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Too fat to be a model? The picture that caused a storm in the fashion world
The Guardian ^
| 9/2/2009
| Naomi Alderman
Posted on 09/09/2009 6:51:42 PM PDT by Saije
Lizzie Miller is considered too large to model plus-size clothes. Is the reaction that followed the publication of this picture going to change that?
'It's a photo that measures all of three by three inches," gushes Cindi Leive, editor of US Glamour in a post on the magazine's blog, "but the letters about it started to flood my inbox literally the day Glamour hit newsstands." The picture in question, illustrating a story about body confidence, has generated more than 700 comments on the site, and featured on the US Today morning TV programme. What does it show? A beautiful, creamy-skinned naked model . . . with a small roll of stomach fat.
Lizzie Miller, the 20-year-old model in question, agrees that it's astonishing that, at 5ft 11in and 12.5 stone she's considered a "plus size" model. *****
One wouldn't have thought this would be news. As Miller says, "pretty much every picture in a magazine or ad is airbrushed . . . I don't think the public understands how much smoke and mirrors are involved in making women look like that."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: beauty; fashion; fat; glamour; miller; model; obesity; photo
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She wouldn't make it on "More to Love".
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posted on
09/09/2009 6:51:42 PM PDT
by
Saije
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To: Saije
useless without pictures
I hope this does not get pulled.
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posted on
09/09/2009 6:56:36 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: BBell
I wasn’t sure so thought I would just link. That and I don’t really know how to do it anyway. Thanks though.
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posted on
09/09/2009 6:57:34 PM PDT
by
Saije
To: Saije
What the hell is 12.5 stone? Why can’t these British papers speak English?
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posted on
09/09/2009 6:57:59 PM PDT
by
Question Liberal Authority
(Why buy health insurance at all if you can't be turned down for any pre-existing conditions?)
To: Saije
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posted on
09/09/2009 6:58:18 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: Question Liberal Authority
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posted on
09/09/2009 6:58:44 PM PDT
by
bvw
To: Saije
Lizzie Miller is considered too large to model plus-size clothes.
From the picture, it doesn't look like she's modeling any clothes.
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posted on
09/09/2009 6:58:48 PM PDT
by
Question Liberal Authority
(Why buy health insurance at all if you can't be turned down for any pre-existing conditions?)
To: BBell
she looks like she has had a baby. That’s a pretty unflattering pose. Yeah, she has a little bit of a gut, but still a beautiful woman. That said, she doesn’t look very fit for 20 years of age.
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posted on
09/09/2009 6:59:36 PM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: Saije
She is kind of chunky for modeling, but then isn’t “plus size” a euphemism for flabby?. Bah, I never understood the importance of models anyway. Mannequins are cheaper and hold the clothes just as well.
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posted on
09/09/2009 6:59:52 PM PDT
by
Trod Upon
(Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
To: b4its2late
just gross
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posted on
09/09/2009 7:00:53 PM PDT
by
Radix
(Obama represents CHAINS for posterity.)
To: BBell
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posted on
09/09/2009 7:01:14 PM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: Saije
she’s gotta heck of a “pooch” there...
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posted on
09/09/2009 7:01:55 PM PDT
by
wetgundog
(" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
To: Question Liberal Authority
1 stone = 14 pounds
12.5 Stone = 175 lbs
Also commonly referred out as 12 Stone 7
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posted on
09/09/2009 7:01:56 PM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
To: Question Liberal Authority
What the hell is 12.5 stone? Why cant these British papers speak English?175lbs
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posted on
09/09/2009 7:02:32 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The best aid we could ever give Africa would be thousands of rifles to throw out their own dictators)
To: Radix
Yes it is.... she’s a liberal
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posted on
09/09/2009 7:03:16 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: Saije
To: Question Liberal Authority
Google is your friend. 175 lbs.
To: b4its2late
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posted on
09/09/2009 7:05:05 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: b4its2late
I’m sorry, but that is just too sick! How disgusting!
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