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Plus-Size Models Reimagine the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover
Yahoo Shine ^ | 06/03/2014 | By Lilit Marcus

Posted on 06/03/2014 10:09:52 AM PDT by Carbonsteel

Eariler this year, models Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge, and Chrissy Teigen went topless for the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. But when three plus-size models, including supermodel Robyn Lawley, did a tongue-in-cheek recreation of the photo, it wasn't a satire – it was a way to show how women of all sizes can be sexy and confident in swimwear.

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KEYWORDS: beauty; chubbychasers; doublestandard; feminism; obesity; sportsillustrated
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To: bankwalker

Do you have to factor in wet bulb temp?


41 posted on 06/03/2014 10:49:33 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: Snickering Hound

Now THATS a proper easter beer bunny !!!!


42 posted on 06/03/2014 10:50:07 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: PapaBear3625

To Laz, that’s called just another Saturday night


43 posted on 06/03/2014 10:51:34 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
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To: ken5050

I was reffering only to her heigt and weight.


44 posted on 06/03/2014 10:54:24 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan

well....just try and do better next time....(g)


45 posted on 06/03/2014 10:57:15 AM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: PapaBear3625
These women are clinically obese.

Nah, they're just fat asses.

The problem is that they think they look good.

They would be wrong.

46 posted on 06/03/2014 10:58:33 AM PDT by OldSmaj (I am an avowed enemy of islam and obama is a damned fool and traitor. Questions?)
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To: C19fan

Spot on and when will women stop sympathizing with them and recognize that homosexuals don’t like women. They’re the competition.


47 posted on 06/03/2014 11:03:38 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: PapaBear3625

They need to shop here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6W2tXk6yBs


48 posted on 06/03/2014 11:03:54 AM PDT by fredhead (Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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To: Carbonsteel

I think they are overweight-especially the one on the right-and she needs to drop 30 pounds or so. I’m not young, but still weigh the same 108-110, wear the same size 5 I did at 17-I’m 5’9” and small-boned. I don’t appeal to guys who like those full figured women, but that it okay-I don’t like full figured guys...

Having a job that requires physical work and liking the Atkins/paleo diet for plenty of protein might have something to do with it.


49 posted on 06/03/2014 11:04:20 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: wideawake

Usually the thoughtful analysis comes after post 50.


50 posted on 06/03/2014 11:05:21 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: ken5050

Thank feminism and porn - both ruined women.


51 posted on 06/03/2014 11:06:07 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Pollster1; dangerdoc

Good catch and ditto.


52 posted on 06/03/2014 11:07:20 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: katana

But she’s crazy.


53 posted on 06/03/2014 11:08:11 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: PapaBear3625

Queen Latifa?


54 posted on 06/03/2014 11:09:09 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: CityCenter

A size 12 today is yesteryears 16-18.


55 posted on 06/03/2014 11:09:29 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: wideawake
Think of it like this: a bust to waist ratio of 35:22 is 1.6, vs. the average ratio which was 33:24.5 or 1.35.

Interestingly that's ( 35/22) very close to the Golden Ratio ( 1.6180...) hence very appealing to the human eye !

56 posted on 06/03/2014 11:09:39 AM PDT by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: Carbonsteel
The 3 girls on SI's cover don't even make a size zero.

I'm tired of gay men being in control of the fashion industry, forcing their standard of "beauty" on us.
I'm tired of girls who look like 12 year old boys, being promoted as THEY are what beauty is.

Victoria Secret had an executive who made a dig at Kate Upton, that they would never use her.

Victoria Secret uses some women who aren't very attractive in the face, but have their perfect, sought after, 2 x 4 body on a pair of chopsticks.

Todays models can't eat anything, because they are so scrawny to begin with, an undigested peanut would make them look pregnant.

Now, on the other hand, I don't find the 4 women on the Sexy cover, all that sexy.

They aren't "curvy", they are largish. It's hard to tell from just one picture, but non of them have pretty faces.

And not one of them is SMILING.

Smiling has sex appeal.
Those 4 look like they are one step away from a Michelle Obama attitude.

Back to Kate Upton


Here's a girl who can eat a normal meal and not worry about an extra olive. (Who'd notice?)
And yet, though she's not waif thin, you can see by her build, that sooner or later, time and gravity will have it's affect.

The girl has hips and shoulders and a back. She's 21 now. When she's 41, she's probably not going to be a size 8 or 10.

TODAY, size 8 or 10 is considered plus size.

Kate Upton is the hottest size 8 or 10 I've seen. She has a pretty face, as opposed to most VS models and she smiles, as opposed to the women on Sexy.

57 posted on 06/03/2014 11:13:09 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: dangerdoc

Cube of the height.


58 posted on 06/03/2014 11:44:54 AM PDT by dangus
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To: mountn man

Why is she drinking out of a golden chalice?


59 posted on 06/03/2014 11:46:27 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Carbonsteel

“I’ve got fudge!”


60 posted on 06/03/2014 11:48:11 AM PDT by dfwgator
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