Honey they shrunk the supermodel
As a teen, I thought Cindy Crawford was the epitome of hot.
Cindy "Chunky" Crawford rocks a runway in 1995, years before forcing me to buy a house full of Rooms To Go furniture.
Imagine my chagrin today as I perused an article in the January issue of PLUS Model Magazine that alleges Cindy wore a size 6, the same size as many of today’s non-super models.
It was quite a blow to learn I should have been buying Kate Moss calendars all those years.
The article says Cindy and other renowned hotties from a more portly era of posing (Paulina Porizkova and Billy Joel’s ex-wife) would be too chunky to make it onto the runways of today’s slimmer, and perhaps dangerously trimmer world of fashion. To prove their point, the magazine provides pics of a plus size model alongside a much thinner “straight size model.”
Fox News has a worksafe writeup, but for the pics you have to click on the full meal deal.
The pictures should “open the minds of the fashion industry,” which is stepping further away from reality, according to PLUS founder and editor-in-chief, Madeline Figueroa Jones, who is probably at least a size 8.
Jones, who may be frailer emotionally than physically, said she nearly cried when she first saw the pictures, but still ran them.
The magazine points out fashion models appear to be shrinking: “Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8 percent less than the average woman. Today she weighs 23 percent less” and “most runway models meet the Body Mass Index physical criteria for Anorexia.”
Now, Cindy is 45, a mother of two and still easy on the eyes. She says she feels sorry for the supermodels of today and points out the obvious — “straight size models” have no curves.
Maybe that’s why my calendar collection stopped in 1989.
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Sorry Folks
January 12th, 2012
5:23 pm
MissP: We all assume the “P” is for “Piggy,” and we all think you’re adorable.
But we don’t want to take you to the prom.
For the inquiring mind, I am a 40 jacket, 33 waist, 34 inseam. I don;t know exactly what my BMI is, but my persoanl physician said it was “amazing” during my physical about a month ago.
And for the big girl who stated that stores cut their clothes bigger these days, you are right . . . if you have a time machine and shop at the GAP in 1996.
Stores where attractive people shop cut their clothes very small. I don’t know how they do it at Lane Bryant, but I am sure there are plenty of ladies here well-informed on that subject.
My point is not to brag or be cruel. I simply want people to stop saying “it’s ok to be overweight because that’s better than having an eating disorder.” Both are bad. But people with eating disorders usually have other emotional issues, either from trauma or chemical disfunction, that manifests itself in obsessive-compulsive behaviors. Obesity is a problem caused by otherwise well-adjusted children being force fed garbage by their ignorant parents from the day they are born. IT’S NOT OK.
RedNeck Rick
January 12th, 2012
5:27 pm
Give me curves on a woman, all day, everyday. “Normal” women, I loves ya!
britt
January 12th, 2012
5:30 pm
Anyone who thinks a size 6-10 should be plus sized is brainwashed just like most of the fashion industry. Coming from someone who was a size 10 and now a size 0 and currently modeling…its laughable to hear people defending the fact that plus size is 6-10. It took hard work for me to lose the weight and change my body composition and I’m not a waif now…I just gained weight in college and started eating right, excercising, and taking an interest in my health. From someone who was considered plus sized and is now modeling only because I lost the weight…it makes me sick to see the way plus sized girls are treated. I got called so many names and men were cruel and now that I’m small they’re all interested. Our society needs to change this and fast! Now I’m working towards building muscle to get some of my curves back. This article is great!
ME
January 12th, 2012
5:30 pm
All: Let it go – Love every body as God Loves you unconditionally.
the truth
January 12th, 2012
5:33 pm
If your waist is larger than your inseam. You’re fat. Accept it or do something about it.
Confused in Conyers
January 12th, 2012
5:35 pm
The article doesn’t say that size 6 is now a “plus-size.” Why do people keep saying that it isn’t? Obviously it isn’t. A plus-size is anything bigger than 12. A 6 is just full-figured.
Wow
January 12th, 2012
5:58 pm
There were some nice lesbian pics in there!
Huh?
January 12th, 2012
6:00 pm
@ the truth –> Are you an idiot or just pretending to be?
I’m a man, 6′4″, 210. I have a 35″ inseam and a 36″ waist and am FAR from being “fat.” I’m in excellent shape and could whip your butt at any physical challenge you want to try. Grow up.
Reality
January 12th, 2012
6:00 pm
Funny this story is here..I just went shopping and was delighted to see at the store huge discounts my size “8″(which is roomy for me but I like to comfort. I go between a 6 or 8)..ONLY TO MY SURPRISE..8 was HUGE on me!!..I actually ended up purchasing 4 and 6(which of course had no huge discounts)..my reasoning..designers are simply making the smaller sizes BIGGER…
sadly I know it isn’t from weight loss!
sandra
January 12th, 2012
6:02 pm
you got to be kidding……………I can see why some people think a 10 is plus size………..because if you are under 5′5″ that can be large. But a size 6?