[Sam Gamgee]

Yes, very sad. So called plus size models are what women looked like and were cherished 50 years ago. Marilyn Monroe would be plus sized by our standards. Non-plus models are essentially flag poles.

[Revelation 911]

Im in agreement BUT - there are a couple of horses in that pic - you don’t get an ass like that eating bean curd and sprouts.....the one on the right has a clearly unhealthy appetite, and the resulting diabeetiss (Wilfred Brimley hat tip) high blood pressure and subsequent effects will substantially shorten her life.

[wideawake]

That's an often repeated myth, but it's not true.

Marilyn Monroe was 5'5", 115lbs, 35-22-35.

Nina Agdal, one of the SI swimsuit cover models this year is 5/9", 121lbs, 34-23-35.

They are effectively the same proportions, except that Agdal is 7% taller and 6% heavier.

[PapaBear3625]

Yes, very sad. So called plus size models are what women looked like and were cherished 50 years ago. Marilyn Monroe would be plus sized by our standards. Non-plus models are essentially flag poles.

No, when they talk about "plus size", these days, THIS is what they mean:

These women are clinically obese.