FashionGates reports on Sports Illustrated’s latest all-American cover model Carolyn Murphy. Murphy makes some intriguing comments regarding her selection:
“I never thought I’d make the pages of Sports Illustrated, because I’ve always been skinny. But after I had my daughter, I had hips, I had boobs,” says Murphy, who had previously appeared in SI’s Swimsuit Edition in 2004, but never on the cover of the magazine. “It takes some adjustment. My partner, he loves it, but it’s something I had to embrace.”
The new 5’9”-tall SI cover model, who weighted 182 pounds during her pregnancy and got back to her current 120 pounds within a year, says, “I’d like to reach out to more women and different body types.”
I’m not quite sure how being an underweight (BMI 18) SI cover model will “reach out to more women and different body types”.
Ummm, hello Charlotte but according to the link you posted 120 IS underweight for five feet nine inches. Have you checked it?
I am 5’9″ and a 120lbs. I am not unheallthy, in fact I bet I eat more than half the people on this thread. But because I have a fast metabolism and I’m tall you tell me I’m underweight? I am not. Its how I’m built. Be whatever you want to be, but love who you are first, now who you want to become.
Hi Maria my name is Catherine. I just saw your comment and I totally agree, like you I am 5’9 and come in at 130 pounds! People say to me “Wow you look great.” But to myself I don’t think the same. You might be diffrent then me and you may not model but do you have any advice on staying positive? Or advice on anything? Thank you.(:
Hey! I need some advice. I am 13, 5’9, and I weigh in at 130 pounds. I have recentley recieved some call backs from modeling agencies in NYC. This sounds great but behind the scenes I am not happy with my look. I feel as if I have bigger legs then other models (I have played socer for 10 years = muscle gain) and this makes me second guess myself. I can see why people blame the media for their problems though, they always say if you dont have a flawless body your not good enough; and young girls like myself take this to heart. Any advice on what I should do? Please?! Thank you and please please please press the reply button!
You fat judgemental whores need to get off your high horse, and get a life. Some people are skinny, and some people are fat. Get over it, and love yourself and stop picking on everyone else. You are all insecure. If you’re so “concerned” with health, then why don’t you lead by example, and not a big mouth.
You all have to remember that people have different builds too. I’m 5’8″ and weigh around 120 and I dont look too skinny at all. However, I have a very tiny ribcage, shoulders, etc. Someone my height with a different build would look underweight at 120. Most models have very narrow torso’s.
I was just wondering why everyone is so concerned about other people’s weight. It’s really a personal matter. I get so tired of people telling me that I’m too skinny because I am 5’3″ and weigh 106 lbs. How would overweight people feel if people kept telling they are too fat? It goes both ways. I happen to like the way I feel and look. Really…Why is it such an issue? Why not just mind your own business and spend your time dealing with your own problems instead of sticking your nose into other people’s personal matters? Models wouldn’t be models if they weren’t skinny. It’s their job. Get over it.
Although she may be an “acceptable” weight, I still believe she’s rather thin. The model industry is a complete joke, because the average woman does NOT have a BMI of 18 or lower and does not reach a height of 5’10″. Frankly I think these models are setting a horrible example for young girls, implying that you must be thin and tall to be beautiful. I’m saying this as a fifteen year old girl with a BMI of 23 and a height of 5 feet.
Where does it stop, though? BMI may not be perfect, but it’s SOMETHING. Some people will keep losing weight until it affects their health… I KNOW, I’m a recovered anorexic (I hate that word recovered, because you never really do recover; it’s always in the back of your mind). And NO, I’m not fat (5”11 140lbs, size 2)…I just wish people would take the disorder more seriously, and stop tossing around insults about peoples’ weight. Anorexics have the highest death rates of any mental disorder, 20% within 17 years of onset, with average onset beginning between ages of 14 and 22. So, yeah, a 1-in-5 shot of dying by age 40. Anyone still think it’s worse to be overweight than anorexic?
It’s really annoying when people assume that thin girls have some type of eating disorder. I have always been thin. I’m 19, 5’9″ and 110 pounds. I eat quite a lot. I get reverse discrimination from overweight people condescending on my weight.
Just because I’m thin, doesn’t mean my feelings aren’t hurt when people throw out every skinny joke in the book (daily… since I was in 1st grade!), the way larger people are hurt. But, society tends to be more sensitive to fat jokes, it seems.
Yes, “trees,” “twiggy,” “olive oyl.” Got any more?
5’6″ and 120 lbs. IS NOT UNDERWEIGHT. http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
I’m 5’8″, and 125 lbs. My doctor says I’m healthy and this is normal for MY BODY TYPE.
How’s this for self-esteem issues: being called everything from “boy-chested” to anorexic. That was when I was 111 lbs. I WAS underweight then, but couldn’t help it, as I was 14, and had gained all of my height at once, without the accompanying pubescent body fat.
You “normal” girls (and the boys, too) made me cry all through middle and most of high school.
When are you nutjobs going to get that bodies come in ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES?
Were not bringing them down because were jelous (though granted, sometimes I am). I don’t really care if someone wants to be a little thinner, but it gets to a point where it’s ridiculous. I mean, how skinny do you have to get?! And are models really wanting to be that skinny, or do they just feel like they have to. I mean even though I’m at a healthy weight, I still feel pressured to lose weight. I think our culture is a little too absored on the outward apperance, I mean there’s nothing wrong with wanting to look your best. But, I mean, come on, this isn’t wanting to look your best anymore, it’s about being THE best. Which I think is a little sad, there are more important things to do with your life.
I dont think she looks underweight, but I know that height wise and boney wise, she is a little too skinny but, if she feels comftorable that way and she’s not throwing up forcabeley or not eating, then she should be fine the way hse is.
its not that shes disgustingly thin its just that when i woman wnats to reach out to others with different body types she usually HAS a different bidy type. 120 at 5’9 is pretty normal among models. my teenage sister is working to be a model and shes about 110 at 5’8( and still growing at 14) and is in no way anorexic! she eats almost twice as much as me and not healthy at all. i eat vegan and im an athletic dancer and im 5’6 at 118. it just comes to show you that models have different standards that the average thin girl walkinmg around. theyre usually just born to be tall and thin and hopefully theyre healthy about it. it would be awesome for models to reach ou to ppl with different body types but there arent many models with different body types. so yeah whats shes saying abo9ut her body being “so different” is an exageration. ok ill stop rambling lol. interesting topic
by all health advocates and doctors a BMI of 18.5 or lower is considered underweight.
I’m 5’10 & 132 pounds & my BMI is 18.9.
I’ve been told I need to gain weight because I lost my appetite due to depression & in return lost 9 pounds. I feel okay where I am now, but my doctor told me that I should weigh 138-140.
I don’t really think I need to since before I was 135 & I felt fine that way.
Her BMI is in teh underweight section, however if you have very little muscle weight on you, you might be a healthy slim weight at that weight. if you are a gym bunny and have a few kilo of healthy weight on a strong back and legs, the 120 weight would be ridiculous.
Given she may manage to be healthy at 120 for her build and height, is one thing. it certainly beats being obese.
however for her to go on about how she is now so ‘curvy’ and her husband and her adjusting to all the curves, and for her to not feel reasonably skinny still is quite weird.
it may be at first she was a skinny fat person, someone with no muscle left after starving as a super model, then fat comes on and even if it is tiny bits it kind of sags.
Soon some tiny muscles start to make this a nicer body, which i am sure she has aimed for.
i think models are awsome
sorry that i am always replying but i read more and more comments of your.
think of that , not everyone are meant to be models , you just must meet some requirements to get some jobs , like you have to be smart to be a doctor , so you need to be tall and slim to be a model , tall slim and curvy but fit to be lingerie or bikini model , even more slim and taller to be catwalk model , like you have to be fit athletic , strong to be sportsman , to have a good voice to be a singer and so on. just there are some requirements for all of the jobs. and you can put some efforts to meet that requirements , but some of the girls just do not understand that it is not up to them , it is too hard for them to meet some of the standarts like being slim and then they diet and get anorexic , you just need to do everything upon your own abilities , health and so on…
and it sometimes seems that there is a stereotype that slim girls cannot have curves , that is soo not true. we can have even better curves than normal or overweight girls. fat on your stomach just don’t mean you have curves you know.
and yes kmi is just an average , and we girls want to be something more than creatures fiting into some kind of frames. we should be beautiful in our own way and forget about jealousy. i’m so mad on girls who spend their time in front of the computer , commenting -”oh she is so underweight…” , get a life.
and some are just naturally fat and jealous because slim girls can eat whatever they want and still be slim.
soooooo true.
blah blah blah… underweight underweight… lol you girls are just jealous for models because they’re slim , if you’re fat and aren’t so lucky to have small bones and good genes to be slim forever it doesn’t mean that girls meant to be slim are underweight and look anorexic , everyone who call them anorexic are fat and jealous.
kmi factor is just a factor you can’t apply it on all the women around the world , because some of us may have small bones and good genes , and thanks to them we can be slim all the time no matter how much and what we eat. if i was a doctor i would consider kmi of 16 normal , i have seen many girls that are in the “normal” kmi of 18- 24.9 and look so fat that you think that they really need to do something about a diet or get some exercise.
I 5’9 workout 7 days a week run on treamill 1 hour, row, kicbox and lift weight 110 pounds.I’m a female and i weight 145 and i eat clean 6 days a week a drink lots of water.I use to be 130 and the doctor said i was close to being under weight so i went up to 145.So if you call a buck 20 at 5’9 healthy you been drinking a tad bit to much.
If you want everyone to love their bodies as much as you do, you should not broadcast your opinion that being 5’9″ and 120 lbs is disgusting, becasue plenty of people are and should be able to love themselves the way you do.
Maria, genetics also comes into play, as well as body fat percentage, and fitness. Some people are naturally more curvy and have more fat (which weighs much less than lean, muscle tissue). Emma could very well look incredibly thin at 5’8″ 140…. She might just have a different body composition than you. I am 5’9″ and weigh almost 140, and I work hard to be as thin and fit as I am. I cannot even imagine weighing twenty pounds lighter, but I guess that’s why Carolyn Murphy is a super model and I am not
There’s no way you can look anorexic at 5’8″ 140lbs, that’s not that thin. I’m 5’9″, 130 lbs and I don’t look anorexic, please
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okay,..I am 5’7.5 -5’8 and I weigh 135, so that said, Iam not “skinny” i am normal, infact my thighs are heavy and i have an ass, i have a think torso, and i cant count my ribs unless i really suck in my stomach. I don’t think weight has anything to do with body mass index….you cant just measure yourself r judge someone simply by how much they weigh,….