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A Little Pooch and a Lot of Confidence at Glamour Magazine.
Lots of women are shouting “Hallelujah!” from the rooftops that a “real” woman finally made it into the pages of a high fashion magazine, in this case Glamour. They are happy to see a little pooch and a lot of confidence coming from a “normal-sized” woman pictured in a style magazine.
There has been far too much harpooning over the years of what most women’s bodies are really like. Jennifer Love Hewitt had to take the heat a while back when she appeared healthy & happy and not super-skinny in a bathing suit at the beach. I’m sure Kirstie Alley isn’t thrilled with the press she’s gotten since experiencing a very real, very normal set back in her weight battle.
I’m happy to see the cyber-buzz about Lizzie Miller, the pg. 194 model. What pleases me most is that women are speaking out that they want to see more real women represented and less washboard abs and pencil thin thighs.
Real women are making inroads into our public psyche. Examples such as O Magazine, Marie Claire and the Dove Beauty campaign are out there. The fashion industry and their advertising arms need to embrace this much more strongly.
I’d like to see the Celeb-Moms who drop their baby weight in 3 weeks fade to the background of media attention. I’d like to see more features on real working women rocking their office chic wardrobes in the boardrooms instead. I’m glad the pg. 194 gal is getting such positive attention, and I hope the magazine editors and advertisers of the world are taking note.
What are your thoughts? Is real “sexy” or would you prefer we just stick with the fleeting fantasies offered us in fashion magazine spreads?
Lisa
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Lisa,
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing this – I don’t even pick up these magazines because all they do is reinforce beauty stereotypes, so I would never have known.
Awesome Lisa!! It’s great to see a woman celebrated for looking like woman and that being fit should be about health and not perfection. Thanks for such a great post!
Like Karen I rarely pick up those kinds of mags. They are so deflating.
I could have a perfectly toned body and manage a household and career and marriage too if I had a personal chef, housekeeper, trainer, and time to workout without interruption! ;)
I love this image. It makes me (a momma with 4 kids and the body to prove it) so happy to see someone I can relate to on the pages of a magazine.
Now we just need more models with stretch marks. :)
Fantastic! So good to see real women! I vote that airbrushing be outlawed and a model’s age (and maybe how many times she’s given birth) be disclosed!
You nailed it with “Confidence” – You should mention that the confidence in her expression speaks of a taste for pleasure and a powerful sexuality – At least to me, it does :)
This is just a picture, but it is very exciting and simply makes a man “want her”.
I’ve always been a fan of plus-size models! There’s a great site with lots of images of plus-size models here:
http://www.judgmentofparis.com
They’re all gorgeous.
I wouldn’t have seen this since the demo for Glamour readers is more for the younger women (ages late teens to late 20′s). It’s fantastic that they’ve chosen to show a real woman in their pages. The fashion mags like Elle, Bazaar, and Vogue need to take a hint and try to fit realistic images in their magazines as opposed to providing us with the fantasy.
Oh my gosh, I would SO love for my pouch and sacks to be “IN”!