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In the discussion thread: A RANT: Can folks stop calling these women 'Plus-size models'!!!! [View all]

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Fri Sep 21, 2012, 12:23 PM

Iggo (22,295 posts)

2. I don't. They (the industry) do.

I call them actual size. (And yes, I guess that's also a little insulting to the undersized models.)

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42 replies	Author	Time	Post
A RANT: Can folks stop calling these women 'Plus-size models'!!!! [View all]	LynneSin	Sep 2012	OP
I'm thinking that the "waif" look is more about looking perpetually youthful, than it is about	Baitball Blogger	Sep 2012	#1
I don't. They (the industry) do.	Iggo	Sep 2012	#2
I think it would be best if they just dropped all prefixes	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#3
Yeah, just say 'model'.	HappyMe	Sep 2012	#4
Thanks, because I am one of those super thin	crunch60	Sep 2012	#26
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#5
Really??	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#8
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#10
Well it is offensive	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#11
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#17
I can't even believe I'm having his conversation with anyone at DU	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#19
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#23
Plus-size Model v. Plus-size Woman	antiquie	Sep 2012	#13
that's the problem	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#15
We try to emphasize healthy size.	antiquie	Sep 2012	#18
Even if you are 5'10 and size 4 I wouldn't assume you had an eating disorder	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#20
This country's crazy.... models get smaller, meals get bigger ....	Scuba	Sep 2012	#6
Size 12 is "plus size"?	The Velveteen Ocelot	Sep 2012	#7
When I was a healthy weight I was between size 14-16	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#9
I don't even know what size I am.	Neoma	Sep 2012	#12
so just accept that plus size is normal...help society remove the "stigma"...	yawnmaster	Sep 2012	#14
Why can't we just call normal size normal?	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#16
You can. I can. Many can...	yawnmaster	Sep 2012	#27
Why can't we call normal...	AnneD	Sep 2012	#37
We even had DUers complain that Jennifer Lawrence (sz 2!) was "too fat" for Hunger Games!	riderinthestorm	Sep 2012	#21
Are you kidding me?	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#22
I have heard from sales	HappyMe	Sep 2012	#25
Nope, no kidding. She's the exact same weight and height as my older girl	riderinthestorm	Sep 2012	#29
I'm going to get shit about this but...	bamacrat	Sep 2012	#24
But as I said in my original rant I realize some people are naturally size 0-4	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#28
I agree with you that it's ridiculous to say a size 6 or 8	NewJeffCT	Sep 2012	#36
I think there should be plus-sized models, but they should, well ... be at least a little chubby.	dawg	Sep 2012	#30
Here are my suspicions...	pipi_k	Sep 2012	#31
Size 12 is not a plus size.	Lady Freedom Returns	Sep 2012	#32
In modeling it is	jmowreader	Sep 2012	#33
No i actually am plus size	LynneSin	Sep 2012	#42
Back in the early 90's, I discovered a "real person" modeling agency	HeiressofBickworth	Sep 2012	#34
I want those boots.	RiffRandell	Sep 2012	#35
A NYC friend of mine was dating a successful so called Plus Sized model.....	Burma Jones	Sep 2012	#38
Even worse in pattens - Vogue size 12 is different than Simplicity size 12 -	haele	Sep 2012	#39
agreed..	Blue_Tires	Sep 2012	#40
"Plus Size" in this case refers to her height	Taverner	Sep 2012	#41

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