July 1, 2008
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Backfat
Stewie
and I are putting together a xanga gathering in Houston. It will be on July 10th
at 7:30. If you would like to attend, message me or Stewie.Here we go:
There has been some outrage about super skinny models in the fashion industry.
But Victoria’s Secret model Karolina Kurkova has been ripped by the media for appearing in a bathing suit with “backfat” showing. Here is the link: Link I received this link from Saintvi
On the one hand, you hate to see this super skinny models who starve themselves. But these women are in an industry for the appeal of their bodies in certain clothes.
Do you think it is inappropriate to judge a Victoria’s Secret model by the look of her body?
Comments (133)
I’m here in the library, and with all these pics of naked bodies you have had lately, I really can’t be on your site in public! I really like how you nail down the craziness in our society and world, but I could do with less naked. And I know this is a tame picture, but still, I’m in the library…..so adeiu….
Silly media, I think they’re confusing “backfat” with ribs again…
Of course not. That’s their job. To look good.
That being said. She’s gorgeous.
!!!!!!!
and yet you can still see her ribs…
i find it inappropriate to judge anybody based on the look of their body actually..
Eh.
Is it appropriate to judge a model by her body? Of course, by what other standards would you judge a model? Their profession is based on their physical appearance! Of course, you’re not judging the model’s merits as a complete person, just her merits in the field of modeling.
Hmm, well I hate seeing anorexic models as much as the next guy, but I think they should at least look healthy and backfat-less. =) Or if they are going to let themselves go a bit, don’t do swimsuits.
i think professional supermodels should be committed to being as thin as possible. me? i’m not a professional supermodel, so no, me and you don’t need to look that way. however, kurkova is a modeling icon, and victoria’s secret needs to lock her in a gym till she loses the rolls!
luxegirl
@decembriel - very true :O
but then again why does it matter if she has backfat or not? women with backfat buy swimming suits too.
People do it all the time!!!
Their models so they are going to be judged by their looks. No matter how skinny, fat, pretty, or ugly they are.
This one actually happens to look good, but not good enough to the people in the media….go figure.
This is a real reach today, huh?
She looks normal
and she still has a hot face
I think that they are in an incredibley creul buisness… and that the media takes advantage of that… I bet that that was ONE shot… that she didn’t look that way the whole time… although the bottoms do look like they are slipping away to no mans land…
Poor girl.
Er.
Well, I suppose one should be fit in order to stay employed in a body-oriented career. However, we do go a bit far. I mean, it still sounds like there are plenty of people here who would do her, though carved out of wood her ass is not, so isn’t she good enough for advertising purposes? Isn’t that the real standard?
My real critique here would be that clothing designers are mostly out of touch with how clothes best fit a body.
When someone signs on to be a lingerie model, I think she pretty much gives people free reign to criticize her for her body.
well, models’ jobs are to look good so i don’t think it’s inappropriate. however, she should be allowed to have back fat – she is human, after all. and still hot with it!
It’s an industry in which your body is your job. You’re paid to look good–”good” is subjective, but those women are all aware of what they’re expected to do and look like. They’re displaying their bodies to be judged.
if she were standing up completely straight, i’d bet it’d be gone. its just because she’s twirking a bit that it shows up, i think. but still, she’s hot, totally model-esque, and the critics should hush.
These are women created in the image and likeness of God; this isn’t a meat market!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If only those judges knew what beauty really was. Then this wouldn’t be an issue. The whole thing makes me sad.
no, i think they should be judged pretty much solely on it; the best way to show off an outfit or product is by a beautiful body, we just need to realize a beautiful body is a healthy body, not a starved body.
of courthe not! that model ith tho fat!
Maybe it’s just the way she’s turned. It doesn’t look like fat to me, and she does not have it on the other side – so it’s probably not fat.
Kathi
Gee I don’t know. They are paid to look good. But the gal is already thin and pretty. It would be pretty harsh to demand she lose anymore weight. Bah. I hate the modeling industry. >_>
In my honest opinion, without judging against her so called backfat, I don’t think that bathing suit looks all that great on her =
She looks beautiful,even with the little skin roll.
HERE is some real fatback.
are there any healthy models in the world? she looks healthy to me!
i guess if you’re a model, you kind of have to expect that people are going to criticize the hell out of you no matter what. i think it’s part of the unfortunate job description.
karolina is still hotter than 99% of the female population even with back fat… but sure the media is allowed to blast her… like people have mentioned above, its her JOB to look hot and sell the product. if her back fat detracts from the product, in this case the swim suit, which isn’t all that pretty in my opinion, then she’s not doing her job…
I dont know that I even consider that backfat? It just looks like she is was caught mid-strut and the skin just crinkled up. You know how supermodels walk like they broke their backs.
Now I seriously can’t talk with my prego fat ass right now BUT…what I find inappropriate is how she looks in the bikini. LOL…Oh yeah…I said it. The backfat is the least of her problems. LOL…
Ok ok I will stop being mean to the model now. I am just jealous because my ass ate mine.
i would hardly call what this woman has “backfat”. she’s thin, not as thin as most models, and she’s beautiful.
Her job is modeling. But she is a human being with real feelings, real thoughts, and real pain. This must have been very hurtful for her. She is beautiful and not fat at all.
That’s not back fat, that’s a little skin from how much weight she’s lost over the years… Angelina Jolie is a skinny mini in Wanted and she still has that loose skin…
I wonder how her critics would look in that bathing suit…wait – I don’t want to think about what her critics would look like.
Ewwwwwwwww
what’s so theological about that?
Ok this just makes me mad because I am not fat, but I have backfat(just one crease not many like she has) because of my short body-type. If people are harping on MODELS what do they say about everyday people!?
That woman is not fat at ALL!!
“Do you think it is inappropriate to judge a Victoria’s Secret model by the look of her body?”
No, not when considering her professional qualifications. However, if you met her personally and were deciding whether to befriend her, or hire her for a job that does not require a good body, then yes.
Honestly, I think she just needs to tone what she has. She has an awesome hip curve there, but the butt needs some work.
Regardless, I think most VS models are skanky and ugly. Bring back models like Tyra (who I don’t like personally, but had a KILLER body), or bring in models like Halle (who, I think everyone agrees, looks damn smoking hot in a bikini).
That doesn’t even LOOK like fat…it looks like loose skin caused by loosing a lot of weight/fat very quickly, and the body not being able to keep up.
Also, that looks VERY photoshopped.
That is not backfat! It’s not even ‘loose skin’ from losing weight too quickly. It is the way she is standing. Geez!
she is gorgeous. i can now see my gf in that swimsuit. others were too skinny to compare.
I think this is a good example of 2 things. The first is people not taking responsibility for what they put out into the media. The second is that consumers say one thing but do another.
In today’s society, you would think that Victoria’s Secret, would be given high notes for allowing a ‘slightly heavy’ (if you can even call her that O.O) model walk the runway at one of their always big and highly anticipated shows. Instead the model and brand are being slammed, criticized and laughed at. Reporters and critics need to take responsibility for what they are writing and the message they are sending. I realize that this kind of stuff sells, so naturally they would write about it, which brings me to my next point.
I don’t remember the designer who said this (and when I remember 20 minutes from now, I’m going to kick myself) ‘I will put heavier and ‘normal’ girls on my runway when I see that it sells my clothes’. It’s like the health food trend a lot of us claim we care greatly about. Companies are bending over backwards coming up with new healthy foods, and reformulating recipes to offer healthier versions of their classics. Interestingly enough, consumers more often choose the non healthy foods and non healthy versions of the foods that they love. I understand that it’s more about the ‘choice’ and having these healthy alternatives but we use our full power as the consumers and say ‘this is what I want!’ but when we are given it, we go ‘ug no thanks’.
We wanted ‘normal’ girls to start walking the runways. We often blame the fashion industry for influencing weight and body image issues. No more bull shit. We need to suck it up. If you say it, support it. She’s NOT fat.
Her ass is saggy as well but it doesn’t mean I think she’s a terrible person.
Look, I’m not judging her merits as a person by saying she doesn’t have an attractive body. I’m judging her merits as a model through my own perceptions of beauty. It has nothing to do with judging her as a person.
And I don’t think she has an attractive body because she is too skinny for my tastes. Criticizing her for that “backfat” (which it can scarcely be called fat) is absurd. She has hardly any meat on her at all, not even a chest. She looks like every other super-thin model. And it’s saddening that a girl who is very thin is told by the media she is fat. What if she were show up dead in a few days from an eating disorder she’s been hiding for a few years?
@luxegirl - Is
“as thin as possible” really the look that you think showcases clothes
the best? Personally, I find it’s a bit detracting when you’re staring
at a woman’s protruding hip bones and rib cage instead of the suit.
See above for my suggestions on thin – but not anorexic – models, and
tell me they need to lose weight.
@DarkLordPenguin - “My real critique here would be that clothing designers are mostly out of touch with how clothes best fit a body.” THANK YOU!
@XfantomcatX - The
problem is that it’s their job to keep the focus on the clothes – to
showcase designs in a maximally beautiful way. If one criticizes
models, that doesn’t mean they’d criticize you, because you’re not
getting paid to wear a skimpy swimsuit. Even when you’re in swimsuits
at the beach, I bet you look fine. But I think there are definitely
different standards for “attractive” and “acceptable” when you’re
talking about getting paid to showcase your body.
@JJ_Ames - This critic’s body looks like this. She believes that regardless of what someone looks like, one can still have valid opinions about others, particularly if those others are being paid to flaunt their body.
@seedsower - Oh, God, WHY?!?
@la_faerie_joyeuse - Because I knew you would see it,why else?
It’s funny how “appearance” and “body image” is such a hot potato.
It’s one thing if you’re dealing with the body image of the average person in the street. For a model, looking good is their PROFESSION. If we say that we “shouldn’t” be allowed to judge their bodies… is that ANY different from asserting that we “shouldn’t” be allowed to criticize a bad manager for “managing badly,” or refuse to sign a record contract with a singer who can sing his way out of a paper bag?
I believe that’s called skin….not back fat…..
She has a crease in this pic too,it looks like a natural line in her back , certainly not fat.
ew. she needs to tone up if she wants to stay in that industry.
It’s not “backfat”. It’s loose folds of skin because there’s no fat or muscle to hold the skin in place.
And seriously, media? I mean, women have a hard enough time trying to look “perfect”. Why don’t we criticize already scary-skinny women for being fat and make everyone else feel terrible?
I think it is sad that having as much “fat” as she does has caused such commotion. On the other hand, considering that it is Victoria’s Secret, I understand their concern, since VS has always been known for their skinny, perfect models. I guess it’s all just perspective.
If she didn’t swing her hips so much, her back might not scrunch up like that. I think it’s logical to judge a model by her body, but I don’t think it’s right. Anyway, someone will always judge you for something – even if you don’t have back fat.
Well, in the real world people cover up when they aren’t in the shape for certain suits, but what I see more is the fact that one of her butt cheeks is hanging halfway out. Could she wear a size bigger bottoms maybe?
The media needs to learn the difference between “fat” and “skin”. If her posture was corrected a bit there would be no crease there. It’s the shoes, not “back fat”.
it’s inappropriate to judge ANYONE by the shape of their body. so what do humankind want? a skinny model is frowned upon, and a fat one (and THAT is not even fat, mind…) walking down the runway is being ripped by the freakin media. make up your mind already.
@tifflawl - That’s right. This may not be the best explanation, but from what I know about the modeling industry, the fashion model’s goal is to be as inconspicuous as possible so that viewer’s attention is focused solely on the outfit being displayed, not the model herself. So if you look at a model and notice, “Oh my gosh, back fat!”, it detracts your attention from the swimsuit being displayed. (So the model didn’t quite fulfill her purpose, technically.)
Of course, that’s not the real reason we judge models so harshly. Mainly, I think we’re jealous that the model is looks so much thinner than most of us could ever aspire to be. When we catch a “flaw” in her perfect figure, for once it feels good to point the finger at her.
those ‘rolls’ come from binge dieting-it’s not fat, it’s loose skin. the way she’s walking doesn’t help either…the ‘catwalk’ walk is absurdly exaggerated.
if there has to be fat, than I think back fat is ok as long as its proportional
@seedsower - But with xanga’s hover thing, I didn’t even CLICK on it and I STILL saw. Lack of consent! Lack of consent!
*weeps in the corner*
um…what back fat?
Maybe I need to put my glasses on. Even if she is a model I don’t envy her because I could not stand having someone tell me I need to lose weight everyday and watch what I eat. Besides I think she looks perfectly fine. The standards of what is beautiful in this country need to be re-written.
oh and I watched the video and the music is hilariously ironic
..”how can you feed the kids in the ghetto?” easy. Steal from the million dollar industry Victoria Secret.
a lot of those girls look unhappy because they need a SANDWICH! Maybe even TWO sandwiches!!
@la_faerie_joyeuse - I disabled that I hate it!
@seedsower - Woah, we can do that?!? How? *excited*
I see nothing wrong with judging a model on their looks but she does not look bad, in fact she looks a hell of a lot better than those models who are nothing but skeletons draped in skin.
Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.
@la_faerie_joyeuse - Now that mine is disabled it is hard to remember exactly how but on the hover square that comes up there is a disable option ,you gotta be quick to get on it.
Hopefully disabling the hover thingy will have been worth seeing the photo.The Hover thingy is worse…right?
@GermanWrench - Exactly. If I tilt to one side I have what they would call “back fat” and I’m 105lbs.
@seedsower - Omg thanks for telling me you can disable that thing. @_@ It is SOOOO annoying.
No, it’s their job. If they have back fat, I guess they need to deal with it.
Lol, I think it’s funny.
and this is why people suffer with eating disorders…b/c a woman with a body many people struggle to acheive and never do, is being called fat. great. honestly you don’t know the things i’d do for that body…
Mm… she’s probably 100x better looking than most of the people who will be wearing it. :p People will always find faults in others, no matter what is found “acceptable” or not. And the swimsuit’s cute.
@DrugInducedDuck - Uh, isn’t that “fatback?” U know, what goes with bacon grease…
she’s pleasantly curvy. i mean, i’m a girl and i’m straight so i’m
not a good judge, but having an older brother, i have some idea of what
guys like. and guys generally don’t like skin and bones.
that said, i think she could stand to tone up a bit, but because the way they walk is so awkward, it’s hard to tell if she looks that way from lack of tone or from the contorted way she’s moving (meaning it’s just skin).
we’re
not judging her personality. we’re judging her body. i mean, she’s a model, a vehicle for clothing. for all i know
she could be a sweetheart or a total bitch. it’s not like you could
tell just by looking at her.
she looked okay to me…
…until she turned her back
bwuhahahahaha.
seriously though — to answer your question – my answer is ”YES” i do think it’s inappropriate to judge a model by the look of her body.
unfortunately, that’s never stopped the masses.
well they’re models for a reason… nobody wants to see back fat
I do NOT think it is backfat. I think it is skin from pushing her ribs out and her butt back. She just has skin like a wringly dog.
Kudos to Victorias Secret for beginning to go beyond the stick thin model.
@DrugInducedDuck - yeah and like… I’d like to see any of them swing their hips like that–when you twist your body, your skin rumples! It’s part of being human!!!!! It’s not fat!
Ah she is still super skinny
Yeah and I think it is inappropriate to judge her. She looks fine.
@seedsower - No. No, it’s not.
But thanks very much. It’s gone now!
I think it’s just the awkward angle she’s thrusting her body into…look at her in the first picture….I mean, seriously…that’s not natural, and it’s causing the skin to bunch up right there…it’s not fat, geez.
Oh brother…why should we even CARE what celebrities and models look like?
I know a lot of people that would still love to do naughty things to her, back-fat or no!
No, anyone who work in that field expected these types of things to happen. They are too fat, thin, ugly, old, sexy,…etc. Victory Secret’s models are there for to look at their body.
vs is one of the few that has real body models. this woman looks great. no one should be judged on their looks, but we all do it, hard as we try not to. i did it the other day while we were enjoying a beautiful day at the beach. we all judge even in silence.
I don’t think she really has back fat. Shes just bending funny.
That being said, I think it is appropriate to judge models on their appearance, it would be like judging engineers on their math skills.
I do think its wrong to judge models on one unflattering photo from a bad angle.
They don’t know what they are talking about. She’s beautiful.
what we interpret as fat in these photos is probably only various parts of the body in mid-jiggle. the rest of her body is way too toned.
Isn’t that why she got into the business?
@mileyfan08 - Unfortunately, I suspect that’s part of the point. Bad design! Bad design!
@la_faerie_joyeuse - You’re quite welcome. I think “maximally beautiful way” is a bit generous, though. Otherwise, rolling on the floor.
@seedsower - Awesome. On all counts.
@foscaesque - And in the end, isn’t that what really qualifies a model….
la_faeire_joyeuse, your argument was petty but kind of cute- maybe if you understood the business, you’d know the difference between “as thin as possible” and “anorexic”. and yes, clothes are best showcased on extremely thin models. it’s a marketing tecnique- have you heard of it? if protruding hip bones and ribcages on models bothered women, then victoria’s secret wouldn’t have become so successful, would it? kurkova is beautiful, of course, but there are millions of girls lined up to be a victoria’s secret model, and they want the thinnest (not most anorexic), most fit girls available. so if this supermodel wants to keep her job, well… i guess you don’t understand. educate yourself before you judge.
luxegirl
It is obvious to me now that in order to be a model, you have to be dying.
@LandofMercy - Yeah. I was checking Dan’s site in class, and I had to click away as soon as possible. Sitting in the front row, my laptop screen is clearly visible by people in the row behind. I would hate for my peers to think that I’m sort of wierdo catching up on my soft-core porn in class.
@DarkLordPenguin - I said that’s their job, not that they’re good at it!
@luxegirl - I was just asking whether that’s your aesthetic ideal. Personally, I don’t shop at VS. I don’t make decisions on where to shop based on how the models look, but if I did, that alone would be enough to scare me away. Personally, I don’t shop there because they only make “standard” sizes, and only go up to a B cup in a 32 band. If stick-thin is considered “ideal” in the industry, then stick-thin will be sold to the gullible public, who will eat it up. But curves sold equally well to the public in the 40′s and 50′s. Women do not have to be one set body shape or size to attract other women to the clothes; in fact, if I see a model with a body type like mine, I’m a much happier customer, because first it tells me that the designer has REAL women in mind, and second, it shows me how the clothes will actually look on someone like me.
You’re right that I don’t know much about the way the industry works, at least compared to my knowledge base on other things (I do know slightly more than the average layman, however). This doesn’t mean that I can’t have my own opinions about what body shapes and sizes showcase clothes in the best manner, particularly if I have reasons for my opinions. Convention has never been important to me, and my opinions are based on some reasonable aesthetic sense, not just jealousy or personal feelings of inadequacy.
If you think that “as thin as possible” is aesthetically pleasing and the best way to sell clothes, then more power to you. That’s all I was asking, because I know most women do NOT agree with you. Of course, “most women” aren’t buying haute couture, either, which is why most mainstream clothing companies do better with more “real” models.
God forbid someone show a few inches of being human. Really.
Imperfection is pure, endearing, enticing sex. I’d say that falls right in line with Victoria’s Secret.
I don’t think it’s right for people to judge her just because the girl has some meat on her bones! But maybe it’s just these pictures but she does look a little to thick for that swim suit. But she is still cute.
~Alexx
uhh
maybe they should just design the clothes differently.
@la_faerie_joyeuse - Point taken!
HER belly button is the stuff of nightmares though
…srsly
wtf?
@Ancient_Scribe -
Amen to that.
Not to mention, everyone wears underwear, not just women perceived as “thin” or “attractive.”
I echo your sad face.
Does anyone else get grossed out by the term “backfat”?
I don’t think that constitutes as “backfat” though. The pictures are catching her in motion whereas backfat is present when a person is standing upright and yet folds are seen. I think in this case, it’s simply a not-so-flattering picture of a pretty and fairly fit woman.
I think she looks great and I can’t see much fat.
Of course people judge models by their look, that’s part of their job.
its not like anyone’s looking at the bathing suit anyway
What a fatty – tell her no more celery or watermelon or food period. Just water. (feel the sarcasm)
It is so stupid that the media rips people to shreds for being a healthy weight. ~ L
Any who willingly goes around in front of a bunch of people for a photo shoot wearing the world’s skimpiest bikini top and a thong is opening themselves up to whatever comments they receive on their body.
Hmm. I would kill to look like that. Although her tan is gross and fake looking. Victoria’s Secret models are too dang skinny. I see them and I don’t think “Wow, what pretty underwear that I would like to buy” I think “Oh honey, you really need to go eat a whole pizza and wash it down with a milkshake”.
I think that model’s body looks a little peculiar, to be honest. Just peculiar all around.
Well, it’s fairly obvious that even the thinnest person will be leaking out of clothes that skimpy. The “minimal coverage” (quoting the catalog) does nothing flattering even for the fittest body types.
I believe I speak for the majority when I say
WHO FRAKKING CARES?!?
Ack, I would hardly call what that model has as back fat. It looks like skin to me.
What back fat? Seriously. All I see is skin, and if she loses any of that she won’t be able to lean forward any more!
I think all the outrage is just a publicity stunt.
Considering she’s supposed to be a human mannequin for underwear, I think she should be much tighter–she doesn’t look that in shape, either. She has a saggy bum. Get models who actually work out sometimes! Particularly bathing suit, so all that loose stuff will be nice and tone.
First of all, she is gorgeous. If any of us saw someone with that bod on the beach, we wouldn’t notice the “back-fat.” She doesn’t look too heavy, but she could hit the gym and do some sort of twisting excercise to tighten up the middle.
. . .I guess I did just judge her, huh? I think we generally have unrealistic body images in our culture, but like you said, she was hired and is getting paid a LOT of money for that body. She could afford a personal trainer for 30 minutes a day, you know? Is that harsh?
Yeah, it is. Not everyone fits into hitlers ideal of the perfect race, get over it. It goes to a persons body image as well, especially when you’re dealing with looks.
@TAYY_BAMF - I agree. It’s wrong all the way around to judge anyone by their looks!
this is so ridiculous. they’re bitched at for being too skinny, then as soon as they put some weight back on, they’re bitched at for being too fat. that girl is still skinny, and she still looks good in a bathing suit. the media should be happy that she actually looks like she weighs more than five pounds.
::gasp::
They used a real woman to model a swimsuit!? What were they thinking?
inappropriate? of course not. im not going to buy a dress because the person wearing it looks like she has a nice personality. its a business. its advertising. if youre going to prance about half naked, you should be making the swimsuit look as good as can be. and you are being paid for your face, for your body. so yes, a model’s profession is based solely on her appearance and what she can do for the clothes shes modelling. this being said, however, skinny is not necessarily attractive. anorexic definitely isnt, in my personal opinion. i think the word were looking for is..healthy. healthy and attractive. one can be plus size and still look healthy and beautiful. ribs and back-fat? its human, but thats not what youre being paid for. otherwise, your snaggle tooth next door neighbor could be on the cover of a magazine.
No, it’s just highly unrealistic to expect a woman with the “curves” that VS modeling requires to have no fat anywhere else on her body.
No, it isn’t inappropriate. Isn’t the whole reason they’re up there parading around so that people can judge how their bodies look in the clothes and decided whether or not they like them? Otherwise, we would just have those clothes wheeled out on a rack of hangers for people to see instead of having models put out there. If she doesn’t want to be judged she picked the wrong job.
I think it’s okay to expect a model to be attractive and look good in the clothes, but there’s nothing wrong with a bit of fat here and there.
It annoys me how models just can’t win. If they’re too skinny, we freak out about them causing anorexia, but if they have the least little bit of fat on them, people freak out about them not having “perfect” bodies. Fat adds softness to a woman’s body. It’s part of what give her curves and makes her look feminine. It’s part of what keeps her healthy, for goodness sake! It’s time we quit acting like a bit of fat was the equivalent of third arm growing out of her neck.
I think that the real problem is that they need to start designing clothing, underwear and swimwear to fit the AVERAGE sized woman instead of the sticks that they force these super models to be.
I’d be more worried about the horrible wedgie than a couple rolls of backfat that look more like just extra skin from a point in time when this woman really was fat.
i think they just want us to feel even worse about ourselves!
I’d say this model is a healthy looking woman, not bad at all if I do say so myself.
Most of their models starve themselves don’t they?
She still is quite thin (not neccesairly a good thing)…but maybe swimsuit modeling shouldn’t be her forte?
Boy are we all in trouble if that model has back “fat”…
Not if she’s absolutely hideous.
But upon looking at that model’s pictures, I thought she was gorgeous. And she really doesn’t have much or any backfat, I don’t know what the hell anyone’s complaining about. And before they complain, they should try walking around in a bathing suit themselves and see how much “backfat” they’ve got.
She doesn’t even have backfat. That’s just from the way she’s bending. Stupid media.
it’s always innapropriate to judge someone by their body image.
1) the ENTIRE POINT of being a runway model is LITERALLY being a walking clotheshanger. You are supposed to have next to no body fat because the clothes are supposed to stand out, NOT YOUR BODY.
2) Everyone misses the fact that the 6’11, 50 lbs models are picked by GAY men, not heterosexual men. The only heterosexual men attracted to that are either latently homosexual, or they’re just doing it for the status.
I think making light of this fact would save approximately 50% of eating disorder cases.
3) The girl is by no means fat, she is still thin, but she needs to tone up a bit if she’s going to walk on a runway like that.
theres a difference between being thick, and being thick and toned. they tried putting her in a swim suit that doesnt fit her shape. and i guess thats why skinny anorexic models get the job, because they showcase the clothes, not their body shape. moving hangers.