Besides the cute little tummy roll, what I love most about this photo is that you can’t count Lizzie Miller’s ribs. It’s almost like she eats!
What I like the least about this photo is that when it was originally published in Glamour, it was hidden away on page 194. It’s had its comeuppance, though, since now it’s plastered all over teh interwebs.
Most of the articles about this are similar to this one, in which a PR exec admits that though the magazine has received a flood of “positive” responses about this image, they don’t think “real women” are going to sell magazines any time soon because consumers “want to see perfection.”
Given how wealthy the advertising industry is, this may be true. It’s certainly true that we shell out big money to be made to feel insecure.
Which came first, the yearning to be perfect or the magazine that sells it? It’s a chicken-and-egg situation, but which one are we? I guess it’s up to us to get uppity and break out of this cage. Don’t you think?
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YES! It’s up to us!
Thanks so much for sharing this. It made my day.
I love this whole story.
She’s gorgeous. Most of us would be relieved to look like that. They act like she’s huge or something!
MM, you are so welcome!
Maureen, Yes, its a crazy world when the likes of Lizzie Miller is scandalously huge, isn’t it?
I’ve always been a fan of plus-size models! There’s a great site with lots of images of plus-size models here:
http://www.judgmentofparis.com/
They’re all gorgeous.