Will plus size become the new skinny ?

I was checking the newspaper today, and one of the titles was: " Glamour chooses more naked plus size models". (http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20110816_041)

We have all heard people talking about how in the past, heavier woman were considered to be the most attractive. And these days, being skinny is the main beauty standard in a big part of our society and culture (western) and some others.

In the september issue of the American Glamour magazine, were naked pictures of the 20 year old model Lizzie Miller. She was only wearing a thong and looked abit fuller than the average model.
The result was a flood of positive reactions from readers. They wanted to see more of these kind of models. Thats why Glamour (who follows the money flow) is planning a november issue with more naked plus size models.

Glamour tries to re-awaken the dialogue that the readers had started. Angry tongues say the magazine only publishes the picture as a publicity stunt. Glamour ofcourse argues the opposit.
The makers say more magazines should show models with a realistic figure instead of 0 sizes. So they call to designers to make bigger clothing, and not only for woman with size 0.

In this system where insecurity feeds the market, will they seriously do what is best for all? As long as profit is behind it, they need to create the things that will make them profit. They need to create the desires and standards for people to buy buy buy and feel insecure enough to buy it. It needs a certain "im not good enough" culture to do this. It also requires a big mass of working ants to create all these products and a commercial business to promote it to the people that dream of becoming more and better.

I agree that the whole 0 size thing is insane. I am a slender girl myself but I cannot imagine fitting in a size 0. I have a size 38-40 in my pants and I am 59 kg and 1m76. What the hell would I require to do to get to a size 0? I would have to start dieting, and get to an unhealthy weight which includes all kinds of health risks. You can get hormone problems, heart disease, brittle bones, infertility etc... Not only that, you are also mentaly destroying yourself to fit into a certain image. Saying to yourself that your not good enough when your not THAT image. After a while models get used to it and claim this is their natural self. But it has been programmed, and it is a business that is shown to us since we are little children. Its everywhere, even during the commercial brakes when your watching cartoon's.

When plus size would become the new skinny, again a market would be made of of it. Now they have it going well you know, all the diet products that battle against the junk food products and the people inbetween, the various therapies and the docters who get money from all the sick anorexic and obese patients, the media who gets attention with it and lots of viewers and thus money, lipsuctions, personal trainers etc... If they bombard plus size as the new standard they would start making a big business from it again (as long as profit is the drive). You can have new clothing styles, good sales of food as well, same for the media and readers, plastic surgery also to get the "right curves". People would feel alright with emotional eating or eating things that are damaging to their body (not saying that this isnt already the case).

So a solution within a profit driven system is actually not really possible. 1 thing which they desire to improves, leads to abuse on other levels. Money is nr 1 and will always be in such a system. Females will want "normal people" in magazines to feel better about themselves, but it has to sell or they wont do it. It has to sell equally as good and profit has to be made from it.

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