Oh, I'm so tortured and discriminated because I'm a size 4. Boo-hoo. I tried pills that made my heart race. I wouldn't exercise because that made me sweat.

You choose your poison. It's not like the world is magically going to change. How about choosing a job that requires more than just striking a pose and pouting? Wah wah wah.

I've always been a fan of plus-size models! There's a great site with many images of plus-size models here:

http://www.judgmentofparis.com/

They're all gorgeous.

The site's forum also has thought-provoking discussions about body image and the media.

It time for the fashion industry to see women as women. We are not sticks without boobs and hips. Thin is nice but size 4 is not cutting it any more. Let see some real women in a size 10. Maybe then our young girls will have some real role models.

i worked on a show about models once, and one model who was actually incredibly smart and business savvy said that models are essentially "walking hangers". She knew she had to be skinnier to do couture, but was aware that that isn't necessarily what would make her more beautiful. She said her body was lthe equipment for her job, and you have to keep your equipment in working shape. That being said, I was literally 50 pounds heavier and 4 inches shorter than her, and it was still daunting to walk with her down the street. Women of all shapes and sizes are beautiful, but it's amazing what models have to go through to be a blank canvas, or walking hanger.

Laughing, it may be hard to believe but even size 4 skinny models can have body related poor self-esteem. Just because you don't suffer from those same issues doesn't give you the right to dismiss them. It's people like you who are the real problem-you sneer at other women and make snarky comments and yet expect them to be emotionally bulletproof because everyone "knows" that skinny pretty girls don't have real feelings or real issues.

Size 4 is curvy? Really?? She's 5'9/5'10 for chrissakes! I'm barely 5'5", and size 4-6. So we're almost the same size, but I'm 5 inches shorter than her, meaning if I stand next to her, I'd look like a tree stump....that makes women like me the curvy/fat/real woman. And I am sure as hell don't see alot of size 4 amazonians walking on the street.

I think the industry and the public forget something very important - models are meant to hang the clothes on - and no more. It's about the clothes, not the human in them. That's why models are skinny - they're just supposed to be ambulatory clothes hangers. If designers want to make a REAL contribution, they need to start thinking what would compliment a person - not what would fight with their bodies for attention.

In this article, it's noted that the 'average woman' is a size 4, plus 10 sizes. When did THAT become ok?! As screwed up as the media is in their portrayal of fake stick-women, which is by no means acceptable, do we really want our kids to grow up thinking that size 14 is healthy?

America's 'real woman,' a role model, should be healthy. Not stick thin. But not overweight, either.

I'm not saying if you're a size 14 you should starve yourself or anything. What I'm trying to say is that I want my kids to practice discipline and appreciate their bodies. They should love themselves for their healthy diet and its results, and be content and happy with that. Struggling to look like a skeleton won't make you happy. But neither will looking in the mirror at a belly you don't want, when it's entirely in your power to change that.

Size 4 is fat ? Well if 4 is fat, then me being a size 12 must mean I'm morbidly obese (even though I'm not). The only thing big on me is my stomach, which I'm currently working on in hopes of toning it in time for my friend's May wedding. Starting last week I officially cut soda out of my diet, switching instead to water, tea, and other healthier drinks. Also I'm adding more turkey to my diet, as well as eating a little more vegetables. When I get the money, I'm buying myself a pedometer, and my mother and I are going to walk together (wonder if the fashion industry would dub her as being fat even though she went from size 18 down to a size 6 in a reasonable amount of time). I'm setting myself at a healthy goal to lose 40 pounds by May. All I can say is, if the smallest size I can achieve is 6 or an 8, that's fine. I don't want to be stick thin, which to me is totally disgusting. All of my guy friends have told me I look great with meat on my bones, and that stick thin is just wrong. Also is it just me, or is it totally wrong for Kim Kardashian to be promoting weight loss stuff, when she's not fat ? The girl has never been fat, and yet she's hawking the product. Just goes to show what's wrong with the world today.

These fashionistas who require that models be super skinny are so out of touch with the rest of humanity - a size 4, or for that matter a size 8 is NOT FAT. Get a grip!

Seriously...!? I am so sick so the world thinking that us women have to be this perfect size... 36-24-36.. who is that??? Better yet its usally the men that want this "perfect woman".... What that does to ones self esteeme is horrible. I am 5' 10' 140 lbs. Been told I would be perfect if I just had boobs... Please get over it!!!! Either I'm too fat or too thin... Ridiculous!!!!

Women are two-faced. They lament about the fashion industry but are the first to criticize women about their weight - "look how fat she is!" Women are hardest on other women.

Models are walking coathangers, therefore the designers think that they need to look like coathangers. That is disgusting. We could all put a stop to the madness by not going to the shows and not buying fashions that look good only on a 6 foot 115 pound model.

I am the mother of an 18yr old model...who at 5'10 and weighs 120lbs .... she is always being told she needs to lose weight and no one knows how emotionally hard this is one these young girls. The industry does need to wake up and realize this...women have curves...this is why they want these 15 yr olds to walk the runway and by the time they are 18 and starting to look like women they are no longer wanted...unless the girl chooses to starve herself by whatever means to stay in that size 0... My daughter is a size 2 she has curves...she is beautiful and healthy and should not be pressured by the industry to lose weight...no one knows how hard it is unless u live it and thank god my daughter chooses to eat properly and exercise to help maintain and not give into starvation or drugs..and she has vowed to quit if they continue to harp on her about her weight...The fashion world is so very cruel to these young girls and I hope soon that things will change....

The model in this article is drop-dead beautiful--and thin. If she was thinner, she'd look, and be, unhealthy. Applause to Calvin Klein for using her to model clothes. I heartily wish the rest of the fashion world would follow suit.

Most of the designers are gay men who like the astethics of adolescent boys... sticks with no curves. No wonder this is the issue.

Being a size 4 used to be considered thin.

These people won't be satisfied until a person is so starved that they'll die at the drop of a dime.