/1546/15462711/f9/melanie-laurent-feet-5.jpg
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    Real curvy = waist proportionally smaller than hips & underbust (~70%) and not muscular (> 20% BF)
    Fake curvy = self-esteem way of saying "fat"

    lol! and agree!

    Good compressed definition. I agree, too.
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    It drives me crazy when "round" women describe themselves as "curvy". Sure, "round" has a "curve" to it, but "curvy" as a body type is definitely more like this:

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQEeBr8p9n4bfo8lYgRgwv7Gd2f3PvehZA1Gh5Sw9hH6ENORgTB

    than this:

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQx7gfjDfFa-mgLAYwZQZvAUXuSTiFzysaeMOGlNCz_rIlaWWQR


    -Proudly Curvy 44-32-44 :smile:

    Funny! :laugh: But VERY true... I WISH I could say I am "proudly curvy, but when my waist is a mere 2" smaller then my hips, that cant be so. :frown:
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    I saw the movie "Inglourious Basterds" on TV the other day. I read some reviews and was astonished that a review described one of the actors, Mélanie Laurent, as "curvy." Apparently having recognizable woman parts now qualifies you as curvy.

    http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/04/14/2/1546/15462711/f9/melanie-laurent-feet-5.jpg

    Actually, that IS the definition of curvy. Not fat.
  • somuchsolittle
    somuchsolittle Posts: 37
    I do think that "curvy" can be used to describe women when we are chunkier.

    But, I do think thin women can be curvy too to an extent. For example, I think that I have a "ruler" shape, but because I have a bubble butt, I look curvy in a profile picture. My measurements will say hourglass...but again, that is not because my waist goes in and my hips go out...my hip measurements are what they are because of my bubble butt...not hips.

    When I think of a curvy woman, I do think of a woman whose waist does go in by more than 10 inches...not straight up and down, but the waist gets quite a bit smaller than her hips.

    For example: 34-24-34 Does not seem or look curvy to me. But, 36-24-36...that woman will look curvier because he waist is a lot smaller than her breasts and hips.


    I agree with this. I've always thought it had more to do with waist to hip ratio than anything, and i've seen people who are "fat" who fit the definition as much as people who are thinner, so. yes.

    Lots of body shaming going on here, though. geez.
  • nasiasflyingcircus
    nasiasflyingcircus Posts: 30
    Curvy is a shape not a size. Of course you can be skinn/slim and curvy! Although fat has been linked with the term "curvy"...

    Candice Swanepoel IS curvy:

    http://www1.pictures.stylebistro.com/bg/Candice+Swanepoel+Pajamas+Intimates+Lingerie+SU1XRMuTUWRl.jpg

    Adriana Lima on the other hand, isn't:

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WK36ArsDkOE/Tt4_0CoJciI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/YIYot_WCTiw/s1600/11828_Adriana_Lima_2011_VS_Fashion_Show_J0001_064_122_589lo.jpg
  • victoria4321
    victoria4321 Posts: 1,719 Member
    I do think that "curvy" can be used to describe women when we are chunkier.

    But, I do think thin women can be curvy too to an extent. For example, I think that I have a "ruler" shape, but because I have a bubble butt, I look curvy in a profile picture. My measurements will say hourglass...but again, that is not because my waist goes in and my hips go out...my hip measurements are what they are because of my bubble butt...not hips.

    When I think of a curvy woman, I do think of a woman whose waist does go in by more than 10 inches...not straight up and down, but the waist gets quite a bit smaller than her hips.

    For example: 34-24-34 Does not seem or look curvy to me. But, 36-24-36...that woman will look curvier because he waist is a lot smaller than her breasts and hips.


    I agree with this. I've always thought it had more to do with waist to hip ratio than anything, and i've seen people who are "fat" who fit the definition as much as people who are thinner, so. yes.

    Lots of body shaming going on here, though. geez.

    Yeah it wasnt meant to piss people off. Not everyone has to be curvy.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    I saw the movie "Inglourious Basterds" on TV the other day. I read some reviews and was astonished that a review described one of the actors, Mélanie Laurent, as "curvy." Apparently having recognizable woman parts now qualifies you as curvy.

    http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/04/14/2/1546/15462711/f9/melanie-laurent-feet-5.jpg

    Actually, that IS the definition of curvy. Not fat.

    Really? She's obviously not overweight, but curvy? Interesting.
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    I saw the movie "Inglourious Basterds" on TV the other day. I read some reviews and was astonished that a review described one of the actors, Mélanie Laurent, as "curvy." Apparently having recognizable woman parts now qualifies you as curvy.

    melanie-laurent-feet-5.jpg

    Actually, that IS the definition of curvy. Not fat.

    Really? She's obviously not overweight, but curvy? Interesting.

    I wouldn't consider her curvy...but again, I'll be honest...I only consider 1 out of 5 women on this board who call themselves curvy...to actually be curvy.

    THIS is what curvy used to mean...before it was hijacked:

    Salma-Hayek---From-Dusk-til-Dawn-Pr.jpg

    1533370-salma_hayek_as__psylocke.jpg

    What it means now...who knows. But in my eyes...that's still the dead center of the real definition.
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    Lets not and let everyone's perceptions be their own. No one has the right to "define" a look, but the person looking. And invariably, it will be different than your own.
  • SexyCook
    SexyCook Posts: 2,249 Member
    In proportion to your frame: big boobs, big butt, wide hips.

    ^^^^^^^^^I Like this description.....only thing I would add on is small waist.....
  • mscoco10
    mscoco10 Posts: 527 Member
    I agree with you. I've seen some smaller women with great curves and some larger women with no shape. I don't consider myself curvy but hippy- LOL.
  • Kenhabes
    Kenhabes Posts: 187 Member
    Wait, "curvy" now means "fat"? What the f**k is wrong with people?

    Curvy is curvy is curvy.
  • NeedANewFocus
    NeedANewFocus Posts: 898 Member
    when i think of curves these are the women in hollywood that pop in my mind...scarlett johansen, jessica biel, meghan good, selma hayek, etc.
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    Jessica Rabbit.
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