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Wow, that young lady is gorgeous...you wouldn't want to see me in butt floss!

Well, it's about freakin' time! Wake up, designers!

After having two size four wives, I learned late in life that big is beautiful, and that many BBW's are lots of fun in bed and very willing and eager to please!!!
I think I'll keep this a secret, though, so that there's more for me!!

while i was reading this, i was thinking, when did 12/14 become PLUS SIZE?

really sad commentary on our society. congratulations to Glamour stepping out of the box!!! we need more "regular" looking women in ads!!!

You're absolutely right! When I was in high school, I was a 12-14 and I'm 5'8" tall with LONG legs. I was FAR AND AWAY from being any kind of plus size - any of the guys who loved to follow me down the hallway admiring my "women's curves" and "legs up to THERE" can tell you the same thing! One in particular....... :-) Back then - a 12-14 was perfectly normal, and easily available in the regular ladies size department! The "Plus Sizes", the "Half Sizes" or "Women's Sizes" or even the "Queen Size" departments had all the clothing for our "fluffier" sisters - and they were awful - bullet-proof polyester "bags", and terrible colors and awful prints - or nothing at all.
NOW - anything with two digits is considered "PLUS SIZE" and it's ridiculous. My frame alone couldn't be a size 8 if I had no flesh on it whatsoever........and who wants that! Ladies - be healthy, be happy, embrace your own curves if you have them, and a LOT of it is in your attitude. I do not think of myself as a "Plus Size" anything, I don't dress like I am, although I DO dress to suit my style and my body and everything FITS me, and I don't carry myself like I don't think I'm all that AND a bag of chips! Head up, look people in the eye, smile and get OUT there! Attitude is where it's at, ladies - get a good one!
BUT please make sure you get the size you need when you buy clothes - ignore the numbers and buy what fits you! I can wear six different "sizes" depending on what it is, who makes it, what their "size range" is and how it's put together! If you THINK you wear a size 14 - but it's too small for a particular garment, ignore the numbers and go find what fits you best. Nobody is going to examine the tags inside your clothing but you, but EVERYONE can see how your clothes fit - or do not fit - from the outside! FIT is everything - numbers are just a guideline! I see too many girls and women trying to wear clothes that fit them BEFORE a particular event - weight gain, a baby, whatever - and certainly don't now and it is not flattering and it does nothing for you at all. It's very unflattering and calls attention to all the wrong things. Even attitude can only go so far. LOOK in a mirror! A BIG mirror - the one in the bathroom over the sink just doesn't cut it!

Actually, if size 12/14 is considered normal, then a size 6 should be a MINUS, not a plus, right?
BTW, I agree with your opinion. Real women have curves. However, I don't find the picture of Beth Ditto on the cover of Britain's Love magazine attractive at all. I hate to use the F word (you know, the 3 letter one), but her weight is not healthy. It's one thing to be comfortable with yourself, it's an entirely different thing to try and convince yourself that there won't be serious repurcussions to your health in the future for maintaining that amount of weight.

UGH Thank you very much!!! I'm so sick of seeing 'plus size' people, and they're average. That model is tall and skinny with a bit of post baby fat. Get a tummy tuck and she could be on the cover of cosmo with the rest of the skinny people! size 14-16W starts at being plus sized! Nothing below that!

I'm sorry but I disagree. A size 12-14 is definitely Plus Size. I think what's sad is that most Americans have become so fat and lazy....that instead of trying to get down to their ideal weight, they bring the ideal weight down to their level. I read an article which described how dress sizes for women have gotten BIGGER, not smaller as some women on here may have you believe. The Article discussed how a size 8 in the 1970s is a size 6 today. Today, what most companies label a size 10 would've been a size 14 in the 1970s!!!

However, when you read most of the comments by women on this page, it's saying the exact opposite. That's the second part, people's expectations have changed. When they were thinner people thought 10 lbs or so above the ideal weight was ok but pushing it. Now since so many people are above that threshold, they would be inclined to think that 20 or 30 lbs over their ideal weight is ok.....when there's no reason to think that perception should raise; at least not scientific or biological evidence. Moreover, I saw an article in Slate that suggested men with pot-bellies are actually hot and are setting some type of trend. So being lazy and out of shape is hot? That's interesting.

The way I see it, most people who are overweight got that way because at some point during their life, they did not monitor calorie intake versus physical activity. It's a pretty easy freaking equation: if you consume more calories than you burn, you're going to gain weight. Sometimes, it's not the person's fault entirely becuase they began making bad choices and being lazy as a child...and no one put the kibash on that. Nonetheless, that's no different from the guy who needs social assistance because he doesn't have a good job which is the result of him making poor decisions as a child (i.e., not applying himself in school, skipping classes, not trying hard enough to learn).

The clothing industry has really done anumber on women. . . I was a size 12 in high school. . .suddenly in the early 70s, I became a size 10. . . then in the 90s I beame a size 8, and the last time I bought a new wardrobe for work I was a size 6. . . in high school and into the mid-70s, I weighed 118-125 pounds. . . in the 90s I weighed 130 pounds. . . and when I bought the size 6 clothes, I weighed 135. . . now I weigh 145 and I wear a size 8-10. . . ladies, the sizes have changed gradually since the 70s when women started thinking they were fat so manufacturers changed the size structure. It is really womens' fault. . . I think this gal is gorgeous and I'm so glad to see the magazine world starting to get the hint that anorexic figures may look good on the runway but look really nasty on the average woman!!!

I so agree with your comment. Enough with the skin and bones. It's time to see real women with healthy shapes.

i'm a size 12 and I have a fatty stomach i weight 156 pounds and allot of loose skin from losing 80 pounds. i am still called fat everyday.

I agree. They call plus size 12-14? Huh!! try more like size 18 and up..that is plus size. You can still buy off the rack when you are a 12-14. You start getting into 18, 20, 22, 24 and up then you have a problem. And not all plus size stores make clothes that are flattering to women like us. But at least the world is waking up a little and beginning to realize we big ladies though we have thighs rubbing together and folds hanging..are still sexy and fun and worth taking the time to get to know. Some of us might breathe a little harder too but small price for a significant other to pay for the experience of a lifetime!!!

"If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out." In other words, if you don't like it, don't look at it.

IF I WANNA SEE "BIG" PEOPLE I GO TO THE MALL...NOT ON AFASHION MAGAZINE......PLEASE "VOGUE" DONT FALL INTO THAT TREND....WELL ANNA WINTOUR WILL NEVER ALLOW IT....