Perspective Plus discussion

http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/vogue-...

Saw this on Yahoo mail...
Just cause she wears a size 16...she's a freaking giant at 6" 2".

At least she doesn't call herself plus sized. And she's 6 sizes bigger than the previous "plus size" model? Sheesh.

I agree that 16 is not plus sized, but at least she is making inroads in an industry that has always prized the unhealthily thin.

True; she does seem to have healthier proportions than the average model.

Getting the cover of any "mainstream" magazine with an a-typical body type is a victory, maybe not the kind I'd like to see, but a victory all the same. Who knows, maybe someday I'll be on the cover of Vogue. (Ha-ha)

I'd buy that issue.

Well, this fits this section. H&M stores to me, are going a strong and good direction, but I fail to see WHY this girl is a "plus size" model, but I again, congratulate the chain for daring to go against the standard.

http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living...

From what I read, it looks like they're not actually claiming that she's plus size; she's just a realistically proportioned model. Either way, it's definitely a positive step, and more power to them.

The INDUSTRY says she plus-sized, not the catalog just to clarify my original post. Frankly, when a normal sized woman in good health is called plus size, then I shudder how far we have skewed our self images.