I read someone's comment about naturally stick thin girls never knowing the problems of naturally overweight girls. That is completely erroneous. My daughter is 5'10" and wears a (baggy) size 0. She eats like a normal teenager but can't gain weight. She comes home from school crying because of the comments people make about her. Our society is much more accepting of fat girls. Fat is en vogue these days. We have a much bigger epidemic of obesity than we do anorexia, and I'd like to see people become as outraged over fat as they do over slenderness.

The modeling industry is SUPER COMPETITIVE it is also very judgmental. In the modeling and fashion world she is classified as "Plus-Size" but in the "real" world she is skinny. The average size for a woman is 13 but its different in the modeling world.

If this girl is plus-size, then my size 10 body must be obese! I've lost some respect for Tyra Banks who made such a big deal on her talk show about "loving your body" and telling people to kiss her "big fat ass." She should practice what she preaches and not change her tune depending on what audience is watching which one of her shows. She should be especially careful what she says on Top Model, which many young women watch. And people wonder why there is an epidmeic of eating disorders among young Amreican women...

According to every store in the mall, plus size starts at size 14. On the fattest day of this girls life she might have been a size 6. There is no way she is plus size. The whole industry needs to change and models need to be healthy sized...whatever that means. Besides, I don't think anything looks good on those skin and bones models.

They had a hard time with her because they admitted she is normal sized. But there isn't a place for that in the fashion world. She's not model sized (not a bad thing, but she's not) and she's not plus sized. But they liked her and didn't know what to do with her. They were even like "Who's to say we can't have a normal sized girl?" It's just the nature of the industry that is the issue.

She looks healthy, which is a lot more than I can say for alot of people on that show.

what surprises me is the fact that many movie stars are larger than her or her size, and they are never called "plus sized." look at Beyonce, JLo, Jessica Simpson,Scarlett Johannson and Jessica Biel- all of these woman have curves and aren't called fat because they aren't- they are beautiful. So if those woman are curvy and clearly not "plus sized," then maybe more models need to jump on the "plus size boat," because that model isn't fat or plus sized, but in comparison to the runway models, she is. what happened to Tyra and other supermodels claiming that they wanted to help eatting disordered women? by having a gorgeous model like her called "plus sized," that just fosters damaging behaviors in females. no one wants to be called plus sized. they should be calling her healthy size. i hope she wins!

11:04 AM Anonymous Says:

Nobody said fat was attractive- and you can be thin with curves. But to be 5'6" and 110lbs is gross- So you think that men would rather look at stick thin women than someone with curves. FYI- CURVES does not always equal fat! There is a huge gray area, I am talking about the women who can shop in the little girls department of a store!

I think this girl looks great! I am between a size 8 and 10 at 5'6". My husband loves the fact that I am not a walking stick. What man wants to look at and be with a woman that has the same figure as a 9yr old little girl. Women have or should have curves, it's what makes us beautiful. I could stand to loose a few pounds, the anorexic death look is just not cool!

This is the problem with society today...

8:10 AM Jen1 Says:

Well You're a pleasant little thing aren't ya?

Could anyone really be surprised that a woman who appears to be not larger than a size 6 is considered plus size in the modeling world?

My sister had a coupon for a free pair of panties at Victoria's Secret. She went in the store and walked out with nothing, but her medically diagnosed UNDERWEIGHT 10 year old daughter found a pair of panties that fit her. They were a size small. That's not even the smallest size they carry, but they were out in that style. This is VS which sells to adults carrying underwear that fits a 10 year old girl.

Then there is the story out of Australia of that 12 year old girl, Maddison Gabriel, who won a runway contest modeling adult clothes.

I am back b-tches. People are calling me out, well here I am. I am not a POSER or a TROLL, so WTF are you people saying I would pretend I am that loser Jen1, or that S-ut Wicked, or that Moron MCET? Get a Life!!!!!

This girl has a great figure. However, in the fashion world, she would be asked to lose weight and she will not be able to work most runways, which still favor the thin girls who are built like 12 year old boys. I could see her mainly being able to work in lingerie and swimsuit modeling--where curves are usually more valued. She might be able to do some beauty ads, but she will lose a lot of work in many fashion venues. It is all in where she decides to work. I think it is very unfortunate that she would be snubbed many places, because she looks great to me.

I don't think she is "Plus" size but I think she is the normal girl on the street size. And I think that is Great! Fashion should be shown on the "normal size" because that is who buys the clothes. Let the younger girls know it is ok to have some meat on thier bones.