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Thanks for the link and all!

I have an answer to your thought... are you ready for it?

It depends on who you ask.

There are "skinny" people out there who "don't want to look at fat people" just as much as there are "average" people who think that a size zero bag of bones is equally unappealing.

It'd be a glorious world if every fashion mag out there catered to women of all ages, shapes, sizes, and colors. But it hasn't been that way, ever, and likely (and sadly) probably won't ever be that way.

For the same reason they developed "plus size stores" - so that larger women don't have to wade through to the... what's it called? "Women's Section" of department stores, and as a big flashing neon sign to anyone a size 10 or under saying, "Don't waste your time here! Please just walk on by, ignore us!"

Metaphorically speaking, it says a lot, doesn't it?

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Anyway, thanks again for the link, and don't forget to check Stephanie's blog for part two tomorrow! :)

~ Lara

My question is, why aren't there models of in-between sizes? Yes, plus-size models have to be fit but they do have to be plus-size. What about the beautiful tall lean size 8 girls who either have to diet/starve or gain weight if they have any chance of being a model?

I'm not saying that models should be "average" looking women. Everybody wants to look at beautiful women. But beauty really doesn't have to be a size 4. I do not understand why the world and America in general will not embrace a curvier ideal. I would just really like to see some size 6 or size 8 models walking the catwalk or in an editorial as well.

Sorry for the major delay in responding here... but I'd love to answer the question about tall size 8 women.

There is LOTS of room for modeling for women like that. Not necessarily high fashion catwalks, no... although JPG has a few in every show. But catalogues, editorials, commercials (print and film), you name it.

There IS a push for "real people" out there, which honestly, is one of the main ways that plus women (in the industry, anything over a 10 is considered "plus" - sick, I know) have been able to get a grip in the field.

Bottom line though is that until recently, the majority of runway models were not even a four - they were mainly sizes zero and two (RARELY a two).