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The comments at all of the posts range from the stupid things like "I'd hit it" to long philosophical discussions about size and shape.
I would like to make a few observations on the photo. First off, her face is beautiful. The face is usually the first thing I notice on a woman (I won't go into what the subsequent things are). Her arms are hard to tell - I don't know if she has the dreaded underarm flap thing going on from the position she is sitting in.
It doesn't appear that she has a giant midsection, but she obviously has a paunch (again, the pose doesn't give me all the info I need). This isn't too alarming, as most women who have had children can identify with that (it looks like the loose skin paunch rather than a true gut). Her butt and legs have my claxons going off though as this looks like her premier fat repository on her body. I mean this is a posed photo and all and she really looks like she has a lot of junk in the trunk. On my body I store fat first in my gut, arse, chest and neck. Or I should say I used to...no more of that for me.
Her skin is quite nice though, all over her body - the lack of cellulite and other imperfections certainly gives her a more healthy glow than most people of her size and shape. The imperfections could have been airbrushed though.
So what to do? It is clear that if she stays on her current path that by the time she is 50 or 60 that she will be immense. But there may not be motivation for her to get her body together - if she makes a large chunk of her living being an over sized clothes model, it would probably be a not so sound financial decision to lose weight and tone up.
Many commenters say that there is nothing wrong with her size 12 dress. In and of itself, it isn't a big issue for me, but I think that if she is on the way to bloated oblivion that this is a giant problem. Diabetes, heart disease, and a whole host of other ailments are coming down the track in just a short time for her.
For her long term health I would like to see her lose the 50 or so pounds (maybe more). And frankly, with that face she could very well be a knockout if she lost the poundage.
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She's from Milwaukee and her last name is Miller.
Body by Usinger's?
She is gorgeous.
Men and women are predisposed genetically to store fat deposits in different places on their bodies.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-does-fat-deposit-on-t
What is really interesting is to do some reading on the differences between what is perceived as "beautiful" in women has changed over the centuries. For example, in the middle ages, fat women were more attractive because it signaled that they had the means to procure enough food to get fat. Skinny = poor.
Jim - it is an interesting subject I agree.
But I think that not only do women and men store fat differently, but that diffent women store fat differently, as with men.
The woman above is clearly overweight, but from the neck up is a doll. I have seen it the other way around too, but not often. I haven't seen too many women get away with the trunk she clearly has but not have noticable neck/arm fat but I have seen it a few times.
In the end she is shortening her life expectancy, I don't think there is too much doubt about that.
Agreed. I was just trying to let you know that there was scientific basis to your observations that: "Her butt and legs have my claxons going off though as this looks like her premier fat repository on her body" and "On my body I store fat first in my gut, arse, chest and neck."
Obesity in Americans is out of control and it starts with our diet. Nowhere else in the world can you buy a 20 or 32 oz. soda for $1 (without having to get out of your car even!) All those empty calories and lack of exercise are a deadly combination.
I've only seen a couple of people talk about the strain obesity puts on our health care system. But that is another discussion for another time. :-)
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.
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