We all know that those photos that we all envy in the fashion and beauty magazines are retouched beyond belief. It should be a relief to know that though, because often times women try to emulate these pictures of beautifully flawless skin and seemingly size zero waists.
Although most of us wouldn’t mind a little photoshopping when we’re getting our pictures snapped to take a little bit off of our butts and maybe cinch in our wasitlines as well, there is definitely a line that shouldn’t be crossed, and they crossed it with the most popular plus size model today, Crystal Renn.
Ms Renn is a plus size model who has taken the industry by storm after modeling on the “normal” circuit for models, which means you basically starve yourself all the time, and getting sick of it and then becoming her normal, healthy weight, which happens to be a size ten for the tall stunner.
She became sort of a poster child for protesting the use of too-thin models in advertising and on the runways, and her gorgeous looks still propelled her to the top of the plus size model market. Let’s face it, most of us are not what is considered model thin, and models like Crystal represent what most American women look like today, which is a curvy, yet happy and healthy woman.
Well, a big controversy developed because Crystal was seen in an ad campaign looking like she was wittled down to a size two. Apparently the photos were retouched – a lot, and without the model’s blessing.
She said that she was upset because it sends the wrong message, that a plus size model needs to be airbrushed in order to be sexy or acceptable in the fashion world. She suffered with anorexia and bulimia for years in the modeling industry, which is a testament to the incredible stress that these women are under to stay ridiculously thin.
Let’s face it, most of us don’t have the metabolism of a humming bird, and we have to dramatically, almost punishingly reduce our calories in order to maintain that type of waifish physique for any period of time. Being through an eating disorder myself when I was younger, I can tell you that it’s very hard to beat, and it feels like your own personal hell until you can beat it.
