Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally, a normal-sized woman! She is gorgeous and I would HARDLY call her PLUS-SIZED! The fashion world needs to re-evaluate what is "normal" and stop portraying anorexic as normal. You need to put more women like Lizzi in your magazine as do others. Maybe we wouldn't have so many young girls out there with eating disorders! Or even WOMEN such as my 53-year-old sister who thinks she needs to be a size 3. If you are naturally a small person, great! However, those that FORCE themselves to be small are unhealthy and I believe much of it is caused by these tall thin size 0 models out there portraying that they are what's beautiful. I, myself used to be a size 3-5 when I was younger and around 100-105 lbs (and only 5'2"). Due to medical problems, I've gained quite a bit of weight and am now a size 12. While I know that is "average", because I was always small, I feel I'm "fat". Most people can't believe I wear the size I wear. Anyway, thank you for showing me and many others that we are not "fat". Please do it more often!
Posted 8/24/2009 7:32:50am
by trainwreck

I absolutely applaud your decision to run this photo of a real woman. I only wish you would have chosen to run it on the cover. I think it's about time a magazine realized that more women are not all "skinny-minnys" and that plus women deserve recognition too. Although I'm not a size 14 yet (2 sizes to go), I would rather be voluptuous and sexy and with extra weight than showing my bones and walking around like I looked dead. Congrats to the model who sat for this shoot - she has become a hero to alot of women because of her decision. And you can count on me becoming a new reader.
Posted 8/24/2009 7:28:40am
by ReggieRae8