Plus Size Model Tess Holliday

[Vanezza]

I think beauty isn't about size but how you react in life. Yes beauty is in the eye of the beholder but being healthy is key. Everyone is beautiful until you prove yourself otherwise. Beauty on the outside isn't always a good thing if your personality is ugly.


Vxxx

 

[Ahabs]

I think beauty isn't about size but how you react in life. Yes beauty is in the eye of the beholder but being healthy is key. Everyone is beautiful until you prove yourself otherwise. Beauty on the outside isn't always a good thing if your personality is ugly.


Vxxx

THis!!!

 

[Pearls]

Don't know where the agree/disagree dialogue is coming from......
All I see is someone saying that;
It's not healthy to be extremely underweight
&
It's not healthy to be extremely overweight
Why the agree, disagree, he said/she said, I have no idea...

To me this is no different to exposing size zero models on the catwalk. No one congratulates that as we know what they have to go through to do so.
yet it's seemingly okay to say 'bravo' to the larger lady for expressing herself against all odds.
Yes it's a challenge and empowerment, of course it is.. but also sending out the wrong message.

If it wasn't then why did so many glossy mags ban the size zero effect, just like they will with the size 20+ effect in a few years time.
If you want healthy, curvy men and women, go middle of the road.
Not extremes which encourage influential kids to follow suit because they think they can earn a quick few quid by doing so.

So now it's suddenly okay to put a larger lady on a glossy mag because it's changing points of views?
About time the larger lady was shown on such things?
No... it's equally as bad as the size zero.
It's one extreme to another and the only people who win are the publishers.

Beauty is skin deep, we all know that.. but stop glamorising it on ALL sides.
It's not good for influential people.

Spot on

 

[Deleted member 3175]

This curvy lady has appeared on the front cover of Cosmopolitan but there is controversy surrounding this with people claiming the advertising of an obese model is no different to the advertising of size zero models and is sending out the wrong message.
Is this picture empowering — or unhealthy?

What do you think?

Honestly I think that magazines have a lot to answer for. They put models on the front that are a size zero and not many people say anything about it, yet a larger girl is on and there's uproar. There is a saying dont judge a book by its cover but everyone does. There needs to be a happy medium, there will never be a time when this isnt debated. I personally think both ends of the spectrum are as bad as each other. S x

 

[Pearls]

I personally think both ends of the spectrum is as bad as each other. S x