ABC & FOX ban plus sized lingerie model commercial

davyjose wrote: »

You need your dick confiscated if you don't find her hot. :eek:

Nope I dont. Gorgeous face but figure wise no. Doesnt do it for me. Too big for my scrawny undernourished bony arse. Not pushed on bewbs much beyond a C cup for a start. Plus if she's a size 12, I'm a 6'4" hunky bastard who women cant resist(I'm not, just in case there was any confusion ). I'd say 16/18 more like. And again bang on. Like I said contrary to the fashion industry's and too many womens take, men like me who like the smaller woman are actually a minority. Way more go for that woman's look. And more go for bigger again than go for smaller IME.

spinandscribble wrote: »

I noticed that as well, I kept thinking, how stupid this is that they wouldnt show her ass, which is probably just as nice as the rest of her.

Exactly. Usual "plus size, we love you" BS in play. She's in a very subtle way reinforcing the skinny stereotype, while apparently thinking she's making a difference(she's seems well clued in so I doubt she is TBH). Thats even more insidious IMHO. Like the "normal" women dove ad. The biggest size in that lot was a 12. Tops. I smell publicity stunt TBH.

Yep we'll show the bits that most skinny women dont have(bewbs) without surgical help, but cover up the bits that dont "fit".

Giselle wrote: »

American size 12 is a size 16.

Doh! sorry yes.

stovelid wrote:

Seems to the same con as ever. Look at her without your hype eyes and she's quite slim.

As you say it depends on your eyes. Objectively by comparison to catwalk models she's enormous(not hard to be). Compared to the average woman, she's taller with a bigger frame(very wide shoulders) and has the old fashioned hourglass thing going on. So she's still an outlier. Then again all models are going to be. You'll never see the day when Jane from down the road is on billboards, unless as an "ironic" thing. Subjectively I would find her "big", then again I find Nigella Lawson gorgeous in the face, but too "big" for me.

davyjose wrote: »

In fairness, she has no real say in how the commercial is edited.

True enough, but the editing is interesting. "Here's to bigger women, but we'll edit out the "bigger" parts".

Besides which, she's stunning looking face-wise, and with a nutritionist and trainer (i.e. relatively easily) she could lose a fair bit of weight, and model for somewhere like Victoria Secret and/or be one serious pin-up.
That she hasn't done that suggests to me that she's happy to be "plus-sized" and proud to model as suchl.

Yep she's very pretty, but she would have to drop a serious amount of weight to model for Victoria's secret type work. She would have to drop from an 18 to an 10 or even an 8. She has a much bigger frame for a start. Completely different body type and would be even dafter to attempt than the women already at size 10 eating 2 carrots a day, which is crazy as it is. No way would it be "relatively easy". So thankfully she and women like her havent tried and can still work in the biz. That part is good, even if its advertising hype. Even if it's advertising hype at least there's some movement in the right direction, as 10 years ago she wouldnt be doing this ad. So that bits good. The more the merrier.