That's the thing, really. I wish we could just be beautiful as individuals. Not because we conform to a set of ideals like a show dog, but because we are beautiful as ourselves. When I was growing up, I was nice and skinny according to that requirement, but I spent those years hidden in voluminous clothing, ashamed because of my flat chest. I was happy at first when the standard of beauty was model-thin, but then I realized that I was too short. Now with age & weight I have curves, but I have that weight elsewhere, too. And I wouldn't have spent all that time trying to conform to a scale of beauty that doesn't actually include my race.

In the end, I'm just me, and lucky enough to have the SO who thinks I'm lovely. But I wasted a lot of time in trying to be someone I wasn't; and that someone kept changing!

So they're walking hangers? That makes so much more sense, now. Seriously.

Yeah, that's about the extent of it, as far as I know.

Note that all I know about modeling I learned off America's Next Top Model.

but loved the Garcia and Spencer interaction on this week's ep.

Yeah, me too. Poor Garcia. She doesn't usually have to deal with the bloody crime scenes in person, and she was clearly shaken.

Just imagine if runway models needed to wear bras. Would mess with everything!

Dangerdame.com tells you what size a given model's wearing in their photographs. Which is a good idea. Trial and error, back when I wore VS, told me that I should stick to bras modelled by Tyra, for instance.

If I am to wear the clothes, they need to be relatable. But those clothes the runway models are showing aren't really meant for me anyway.

In other news, I left a comment on a Bravo TV blog, and it never showed up! I was totally censored! What I said (in part) was "Eff those haters."

I tried to leave a comment on the Entertainment Weekly site about two weeks ago, in response to a review of Veronica Mars. The first time, it got censored (in a preview function) for inappropriate language; the word in questions was "Sheeesh." The second time, it got censored for inappropriate language; the word in question was "rape." I used the word "rape" because the reviewer had incorrectly stated that the rape mystery had ended, when it still had a week (and an actual resolution) to go.

I'm going to say it again, here, where I can be free: Eff those haters!!

Jesse, you are just BEGGING for an in-thread warning for that language, aren't you?!?!

(And Cindy, don't think I'm not keeping an eye on you, either....)

It's a cry for help, really.

Yeah, swimsuit models are generally curvier than other models, because of the boobs--runway models and high fashion models are way skinny, and generally edgier-looking, becuase it's more concept/clotheshanger, whereas stuff like catalog models are going to be more normal looking (shiny happy still don't have curves or breasts but aren't actively anorexic looking in the photos). Also why ANTM is ridiculous, because most "top" models start when they're like 14, and have no curves or bodyfat.

What cracks me up is that this season of ANTM, Tyra has been wearing a corset almost every time. Something makes me suspect her body image is ALL fucked up.