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Model bodies...too thin, or just right?
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Everyone seems to look at the Victoria's Secret models as the "ideal body." Don't get me wrong, those girls are beautiful, but I do find their weight to be a little bit disturbing. Their faces, hair, skin, height, everything is really lovely, but the fact that some of them are only 110 lbs at 5'11" is shocking to me. It looks like it photographs really well, but in person, they must look like skeletons. I am just over 5'8" and 125 lbs and my boyfriend is always making fun of me for my ribs sticking out. I actually want to GAIN a little weight! I can't imaging losing 15 lbs and being almost 3 inches taller. I probably sound jealous or something, but that is really not what the purpose of this post is. I guess my question is, do guys really like women to be that thin? Is that really the ideal body?
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22 46depends on the guy. personally I feel sick looking at a absolutely thin woman, but in saying that chubby women or women with big butts also look awful to me too.
jus me but WAY to thin...maybe an attractive face but the bodies are way off...not all guys like a woman that thin. Many if not most of the guys I know like a woman with curves and a healthy look.
I think a lot of those girls are naturally quite thin, but even they starve themselves to go as extreme as they do. IT ISNT hot to most guys, I find it a little gross and selfish how some girls can just to starve themselves to such an extent, there are people who don't have the luxury of giving up food elsewhere in the world and these people who have it readily available are choosing to not eat. I couldn't say they have anything close to the ideal body, there bodies are not normal size, I think modeling agencies push them to lose so much weight for the sake of fashion and how much cheaper it is to manufcature clothes with less material. I DO NOT find any of them appealing, they are just too freaking thin, I like girls with thick thighs and curvy bodies
Many are too thin, but some are healthy. Unfortunately the fashion world puts a lot of pressure on models to be super thin & a lot of models suffer from it. Many models have low self esteem & get judged extremely hard. People often get mad at models because the models are influencing young girls to be skinny like they are, but the models are often victim themselves. The people who are to blame are the ones who put these high expectations on women, whether clothing designers, magazine editors, whoever... The modeling industry is really disgusting in my opinion, I feel really bad for those girls.
See this site for a great, but sad story link
Isabell Caro? Nothing 'great' about it, only sad: here you can see what she looked like: link
She died in November 2010 (pneumonia, finally, no resistance left in her tiny body)
Her mother commited suicide only 2 weeks ago...
Model's bodies tend to be ridiculously skinny and unhealthy looking. Kind "blah"
Fun fact, there was a study done (for both sexes, but I'll just give the women's responses) where they were given a sheet of body sizes that were like a spectrum from very skinny to fat and then you would rate what you think you are, what you think guys want, and what you want to be. Interestingly enough, women tended to rate themselves fatter than they really were, thought men wanted a skinnier body (like really skinny) and then they rated what they wanted their body to be even skinnier than that. Was like "wtf?" yet the guys, when they voted and said what their ideal woman's body size would be (girls also voted their ideal guy's body size), the guys tended to want women who were a bit more curvy and bigger than what girls thought guys wanted.
Just an interesting thought about how our society has warped people's minds into what they think is wanted when it really isn't. Be happy with your body regardless of what it is. Just try and stay healthy and clean and you'll eventually find someone who wants you for you.
this was a really great answer, thank you!
In my opinion, a girl should look healthy. ribs is a turn off for me.
well my boyfriends says their way to skinny
First of all, your "boyfriend" is no friend if he's making fun of you. He also doesn't love you because 'REAL LOVE" does not make fun of its fancy.
first of all, this question was not "how does my boyfriend feel about me?" because I clearly am fine in my relationship. he pokes fun and me and teases me, we've been dating for years, its not like he is mentally abusive. its all in fun. I do the same thing about his hair. he loves me and he loves my body. so if you could either answer the question or mind your own business, that would be awesome.
its called photoshop
uh. no. I mean, yeah photoshop makes them look even skinnier, but some of the women are infact extremely thin. fact.
oh no victorias secret models are actually quite healthy. other fashion shows have some disturbing ass models with the ribs and bones all defined and nasty. but when you do the victorias secret shows everyone is basically looking at your entire body so you have to be healthy. they are typically not anorexic they are usually very toned and simply don't have much fat.
The victoria's secret models types I've seen are way too thin, in all honesty. And I'm the first person to make fun of fat girls.
Here's examples of excellent, amazing shape.
lolmma.com/.../kyra-gracie-3.jpg
2.bp.blogspot.com/.../gina_carano1.jpg
Being slim/fit is great, being as skinny as those victoria secret models probably is bad for your health on top of looking sickly.
What matters most is bodyfat percentage and muscle, not weight. I'd say that about 15% bodyfat is ideal with slight muscle tone. Over 20 percent I don't really dig hugely defined muscles on a girl, just a nice tight stomach handles, curvy is good! Just like guys overestimate the importance of abs, girls think they have to be skinnier than what guys find ideal.
Look at the image below for example, I would consider the normal, curvy, athletic and chubby girls attractive, the rest are so unattractive I would not even consider dating or having sex with (yes even the muscular one, she looks like a guy with that much muscle)
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uuugghhhhhh... I'm chubby/fat.
Also for the record, I consider 2,3,4 and 8 attractive from that list, all others are unattractive to me. Not to say I wouldn't be friends with them, but they don't physically turn me on, and if I'm not turned on then I can't get it up, meaning it is impossible for me to have sex with the ones I find unattractive. This has nothing to do with open-mindedness or opinion, it has to do with basic human physiology. For most men, looks DO matter a great deal
Fuck what people say is the ideal body. As long as you feel confident and happy with your own looks then its all good. Don't let morons influence you about what you should and shouldn't look like. It was only 50 years ago that it was ideal to separate black and white customers at a restaurant. Society is a not a good judge and don't conform to anyone else's standards.
Like the last two lines...well said!
shame on you for comparing the struggle of a race to gain respect and equality from this country to a few stupid insecure girls who feel like they should lose a few pounds. get real.
The models in Victoria's Secret are overrated. The ideal body to me is the woman in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pf35DBjERki prefer girls that are more than just skin and bone. model bodies are too damn thin
on the far side of healthy/too skinny. that's the lines models live on,
models are skinny
porn stars are curvy
always remember that
yeah, most models are way too skinny. I like trim girls but that's a little much. I'd rather not have my girlfriend blow away in a breeze
you need to gain about 20 lbs... those Victoria's Secret models are too damn thin... also, most models are rail-thin anyways... they are NOT what men want... men do want women with curves... I caint imagine what that's like- to be a woman, having to live up to all these unrealistic, unattainable standards... that's crazy to me. The ideal body is a healthy body... and to me, that's a girl who is by the way a sz 8-18...
Runway models turn me off.
SKINNY GIRLS CAN BE CURVY.