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In reply to the discussion: A RANT: Can folks stop calling these women 'Plus-size models'!!!! [View all]HappyMe
(20,277 posts)4. Yeah, just say 'model'.
No need for any size adjective.
Personally, 'stick' and 'skeleton' is getting really fucking old.
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I'm thinking that the "waif" look is more about looking perpetually youthful, than it is about
Baitball Blogger
Sep 2012
#1
so just accept that plus size is normal...help society remove the "stigma"...
yawnmaster
Sep 2012
#14
We even had DUers complain that Jennifer Lawrence (sz 2!) was "too fat" for Hunger Games!
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
#21
Nope, no kidding. She's the exact same weight and height as my older girl
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
#29
But as I said in my original rant I realize some people are naturally size 0-4
LynneSin
Sep 2012
#28
I think there should be plus-sized models, but they should, well ... be at least a little chubby.
dawg
Sep 2012
#30
Back in the early 90's, I discovered a "real person" modeling agency
HeiressofBickworth
Sep 2012
#34
A NYC friend of mine was dating a successful so called Plus Sized model.....
Burma Jones
Sep 2012
#38