OMG! I am sooooo sick of people and their views on weight. Models are simply mannequins. They don't reflect real people and the way human beings REALLY look. Honestly, the fashion industry should be ashamed of the way they expect us to buy in to their big sale. NO ONE will look like these girls in these clothing. Even movie stars do not look like runway models. PULEESE... I know we enjoy all the way the human form looks draped artfully in assorted exotic fabric, but it is not realistic. Any time a tall girl weighs 100 lbs. and has to explain herself. We have gone to far. I'd rather look like "Marilyn" any day. Round, sexy and all woman, not a prepubesent male, thank you! What are we teaching our children?!

Check out our story on this issue and read Coco Rocha's latest statement. See what our readers are saying and leave your own opinions here: http://realstylenetwork.com/index.php/2010/02/fashion-news-coco-rocha-considered-fat-by-fashion-industry/

Maybe Rocha was told she was too fat or too old, or maybe she just doesn't care anymore (she doesn't care what she eats) and she isn't worth the headache (speaking out against the industry, right or wrong, can get you blacklisted). Everyone knows runway models are merely human coat hangers. They not only have to be pencil thin, they have to fit the sample size, so they have to be perfectly proportional head to toe.

Being too thin is certainly not rampant in America. No matter how much fat women want to push the agenda of gluttonous appetites, most men will always appreciate thin women. Aside from the obvious visual pollution, health considerations also backs the fact that thin is better....For the fat holy rollers, the bible preaches against gluttony, and that would make you a sinner.
Thin to win.....always has been, always will be.

Really who cares how big you are? The real question here is, Who would be caught dead in those ugly clothes anyways? Just garbage.

When I started in the fashion business, sample size was always 6 to 10, yes industry 6 or 10 so smaller than most. But about 10 years ago, it dropped and everything became supper tiny. The industry believes that in an age where everything is accessible to all because of credit cards, it give the very wealthy women something to aspire to. Very sick. Instead of making clothes for women, and creating items that truly make women feel good about dressing well or becoming, it is even more about making women feel insecure about themselves.

As my husbands says, in the fashion industry it is "do as we say and no one gets hurt!" Also he love pointing out it is easy to make clothes for a pencil. And he is correct. It takes true talent and skill to make close for real bodies. There is a great deal of hate/love directed at women, they are the ones that keep the business running, but it is really never catered to them, unless it is through their insecurities. Women seem to be seen as something to tear down, and be made fun of, but not naturally strong and intelligent, beautiful weather they fit a certain size or not, Women are only seen as beautiful and or strong and confident if they are skinny and a sexual orifice that is displayed to the best advantage of a male admirer. There is a great deal of emphasis placed on the sexuality of women. Look at Victoria's Secret. I used to love them, I have not looked at there catalogue in at least a decade, but for some reason just began getting them again, and they are very, very young models now, and extreme sexualized almost pornographic photos. even the merchandise is very teen oriented, abet sex obvious.

I am no prude I worked din the fetish industry and grew up in a generation when all my friends had lost there virginity between the ages of 12 and 15. but women have a very narrow line to walk now. I am sure it is happening with men as well. The less diversity we are willing to allow in peoples appearance the worse the bigotry and criticism will be for later generations. If I size 4 model at 5' 9"or 10" is considered fat then how can we treat an average size 12 or 14 at 5'4" like a target market customer that deserves respect and should be treated with dignity?

The models need to go on strike! Not really sure they can do that, but something needs to be done. I have to say that most of the models I see on TV, on the runways, look scary. Many don't even look healthy! They really distract from the clothes they are modeling! Personally I think the so-called "plus models" are attractive and more representative of the clothing lines they are modeling.

It's because of the fashion industry that so many young girls are dealing with eating disorders today. They set a unrealistic view of what beauty is. At 12 years old my daughter was in therapy because she was in the beginning stages of anorexia. All because at 100lbs. she thought she wasnt beautiful anymore. (She was already 5'7" at this age.) When asked why, her response was because all the magazine models are so skinny and their bones stick out. Thats what guys think is beautiful. It took therapy and lots of love for her to realize that she is beautiful no matter what, at 100 lbs. or 200 lbs. She is now 19, 5'10" and a healthy 135lbs., though she still has those days where she looks in the mirror and thinks because she weres a size 5 she is FAT!

i think that's absolutely horrendous that a size 4 is considered to big. that is so small and anorexic looking. I think that whatever your body lokks like you should embrace it and have confidence in yourself, even if your a size 18. it doesnt matter. besides, real woman have curves and meat on there bones and bootys. and real men like a woman with curves. men dont like girls that look like little boys in drag, that's what supermodels look like. especially on the runway. i think fashion, besides having beautiful clothes, is truly to blame for the eating disorders and people dying to look like the catwalk girls.

It's not the model fault, it's the industry as a whole. Seen or read "The Devil Wears Prada"? The iconic scene when Hathaway was told she was too fat to wear any of their samples. I agree, clothes on a walking stick looks good, the way it drapes and moves. Boobs can be exposed without looking cheap because their boobs are like 12-year olds. Fashion is an incestous industry, they feed and celebrate on their 'art' irregardless if it fits in the normal world. I watch the reality shows on fashion and it's just an insular silly little world that has no translation to real women. Micro mini skirts, sheer materials, tiny little jackets that no one can really wear unless one works in the industry. Other than this industry and Hollywood, who the heck can wear clothes like that to work, in 5" heels? No, their world is far removed from the real world, I wouldn't allow them to dictate to me what colors, styles, are in for me.

Man, this chick is HOT! Who cares what these fashion people have to say? Coco, if you're reading these (I REALLY doubt you are), you are amazingly beautiful and there is nothing you need to change--at all. Keep your head up, gorgeous! I guess this goes for ALL you ladies out there--don't let anyone try to tell you what's what. If you think you're beautiful, be beautiful, regardless of what the pricks have to say about it. Smile for me, beautiful--awww yeah! There you go!