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View Poll Results: What would you rather be?
Curvy 84 46.93%
Slim 95 53.07%
Voters: 179. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-19-2012, 07:06 PM
 
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Betty Grable was slim and curvy. The most popular pinup of the men in WWII.
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Old 10-19-2012, 10:25 PM
 
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Betty Grable was slim and curvy. The most popular pinup of the men in WWII.
I don't really see Betty Grable as slim and curvy, she's pretty straight up and down.



Veronica Lake on the other hand is what I'd consider slim and curvy

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Old 10-19-2012, 11:27 PM
 
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That's not right.
A slim woman looks in proportion. She fits into clothing well. She looks nice in a bathing suit. She looks healthy and a bit athletic. She moves with grace.

Maybe we're imagining different people, but generally a woman with big breasts and a big butt looks lopsided, like an aberration of nature. They are only lumps of fat, after all, and can be removed. They look kind of cheap to me.

I don't think it's just the media. I think slim is the look of health, whereas fat is the look of gluttony and a lack of self control.
Fascinating!

Slim used to be the look of poverty and low breeding.

A bit of cushioning was a sign of wealth and desirability.

The media sell this crap.

Models are typically people with eating disorders. The "look of health" they're selling is false.


I agree that obesity is unhealthy, but unless a woman with large breasts and a round behind is trying to stuff herself into ill-fitting garments, I cannot see why that would look odd.
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Old 10-20-2012, 07:21 AM
 
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Models are typically people with eating disorders. The "look of health" they're selling is false.

I think so too.They are not slim though. they are skinny. underweight, too thin. I don't think too many people would call THAT healthy.The only people who might think that is healthy or that it looks good are other image deranged models.Slim & curvy is good, not skinny.
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Old 10-20-2012, 06:04 PM
 
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Models are typically people with eating disorders. The "look of health" they're selling is false.

I think so too.They are not slim though. they are skinny. underweight, too thin. I don't think too many people would call THAT healthy.The only people who might think that is healthy or that it looks good are other image deranged models.Slim & curvy is good, not skinny.
And just how many models do you know personally?
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Old 10-20-2012, 06:10 PM
 
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I don't see why you can't be slim and curvy at the same time. I'm not talking about being thin and sickly, but slim and having a good shape. Thin means underweight=not good. Slim means shapely and not any extra weight=good.
You can be, if slim is taken to be good muscle tone, lack of excess fat. A person can, if their build allows for it, maintain a hip-waist-bust ratio that denotes a curvaceous figure and still be in a healthy weight range, without carrying excess weight.
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Old 10-21-2012, 08:03 AM
 
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Where do you get this stuff? First you have a thread about butt implants and now you ask about curves.

In any event,you do know you can be small and have large breasts,and vice versa.
I also have to tell you curves have nothing to do with large breasts or butt.
What matters most is the waist to hip ratio. Has to be 0.7 or less.
Doesn't matter if you are 110 pounds or 300 pounds,as long as you have the 0.7 ratio you are curvy.

A 51-38-44 isn't curvy at all,that's apple shaped.
A 34-30-46 is a pear,or coke bottle shape. Not considered hourglass,but may be considered curvy depending on who you ask.

In other words,curvy depends on the beholder.
Whoa those are some huge measurements!
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Old 10-21-2012, 08:07 AM
 
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Gorgeous!

Though, it is disheartening to read some of the 'oh, she'd be hot if she were X amount lighter' and 'wow, she's so fat, yuk!' comments on the sites she's featured on. She's still not considered attractive by most mainstream people, unfortunately.
Her body is fine- i dont think she has a pretty face- most models dont. They are models bc of their bodies, not their faces.
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Old 10-21-2012, 08:26 AM
 
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Her body is fine- i dont think she has a pretty face- most models dont. They are models bc of their bodies, not their faces.

She does print. I don't believe she's doing much runway work. Her face is definitely an asset!!!
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Old 10-21-2012, 09:58 AM
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I think its the opposite for Kate Upton.
She has pretty face but her body is blah.
She has no curves,which proves my point you can be bigger and still have no curves.
While the lady above in the striped shirt is skinny and curvy
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