Businesses cash in as women chase bigger butts

The Associated Press ^ | Nov. 11, 2014 | Joseph Pisani

[Bettyprob]

NEW YORK (AP) — Gym classes that promise a plump posterior are in high demand. A surgery that pumps fat into the buttocks is gaining popularity. And padded panties that give the appearance of a rounder rump are selling out.

The U.S. booty business is getting a big bump. Companies are cashing in on growing demand from women seeking the more curvaceous figures of their favorite stars, who flaunt their fuller rear ends.

Nicki Minaj, for instance, raps about her "big fat" butt in "Anaconda." Reality star Kim Kardashian posts photos of hers on Instagram. And in the music video for "Booty," Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea, wearing leotards, spend four minutes rubbing their curvy bottoms together. At one point, they slap each other on the booty.

As a result of the pop culture moment the butt is having, sales for Booty Pop, which hawks $22 foam padded panties on its website, are up 47 percent in the last six months from the same period a year earlier. The company, which declined to give sales figures, has sold out of certain styles and colors this year, including its Pink Cotton Candy Boy Shorts.

[PGR88]

Oddly, no woman are chasing my fat butt.

[ansel12]

You mean modern American women are going to become fatter looking? How is that possible?

[PROCON]

[Vendome]

Nicki Minaj has a ridiculously Yuge ass.

I’ve met JLo a couple times. I can’t figure out how they make her booty so big in photos.

In real life, she’s a tiny lil thing and very attractive.

[Alberta's Child]

"I hope this trend lasts until 2016!"

[Paine in the Neck]

[nascarnation]

Maybe there’s a Schrader valve on her @ss and they adjust the air pressure?

[mmichaels1970]

Celebrity aerobics instructor.

[Bettyprob]

I can't believe the Associated Press wrote an article of over 1,100 words on this subject.

[Textide]

So, “Does this make my butt look big?” can now be answered both ways without getting slapped? Win-win for men.

[Bratch]

[Paine in the Neck]

[Proud2BeRight]

This is satire?

[reg45]

That one, I like.

[Paine in the Neck]

[blackdog]

As my daughters call them,...........

B.A.W.G.'s, or Boney Assed White Girls.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Remember the Widettes from SNL back in 1978?

[faithhopecharity]

More tricky mass media political propaganda to desensitize the American electorate Into supporting Hillary in 2016.

[caver]

Geez, all I need to do is go to the WalMart and I see all the big butts I can stand.