Tonight, a "full-figured" or "plus-size" girl was crowned "America's Next Top Model"! In the real world, Whitney would probably be considered about average, but in the world of modeling, when women are expected to look more like little boys, with stick thin bodies and legs like toothpicks, no boobs, and size zero jeans, she's considered "plus-size". How sad and pathetic is that? I was so excited (and quite surprised) that this beautiful, curvacious girl actually won. It's about damn time, that's all I have to say. I am so sick of women killing themselves (literally and figuratively) because of their desire to fit into this ridiculously unrealistic, unhealthy mold. A few decades ago, soft, healthy, curvy bodies with a little meat on the bones were admired; now they get ridiculed. It's insanity. For those of us who aren't (and don't want to be) little tiny stick figures, this is a step in the right direction. I'm glad that the standard of "beauty" might become a little more flexible, like in the good old days.
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