So a 12 is fat???

Ok I'm absolutely raging. I was looking through the questionnaires my group in study, research handed out and so far I've come across 2 different ones with girls claiming that a size 12 was overweight!! WHAT?!? The world is going absolutely crazy. The title of our project is “does celebrity culture have a negative impact on the physical and psychological wellbeing in young adults?”
While doing some research on it I found out some amazing things. Did you know that if shop mannequins were real people they would be too skinny to have children? And if Barbie was a real woman she would have to walk on all fours due to her proportions!!
Marilyn Monroe one of the most beautiful women that ever lived was a size 14, the average size of women in Ireland and the U.K. I think that the world’s obsession with achieving the perfect appearance has gotten way out of hand. The fact that there even is a size 0 amazes me!! Size 0 is a UK size 4!! A 4?!!? One of my legs wouldn’t even fit into a size that small!!

If somebody can show me 1 hetrosexual man who could actually be attracted to a bag of bones I will be amazed because I for one have never encountered one!!

Models 20 years ago weighed 8% less than the average women, these days they weigh 22% less. I think that a lot of people think thin = beautiful when in fact it doesn’t. Beauty is so so much more.

Which do you find most attractive???

Size 0.............. ................Size 12........................... Size ?!?

This is one of my favourite poems ever. Its by Maya Angelou and I think it really captures the idea of a womans beauty...

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies

I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size

But when I start to tell them They think I'm telling lies.

I say It's in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips

The stride of my steps

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally

Phenomenal woman That's me.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please

And to a man The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees

Then they swarm around me A hive of honey bees.

I say It's the fire in my eyes

And the flash of my teeth

The swing of my waist

And the joy in my feet.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally

Phenomenal woman That's me.

Men themselves have wondered What they see in me

They try so much But they can't touch My inner mystery.

When I try to show them They say they still can't see.

I say It's in the arch of my back

The sun of my smile

The ride of my breasts

The grace of my style.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally

Phenomenal woman That's me.

Now you understand Just why my head's not bowed

I don't shout or jump about Or have to talk real loud

When you see me passing It ought to make you proud.

I say It's in the click of my heels

The bend of my hair

The palm of my hand

The need for my care. '

Cause I'm a woman

Phenomenally

Phenomenal woman That's me.