This is stupid. Like you said, it wasn't VS' decision not to run the ad. And you know what, their models aren't super skinny either. (I think they're getting confused with runway models.)

Hey Lane Bryant...your insecurity is showing.

It may have not been their decision about the Lane Bryant ad but it is a double standard. Why not show "normal" sized women? Less than 1% of the women in America are the size of a VS model.

Ohh it's a bit harsh....

I actually think the Lane Bryant ad is a bit unfair. I think the VS models are pretty healthy sized women, thinner tall women, but healthy. They have muscle tone and all of their ribs aren't showing. It's one thing to be angry at the tv station, but I don't see the point in attacking VS. It feels like by extension they are attacking women who do shop there and I don't think I should have to feel bad about having a 32 band size. In fact I would love if VS carried 30's in the bigger cup sizes.

Also being curvy has nothing to do with size. You can be shaped like a tube and be chubby and you can be thin and have big differences in you chest, waist and bust. Heidi Klum is thin, but you can't deny how curvy she is.

Though side note, my ribs do show a bit and I'm not super skinny (I'm about 5'4" and a size 6). I just don't carry very much body fat on my rib cage.

That is pathetic. Some people really are closer to the size of the Victoria's Secret models and should not be ridiculed for it. No one from Victoria's Secret called out Lane Bryant shoppers or models for being overweight, so why belittle women who aren't? In my opinion, people can and should be happy with their body instead of lashing out because even though all body types can be attractive, insecurity and bitterness most certainly are not.

Obviously a big boned girl.

this is dumb. i buy all my bras at victorias secret bc they are great quality and seem to be the only bras that fit right... is that why l.b. made this ad... jealousy? to make make curvy women think "they're right, v.s. uses skinny models, they suck" ? v.s. sells mainly bras, they will sell more than you, get over it. as far as the size of the models, to me they look healthy. some are skinny but they look great. i think layne bryant should pick on more clothing company's if they want to argue sales instead of distastefully targeting a major bra retailer to boost sales. help women look at themselves and love themselves, dont produce something that makes larger women look at smaller women and say they suck. be confident, dont put down others bc they look different... btw, im 5'4" and a size 12, i have a lot to be jealous of those models but im confident in myself and i got a husband who loves me and my body

LOVE IT! Real women have curves! Stop supporting size 0 anorexics

Lane Bryant did not make the commercial, they only posted it on youtube. It makes note of the broadcast networks that would not run the ads for the Plus Size models and did run the Victoria Secret ads. It is a shame that someone felt that they had to make this ad to take up for the plus size models.....which I might ad are normal sized women. Just remember, Marilyn Monroe was a size 12 and the perfect example of a beautiful woman with curves. I think plus size models start at size 14.

Nobody seems to even notice the article said LB did not make this ad! they just posted it because they thought it was "poignant" and "humorous." I dont think women who have small bodies because they can't help it should be ridiculed. But i wish the same courtesy would be shown to women who have large bodies and cannot help it. Most people think that if you are fat, it is because you sit around watching tv and eating twinkies, but that is just not true. There are many different factors that can contribute to weight problems, many of which are beyond a person's control. People need to worry about their own health and stop judging others.

About 4 years ago I bought 2 bras from Victorias to wear for my husband. I began to have a terrible reaction to them, especially from the straps on my back. I then read an article about their bras being made in a country where they used a different chemical in the elastic material. I found a site where people had formed a class action suit and 2 years ago received a nice settlement check. Otherwise I like Victorias when pleasing my husband since they have a nice assortment of sexy clothing. I do not agree however with fat women buying sexy clothes since they look tacky. Of course having a president with a fat woman doesn't help our imgage in America.

This ad would be as if Vicotria's Secret posted one depicting a 550 lb slob in the same manner. Bryant's one model is beautiful. Even she doesn't stand for obesity. While anorexia is a mental disease and I do not condone it, the VS models are far from any disease and depict what 90% of the male population want. You won;t see nothing sloppy about THEM, that's for sure. But we who are toned, understand that misery needs company. It just won;t be me for tea.