First the Lane Bryant ad was to racy for American Idol now plus size model Whitney Thompson Cycle 10 winner of ANTM who has launched a plus size dating website, TheBigAndTheBeautiful.com has had her ad rejected from the list of Super Bowl commercials. Welcome to The Big And The Beautiful, the online dating site where [...]
“Obese” is Now A Dirty Word?
January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
According to studies done in Philadelphia and Atlanta obesity is a major problem and now the term obese and its derivatives are considered offensive. When I read things like this I get so tired. In the plus size community we have dealt with abuse so long that when the next blow comes its hard to [...]
What Size USED To Mean
January 13, 2012 By 2 Comments
There USED to be a time that it was a good thing for a woman to have hips and curves. This was driven home by advertising that actually encouraged ladies who were smaller to put on a few pounds in order to not be considered skinny. With today’s obsession with size in particular smaller sizes its no wonder [...]
Why Is A Size 6 Model Considered Plus Size Today?
January 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
Why Is A Size 6 Model Considered Plus Size Today? In a world that considers a size 4-6 plus size its no wonder that women in the 21st century have a distorted view of thier bodies. To shed more light on this issue Plus Model Magazine editor Maddy Jones was part of a segment featured on World News Tonight. During the segment the reporter talked with Supermodel Beverly Johnson who was a size 4 at the height of her career and would be considered plus size today.
10 Plus Size Fashion Do’s
November 29, 2011 By
Plus size fashion Do’s is part two of the post that started with 10 Plus Size Fashion Don’ts. Why start with don’t then switch to do? The logic is like this. In the world of plus size fashion the critics exists for one reason and that is to try to destroy that which they are afraid of. So to combat the fashion evil created by size discrimination groups we have to list the things you should not worry about so you can concentrate on what you should be doing.
