Okay so many of us have our days where we feel like crap
( mentally or physically - perhaps both )

So today I feel like utter SHIT

ANYWAY in my attempt to return to more normal states I was looking at plus size models, cuz ya know we are all NOT skinny chicks

And I don't give a shit what my ego says US bigger girls are HOT too

So give it up and post some pix of beautiful plus size women

I am proud be plus size we have it going on!!! She is THE BOMB!!!!!

rachel3 said:

YES!


Celebrate the curves!

Check out this site, Mach...I think you'll like it...it's all about plus-size models and size politics:

http://www.judgmentofparis.com/

applekisses said:

Thanx

This is beautiful

this girl is gorgeous!

Mach said:

It's a sad world when that woman is considered "plus" sized

Mach said:

Gorgeous

Most "plus-size" models are what would be considered normal-sized women. The ones we use are generally a size 12.

Genesia said:

Wasn't Marilyn Monroe a size 10-12 during her career? My, how things have changed.

SCNDLS said:

She was a 12 in 1950s sizes - which translates to about a 6 today.

There's been a liiiiittle bit of size "inflation" over the years.

Lovely pics indeed!!!!!

applekisses said:

she's fuckin' hawt!!!! Who is she???

I'd hit it!!!

abierman said:

http://www.judgmentofpari...rlotte.htm

Genesia said:

Really? How the heck did they change sizes so drastically? Still, by today's standards most models are a 0-2 which is definitely not representative of real women.

Genesia said:

In America, yes lol...but we Americans tend to be "plus sized" to the rest of the world. I never really thought there was any truth to that stereotype until I spent two weeks in a foreign country three different times (one for 10 days, one for 12 days, and another for 10 days). When I got back, it seemed like everybody I saw was "plus sized" lol...it was a weird feeling, and made me understand why we have that reputation.

SCNDLS said:

It's called Vanity Sizing.

Claiming that someone who wears 0-2 is not a real woman is silly. Women come in all shapes and sizes.

Just because there is a majority of women in North America that are larger (fatter), doesn't mean they are more of a woman.

A century ago, soft, feminine, curvy figures were all the rage:

JustErin said:

Ummmm, that's not what I meant, I meant real women as in average women as opposed to "supermodels." Most women on the street in most developed countries are larger than a 0-2.

SCNDLS said:

It's true, though. The best way to explain it is by looking at the difference between ready-to-wear and sewing patterns. While ready-to-wear clothing sizes have changed over the years...pattern sizes haven't. They're still based on sizing that was devised in the 1940s. At that time, the pattern companies realized an opportunity to make their sizes uniform across brands. They took advantage of the fact that a lot of women were affiliated with the armed services, got the measurements of a lot of women all at once, and did their sizing based on those measurements.

Pattern sizes have stayed exactly the same since then. If you sew, you know that you cannot buy a pattern in your "off the rack" size. There is a two-size difference - size 12 pattern corresponds to an 8 in ready-to-wear, an 8 is a 4, and so on.

All these "plus size" models are very beautiful. I just don't get the models that are so thin they look sick.

I believe that everyone has their ideal weight, whether it be larger or smaller, and when at or around that weight, they look and feel their best.

Genesia said:

This is what I found on Snopes about Marilyn's dress size.

^ Interesting

SCNDLS said:

An American size 0-2 doesn't translate to the same size in other countries. Again, it's all about vanity sizing. Sizes are bigger with a smaller size number.

Absoultely more women on the streets are bigger than a size 0-2 but average doesn't mean better. Unfortunately, in North America, average means fatter.

According to snopes.com : http://www.snopes.com/mov...mdress.asp

based on her documented measurements, height, weight, etc.

"A woman of Marilyn's height, at the extreme of Marilyn's weight range (140 lbs), would probaly wear a (US) size 12 dress today."

Oh how I love this thread!!! I prefer a girl to have a little substance to her person. Sizes 8 to 14 are perfect! Being voluptuous is NOT a crime! Therefore...

Whitney...


Eden...


Chloe...


Unknown...


great thread...