Plus Size Models  

Thank you for best response. I haven't checked my best responses for over a month. Sorry for the delay.

I still think that weighing 70lbs is deathly looking. And beside that, not all 200lbs women are unhealthy. And, not to be rude, but a plus size girl, some, have good shapes and they look pretty darn sexy. I would rather look at that then a woman with bones showing.

The average woman is not a size size 3- 9 my good God.

Most of the girls I know are size 3 to 9... Not size 12 and over. What age group are we talking about with these advertisements anyway? Young women, or the 40 and older crowd? If the ads are directed towards older women then yes, size 12 is probably the average. But with young women (teens, 20s, early thirties...) I would say size 8 is average.

My daughter is 5'8 and a size 12. She is often told that she is too thin, yet she is at her ideal weight.

I'm not talking the 40 and above age group here. A size three is simply unhealthy.

From statistics the average American woman's weight is 163 pounds.

The average Canadian woman's weight is 153 pounds.

According to the Department for Trade and Industry, the average U.K. woman weighs 147 pounds.

Size 12 is the average size of women.

Very well stated Swtrose. I know at 5'8 and due to my bone structure the smallest I could get into was a 12, when the outfit was made right, but most times since I am large boned most shirts I had to go into a 14 or a 16 because I am broad shoulders and this was when I was back in my 20's.

Most of the teens I see range between a 9 and a 14, not a 3 to a 9 by any stretch of the imagination. My niece is 12 years old and I see all of her friends and other classmates, most are around a size 12.

Also, laisse, if someone is very big boned and tall 200lbs is not that big. However to be 70lbs and look normal they would have to be under 4 feet 6 inches: http://www.healthchecksys...

Well she wears between a size ten and 12. She has to purchase her tops larger and it depends wear you shop too. One store might carry a size 12 that is really a size 9 some where else. lol

Oh yeah got to love that bit. I've had my share of that as well even at the same stores but different manufacturers. In one you might wear a size 14 but another you wear a size 18 and another a 12. Drives me nuts.

i think you try to make yourself feel better by saying average women is 12. i dont see that at all.

i was about to post a response to this discussion when i read your response. exactly just what i wanted to say. cheers!

Are you saying that women who wear a size 20 are unhealthy? That isn't true at all if you are.

Well, what weight would you say a woman who wears a size 20 is? I'm 5 feet 9 inches and the maximum healthy weight for my height is 170 pounds. If a 5'9" woman wearing a size 20 is over 170 pounds, which I'm rather sure she would be, then she is considered overweight. If a woman who is 5 feet 9 inches weighs more than 203 pounds she is considered obese.
If someone is over the highest possible ideal weight for his or her size... then I'm sure most doctors would advise that person to try and lose a bit of weight. That's why doctors have made so many scales as to what the healthy weight range is... being above that weight is not good for you.

related resource: weight scales

But just because a woman might be considered obese by the medical profession it does not mean she isn't healthy.

Just because someone is over 200lbs doesn't mean they are unhealthy. There are women out there that are twice your size, weighing way over 200lbs and are in good condition and are plenty healthy, maybe even healthier then you.

Well said Foxxee.

Im 5'6 and i weight more then 200ibs. I wear a size 20 clothing. And I have a uniquely shaped bone sctructure. The case being that my rib cage, not fat but bone is 43 inches around. Meaning by most charts even as a skeleton I will always be plus size.

And as to healthy-ness?

I excercise an hour at least every other day through bike-riding on, yes and exercise bike.
I am not the most physically fit person. By standards I am obese but am healthier then what is considered a norm in that catagory.

Also when you consider things such as PCOS (which I do have) and other hormonal syndromes weight will never properly equate.

Take for example my mother, she was only skinny in her life when she ate next to nothing and took dangerous diet pills. Which have helped to ruin her metabolism.

Even before losing weight she did not eat much. At one point she got a very lean roomate who was shocked to discover she ate more then my heavy-set mother.

To all those thinking this is in the past and that I never saw this myself, I have seen my mom live on salad and very healthy, very un-edible looking health foods. Then watched her gain weight simply due to eating a few carbs.

She was also a very active woman due to her job which was an interior designer. Unlike most interior designers she herself would do heavy lifting and paint and plaster, which I can attest is actually very active. And yet she never lost weight.

I seem to have gotten quite off subject. Regardless my point is this, I do believe we should encourage eveyone to be healthy and fit but people need to learn that a woman who is a size 20 is sometimes as fit as she can be naturally.

Well put! Some people have been a large size all their life. That does not mean they are not active.

Congrats. :) I model a bit when I was a size 14.

bigger people only have self esteem issues becase they are that way not becase of models. that is serious cop out.
you feel bad to belarge then you need to stop computer and go outside. you say feeling change if big girl model things that is just bad.
big people model for weight loss and that is where they belong.

professorxang, most models are under weight. Underweight models should be banned from runways. Exposure to such models reduces self esteem amongst young women, which may lead to eating disorders.

im not saying only larger people to model, im saying why cant it be a mixture so everyone is equal.