It appears I'm not perfect enough....
I'm a 16 year old girl and was an aspiring model, over the years Ive competed in many beauty pageants and placed well, gotten acting scholarships, and overall a very nice reaction. Though through all of this all I've wanted to do was runway and couture modeling.
Being artistically and creative in front of the camera is my passion but as soon as I sent in my applications to modeling agencies I started getting some very concerning replies. I am not a fuller figured girl, but to them I was the wrong size. My sizes are 34 bust, 23 waist, 36 hips. I am 5' 9'' blond, brown eyed girl, I have clear skin, high cheek bones and everything they said they want.
I am a cross country runner and very active in sports and here is what is ruining my chances, I have 22 inch thighs. So my thighs are almost the size of my waist and if I was to lose the weight they are asking me to, I would probably suffer a lot of damage along with not being able to gain any muscle mass in my legs, in turn not being allowed to run anymore.
So I asked myself. How perfect is "perfection"? Will their version of the perfect me cause me to wither away and be thoroughly unhealthy?.Why is that perfect?
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The cool thing about connotation is you can define perfect for yourself!
I am tall but not tall enough, I get the "your too skinny" look at the gym and the your "too fat look" at modeling shows, To guys I am sexy but not the 'pretty girl', to girls i have a great body, great eyelashes, great eyes but somehow I am not all around 'great' whatever that means...
i have dance on and off, a danced with am amazing dancer who happened to be naturally thin and 5'10" she was asked to stop dancing ballet b/c her waifish arms where too muscular... she did... she still models locally but she's not gonna be in vogue anytime soon... was it worth it??
i stopped dacing 1 year ago and mylegs have not shrunk an inch .. my thighs are still too big for my tiny hip frame and i miss dancing.......
at the end of the day all I can say is do what makes your heart smile :) people would always rather be with those who are happy than those who are miserable even if they are successful.
i got a FB let me know if you wanna talk...........
ReplyI never really understood why most models have thighs that look like they could snap in half. I have a similar situation...my thighs are very large in proportion to the rest of my body, which is great for sports and running and not so good for looking exactly perfect in jeans. The thing about "perfection" is that it's all subjective. My husband thinks I have a very nice body, most women would say maybe I'm too short or that my boobs aren't big enough...who knows. And who cares? Really, as long as you are healthy, you can't really do much more than that...work with what you have!
ReplyThe problem is all those Calvin Klein and Abercrombie & Fitch ads that flog the "skinny legs in jeans" look as perfection to be attained. Reject that and embrace strength & health as much closer to perfection!
ReplyI think it's so incredibly sad that there seems to be only one body type that clothing designers are willing to embrace. Coincidentally there was a segment on "Sunday Morning" this past Sunday about plus size models. A "Plus Size" is 14 or above. Marilyn Monroe was a size 14 or so I'm told. Although designers are "embracing" "larger" models, they still think that their clothing looks better on ultra skinny women. It seems to me that the problem then is the clothes. Why are "designer" clothes only fit for skinny women? Especially when the majority of women don't look look like that. Magazines are making celebrities and models look even thinner with Photoshop "magic." One designer was quoted as saying that nobody wanted to look at round women! Another designer said her clothes looked better on skinny models. It's a sad situation. You sound like a healthy and fit woman. In the end, you'll be better off.
ReplyMarilyn at her heaviest was a modern equivilant of a size 10 but in her movies a size 6-8
Here are her measurements:
Height: 5 feet 5 1/2 inches
Weight: Varied, 115 - 120 lbs.
Measurements: 37-23-36 (Studio's Claim); 35-22-35 (Dressmaker's claim).
With vanity sizing a size 14 today is not the same it was 30 years ago, heck it's the the same it was 10 years ago.
I agree with the other poster's focus on the healthy ideal, the trend toward a a more atheletic frame is coming. Whether or not that will happen in time for you to take advantage of it I don't know.
ReplyI want to add that the designer that only design for skinny models are:
1. afraid of change from the aesthetics they were taught, and therefore resistant to using healthy looking models.
2.Might lack the skills to design for a larger frame.
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