Persistentdonor Ashley is 5'9" - see my earlier post. I don't understand what you mean when you compare your height to hers though. Apparently a person's BMI is no longer the best indicator of how healthy someone is - I can't remember what should replace it though!
Teetime I agree and the reaction from men has been far more positive than from women. The main positive response from women has been around solidarity for women and a positive body image (especially in response to Cheryl Tieg's negative comments), but the main response from men has been around how gorgeous she looks.
The top plus size models are all like Ashley - attractive faces with an hour glass body shape and carrying some extra weight, but their bodies are still firm. As Teetime says, the firmness doesn't last. The TV presenter Amanda Lamb was the top plus size model in the UK for several years. She looks similar to Ashley.
In the US, a lot of the top plus size models started out in the regular size modelling world, but struggled to keep their weight low enough and found their niche in the plus size world. It's worth mentioning that in the US, plus size starts at UK size 14, it's easy to make plus size clothes look good on a taller size 14 woman. In the the UK, plus size starts at size 16, but the same principle applies.
I watched the early series of America's Top Model and there would always be a contestant who the judges thought was too fat, too big (they often used more unkind words). Here in the UK, as ordinary women we'd never have considered them anytime other than slim.
Now that the fashion world has finally capitulTeetime I agree and the reaction from men has been far more positive than from women. The main positive response from women has been around solidarity for women and a positive body image (especially in response to Cheryl Tieg's negative comments), but the main response from men has been around how gorgeous she looks.
The top plus size models are all like Ashley - attractive faces with an hour glass body shape and carrying some extra weight, but their bodies are still firm. As Teetime says, the firmness doesn't last. The TV presenter Amanda Lamb was the top plus size model in the UK for several years. She looks similar to Ashley.
In the US, a lot of the top plus size models started out in the regular size modelling world, but struggled to keep their weight low enough and found their niche in the plus size world. It's worth mentioning that in the US, plus size starts at UK size 14, it's easy to make plus size clothes look good on a taller size 14 woman. In the the UK, plus size starts at size 16, but the same principle applies.
I watched the early series of America's Top Model and there would always be a contestant who the judges thought was too fat, too big (they often used more unkind words). Here in the UK, as ordinary women we'd never have considered them anytime other than slim.
Now that the fashion world has finally capitulated and plus size modelling has its place, but the trend does seem to be to use larger plus size models like Ashley. I prefer this to seeing taller slim women who don't look a plus size.
Have you noticed when you buy clothes online now, the description often tells you the height and size of the model. That's a step in the right direction.