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Comment on The stunning size 12 model branded ‘too fat’ for TV competition by karen

karen — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:59:47 +0000

p.s. if anyone wants to talk, my hotmail is polomcsnow@hotmail.com.

Comment on The stunning size 12 model branded ‘too fat’ for TV competition by karen

karen — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:58:52 +0000

hey guys. i feel really saddened reading these comments - why are you guys fighting each other? you all disagree - when in the history of the earth have all people agreed on anything? youre opinions on weight are as differnet as your weights themselves. for the record i’ll say their are bits i agree with and bits i dont but you know what? its pointless to sit here argueing when theres life to be lived. i see that this person raya has annoyed a lot of people, but to be honest, arguing with her wont change her opinion. she is a person who has every right to have an opinion, as well as kate and nikki belinda and everyone else. she thinks slim people are beautiful, larger people arent. the person ‘watever’ believes this is ridiculous, that emaciated people dont have a place on the catwalks and that real women have curves. you guys, does it matter what we say to eachother??? i personally have felt uncomfortable in my own skin. i have been slightly overweight and then dependant on my eating disorder and having eventually turned to eating healthily and taking care of my body, i have to say that you are both right and yet both incredibly wrong. healthy comes in all shapes and sizes - seriously, thats not just said to make us all stop starving ourselves to find a ‘perfect’ weight, its actually true. i have a friend who is naturally a (UK)size 14, and she is so healthy and fit - she can do that russian dance thing, you know when you squat down and jump up reli fast for ages cause shes got amazing muscles and she is happy with her weight. clothes look amazing on her. i also have a friend who is a UK size six, a US size 2 and shes perfectly healthy. shes petite, gorgoeus and has never had annorexia or helth problems because of her weight - neither have. they both recieve tonnes of compliments but there are also those who think shes too fat or shes too skinny. you cant please everyone.everyones different and thats the way it should be. real women come with curves - and real women come without curves. if we were all slim there wudnt be this problem and if we were all curvy we wudnt either. all you guys are beautiful to a lot of people, i bet my life on that. im nineteen years old, 5″6, 9stone exactly and a size 10. im big to some and tiny to others. but to my friends and family i am perfect whatever size i am. we’re all free to think whatever we want about peoplw who are bigger or smaller than us but whats the point? the media have their own ‘perfect size’ but we all cant be the size they choose because it wud be unhealthy for a lot of us. there are people who are endangering their health by eating too little or too much and both are bad because you’re destrying the body you were given. we shouldnt be constantly comparing ourselves to others. we should be sitting thinking (if it is the case) that i have legs and no matter what shape they enable me to walk and explore, or i have a mind which enables me to live, to think and to feel emotion. so is there any point in saying ‘youre smaller than a size 8 - you must be sick’ or ‘people bigger than a size 12 are fat and ugly’? we should respect food as the thing that keeps us alive and not abuse it. make the new ideal to make the most of your body by taking care of it, not undernoursihing it or overindulging. the reason were at eachothers throats is because the medias been this way for so long that wev been brainwashed. curvy girls criticising slim girls for not looking like ‘real women’ is as stupid as people above size 8 being labelled fat. i beleieve that the reason slim people are used as models is because of the cost of material and because curvy women are curvy in various places and difficult to tailor for wheras with slim people ther is a more straightforward sillhouette. but i think that any designer worth his slat should be able to tailor for larger ladies as well. i dont sit here to patronize, im sorry if it sounds like that. i just know the pain associated with eating disorders as ive had bulimia since i was 11 and have now recovered and realised how simple it really is. our bodies are instruments for us to live in on earth. while we are debating who is prettier, sexier, healthier or better, we are forgetting to live our lives and we cant get that time back. please dont forget that the two models jen and marianne are people with lives and both deserve to be happy, be loved and to feel free to live whatever life they chose whatever their size. i really didnt want to say do whatever you want and think whatever you want but i respect that you guys will and you should, but please just think about this. we are all the same underneath the skin, the fat, the clothes - and we all deserve to live life. so whatever you guys decide to do, whether its to eat what you want or chose to see some people in a different light because they weigh less/more than somebody else, please remember that no one can let you feel bad about yourself unless you let them. dont let this obsession with weight stop you creating a life you want cause we only get one go at this and no ones getting out alive. heck no ones even getting out with their body. and please know that i truly feel this way, im not saying this just to make people feel better or worse, this is the truth and realising it has set me free. and i know that in the future whether i stay this newfound healthy size, if i go up to a size 16 or shrink to a size 6, i will think what i think right now. take care guys

Comment on Tips for anorexics by jen

jen — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:25:57 +0000

all of you bashing this website, do you really think that your comments are going to affect how people have felt about their self-image for years?

.. stop posting its annoying and pointless.

Comment on Marianne Berglund from ‘Make me a super model’ TV show by Gabby

Gabby — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:26:52 +0000

She looks bloody FANTASTIC. It’s sad for the normal person to realize that you have to be THAT thin to look great in fashion photos, but that’s how it is. Reality shows are a petri dish, so I’m not so huffed about Jen getting more sympathy votes than her. Point is, when you LOOK at Marianne, you KNOW she’s a real model.

Comment on The stunning size 12 model branded ‘too fat’ for TV competition by Gabby

Gabby — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:16:07 +0000

Marianne is just naturally thin! You can tell from her bone structure that her frame is really long and compact. In all the footage of group meals, we all see her eating normally like everyone else (except perhaps for Jen who actually GAINED weight in the house).

My problem with Jen is that she said something about her goal being to change the way the public looks at beauty and modeling. In order to change the standard or “break the mold,” one must be spectacularly exceptional (”exception,” as in exception to the rule, being the operative word here). Jen is pretty enough and wears clothes quite well, but I’m sorry, she simply isn’t spectacularly exceptional enough to change the standard. She joined a show about supermodels, not plus-size or average working models, so it was only right for the judges and other industry experts (and the public!!!) to expect her to supermodel-sized.

Marianne may not have been the nicest person in the house (and because of the language barrier, it’s difficult to guess what she might have actually said had she had all the right linguistic tools), but Jen’s incessant kissing up and manipulative on-camera antics (she bloody LIED about having an illness that the doctor couldn’t find!!!) irritated me so much that I switched channels every time she started in on one of her spiels. I’m so bloody happy she didn’t win (yes, Albert and Luke sooo deserved to be in that final, and I’m sure Marianne was signed right after she was released from the show anyway).

I think that Jen and Waz would do much better as TV presenters. Perhaps they should host a show together and let the sparks fly!

Comment on The stunning size 12 model branded ‘too fat’ for TV competition by Vic

Vic — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:29:32 +0000

Models are not role models for god’s sake!
what do models do to be called a “role model”? they have to be born pretty, walk good and take pictures!! come on! most of them can’t spell their own names, a role model for me is someone who works hard, study and has people to love, not just a girl with good genes.
Please girls burn all your magazines and read a book.
Greetings from Argentina!

Comment on The stunning size 12 model branded ‘too fat’ for TV competition by kris

kris — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:28:36 +0000

oh, also i wanted to say that for all i know marrianne is eating healthily and exercising and in order to optimize her health she just needs to put on a little weight. there are actually some women with this body type. also i know that there are many women who eat healthy and work out and have bodies similar to jen’s, especially women who have given birth multiple times. It would still be ideal for them to try and figure out a way to shed some of that dangerous fat but not at the expense of their healthy diet.

The point is- when talking about these things we need to be careful not to categorize every skinny woman as a horrible person with eating disorders and every obese woman as a lazy pig. that is soooooo hurtful to the women who are naturally that way despite or as a result of a good diet and exercise.

Comment on The stunning size 12 model branded ‘too fat’ for TV competition by kris

kris — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:14:59 +0000

let’s be careful not to let the pendulum swing too far the other way! I know there is a major problem in media’s portrayal of women and it needs to be addressed but this might not be the best example. BOTH OF THESE WOMEN ARE AT AN UNHEALTHY WEIGHT. And both face real medical repercussions because of it. Jen does not eat healthy and does not exercise very much. How is that being a good role model. The article doesn’t talk much about Marianne’s habits but I don’t think she does any kind of aerobic exercise because if she did she would probably have a little more muscle on her thighs. And if she’s not working out then i can’t imagine that she’s eating much. I feel like i can relate to Jen in that I have had a history of bad diet mixed with sedentary lifestyle. I was unhealthily overweight (obese by medical terms. about the same as jen, maybe a little slimmer). In my case I wanted to lose weight to look good. But i couldn’t do it. My motivation was too tied to the super skinny image so universally idealized until recently. and depression slips in when your not fitting your ideal image. I couldn’t stay on an exercise program and healthy diet when my motivation was good looks. It wasn’t until I found my motivation in the health of my body(mainly, having a strong healthy heart and also secondarily a well aligned musculoskelatal structure)that i was able to stick to longterm healthy eating and healthy lifestyle. I’m happy, i have more energy, i feel way more agile than before, and as a happy side effect my body is looking pretty good these days. healthy. I like the comment above that referenced eva mendez as a better heroine. I think we need to remember that just as serious as the “skinny” problem is the “obese” problem and we don’t want to swing from this platform right over to that platform.

Comment on The stunning size 12 model branded ‘too fat’ for TV competition by Someone

Someone — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:29:58 +0000

hey,ive read alittle bit of your swearing to ehac other and my opion is that everybody should do what they,want and really anorexic people doesnt look beautifull ,better to be normal that anorexic sad and depressed,but these designers want to hang over their fashion pffffff fuck them all ,all these magazines show children and people have to be ……everybody should live how they mean and anorexic people should die .,its their own faults …..

Comment on Tips for anorexics by Suzie

Suzie — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:49:25 +0000

thanks for the tips , I didnt eat for like 5 day i drank water and then my body like freaked out so i ate ALOT i felt so bad about myself so this site has helped me get back there and keep going. it was sort of bad i gained like 5 lbs god i hate food