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Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4
Being underweight often carries similar health problems as being overweight; if you're 6 feet tall and only weigh 120 pounds, something's probably wrong. Now, I know men and women's bodies are affected differently by this, but the basic principle still holds. I'm just tired of seeing super-thin models who wear a size-E bra; the proportion's just disturbing. Marilyn Monroe was a size 14, and she's still admired today.
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1) It's a myth that Marilyn was a 14 (some say 16). I mean, technically it's true, except that sizing was MUCH different in the 50s than it is today. Size deflation -- basically to make women feel better about themselves -- has been going on for a good long time. A woman who wears a size 4 now would have been about a 10 (maybe even a 12) back in Marilyn's day. Just look at how many women are are 0s.
2) There are very few models who wear size E bras. Not even Victoria's Secret models do. Adriana Lima, for example, wears a C-cup. And that's only after she had a child. Most of their models are B-cups. They only look the way they do because VS does a
great job with the push-up. Look for candid pics of someone like Alessandra Ambrosio or another of their models, and you can see what their figures actually look like.
3) Unless you're talking about someone with an actual eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia, there are very, very few models who are suffering health issues from their slimness. Heck, if you follow any of them, and what their lifestyle entails you'd come to the conclusion that there's ABSOLUTELY NO WAY they could do all that they do, constant travel, hours long photo shoots, walking the runway if they were actually "too thin." The energy level simply wouldn't be there. And no, not even doing lots of coke can help with that.
4) Look at Karlie Kloss:
She's quite thin. But that's just the way she's always been, even when she was a kid. And if you followed her on any social media you'd realize that she has a hectic lifestyle, is quite healthy, and actually eats a lot.
5) If instead of calling thin models "pencils with boobs" I called fat people "pigs with jiggling flesh" -- well, I think you know exactly what the reaction would be.