Posted on 08/30/2009 3:08:07 AM PDT by Scanian
When she was 16, Crystal Renn signed a $250,000 modeling contract and moved to the city. But after starving herself for years to stay at 95 pounds, she gave it all up to become a plus-size model -- and finally, at size 12, achieved major success. With her memoir, "Hungry," due out Sept. 8, Renn tells her story to The Post.
Nine years ago, when I was 14 years old, a modeling scout spotted me at an etiquette class in my hometown of Clinton, Miss., and pulled me aside to show me a photo of supermodel Gisele in a clingy white gown. "This could be you," he said.
There was just one problem. I was 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds. The scout told me that if I lost 8 inches off my 43-inch hips, he could make me a famous model in New York City.
Until I met the scout, I never paid attention to what I ate. If I wanted a cupcake, I ate two. After the scout put dreams of stardom in my head, weight loss became my job.
By the end of ninth grade, I was eating only veggies or plain chicken. Combined with two-hour workouts every day, I quickly dropped to 120 pounds.
By 2002, I was too thin for a size zero. I called the modeling scout. "Come now," I told him.
The minute he saw me, he said, "You're going to New York!"
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Excuse me but size 12 is not plus size. For real woman plus size starts after size 18. Cracks me up they think she is a large woman. Get real
Yup. I prefer “before.”
WOW! I never thought a size 12 was a plus size! I actually thought that was an average size! And healthy too!
The article isn’t about “real women,” it has to do with the clothes hanger bodies favored by faggy fashion designers.
Real men, BTW, tend to be repulsed by the “beauty standards” pushed by the sissy-boys.
Plus size after? That just looks right. And, compared with the general population, it is thinner than normal.
It can be normal for a young woman to be extremely slender without being ill-nourished; my sister and I used to eat like truck drivers and we were still very slender. It can also be normal and healthy to be rounded. But the woman who is voluptuous at 30 may have a very difficult time controlling her weight as she gets older, particularly after a few kids; and her curves should be made from firm muscles with a smooth layer of subcutaneous fat over them, not just fat. Whatever one's weight, it's important to have some muscle mass.
It may be of interest to google pictures of Sophia Loren. She may have had well-sprung hips and a nice bust, but she was never heavy. There are photos of her partially nude that show a curvy young woman with very little extra fat.
Mrs. JimRed would kill to get into a size 12... but not die(t) for it! < /sarc >
Then it means there is someone for everybody. :-)
That's what happened when gay men were in charge of deciding what constituted a good looking woman (a woman that looks like a young boy).
Good line.
I prefer men’s sizes. If I know my waist and inseam I’m set. If I know my shoulder’s and neck I’m set.
Yeah, my husband can tell me, “Buy pants with this waist and inseam,” and I can get them. If I say, “Buy a large,” there’s no telling whether it will fit.
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