This Plus Size Model Is Hungry

on October 23, 2009 at 7:00 AM

Photo from Amazon

Crystal Renn is gorgeous. At size 12, she's considered plus size, but when she was a size 0 she was anorexic.

Blame the modeling industry, society, lack of self-esteem -- weight issues are a huge problem not just for teens, but can affect a woman throughout her whole life.

Crystal shows that she didn't have to be a thin model to have success.

I know one of the arguments about skinny models is that they look better in clothes. But I don't think that applies to Crystal. She looks good in (and out) of anything. She does have great proportions.

I'm not bashing thin models -- I do know people who are naturally thin like my mom, who has been teased about it all her life. She says calling someone skinny with a negative slant is as bad as calling someone fat.

I am shining a light on the unhealthy lengths women (and girls) feel they need to go to be thin. Just like Crystal did when she was 14 and was told she had to lose nine inches from her hips. She became anorexic and lost 80 pounds, whittling herself down to a size 0.

Now a healthy size 12, Crystal wrote a book called Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves, and guess what? She's still modeling!

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About the author Michele Zipp

loves vintage and will defend skinny jeans to the death though she is highly superstitious and "death" is probably a bad word choice. She has a touch of the hoarding disease and enjoys sleuthing, the worst reality shows, and wearing high heels, even at the playground. She's an AP mom of twins, slightly crunchy but with a pedicure.

Filed Under: beauty, plus size

Comments (15)

Peajewel

on Oct 23, 2009 at 9:05 AM

She is beautiful and it is kind of sad that she is considered a plus size model in a size 12!

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MorbidFraggle

on Oct 23, 2009 at 11:50 AM

That woman is gorgeous but It always makes me so sad to see what the "industry" considers plus size!

aurorabunny

on Oct 23, 2009 at 12:11 PM

A size 12 in WHAT?! I was a size 12 once upon a time and unless that woman is photoshopped to hell I did NOT look like that.

LuminousMom

on Oct 23, 2009 at 12:19 PM

in designer clothing... a 12 is "larger" than say... Old Navy. At Gap, I wear 2 sizes smaller than I wear at Levis... I doubt shes what we would call a "12"

LokisMama

on Oct 23, 2009 at 1:07 PM

If size 12 is plus sized, what the hell does that make me? :D

She looks awesome though.

Pollymom

on Oct 23, 2009 at 5:24 PM

She's probably considered a size 12 because she actually has curves...LOL

That's a very flattering picture of her. When I used to be a size 12...long ago...I sure could've used some of that boobage. LOL

damira

on Oct 23, 2009 at 8:53 PM

she looks like a size 12 to me. she's gorgeous.

on Oct 23, 2009 at 11:05 PM

What kind of size 12 person has protruding collarbones? I sure as hell didn't when I was a size 12.

fmchavez

on Oct 24, 2009 at 1:47 AM

I think she's gorgeous. Everyone carries their weight differently. At a size 12 my collarbones were definitely protruding.

Nonmember comment from Lois

on Oct 24, 2009 at 3:46 AM

I've always been a fan of plus-size models! There's a great site with many images of Crystal and other plus-size models here: http://www.judgmentofparis.com/ They're all gorgeous. The site's forum also has thought-provoking discussions about body image and the media.