Posted on 02/12/2009 6:24:54 AM PST by Federalist Patriot
The average American woman is 53 lbs. heavier than the typical fashion show "runway" model, according to a new study. This video report shows graphics comparing the size of the average runway model (5'9", 110 lbs), to the average American woman (5'4", 163 lbs). I was surprised the average American woman is 5'4" tall.
I know this is a little off-topic for what we usually post here at Freedom's Lighthouse, but I could not resist posting this report. If you have ever thought those models don't look like virtually anyone you see in real life, now you know why -- they don't!
WARNING: For Valentine's Day men, don't tell your wife or girlfriend that she is 53 pounds heavier than a fashion model! . . . . . . . (Watch Video)
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But did the study adjust for age? I bet most runway models are under 30 or even under 25.
Hillary’s left cankle is bigger than the average fashion model.
The models are so thin often their ribcages stick out or their chest bones portrude, their breasts just about disappear they are so tiny, their arms and legs look like a concentration camp survivor’s.
The normal sized women - the average I believe is around dress size 14 - would be considered fat by the fashion model industry.
I say screw ‘em. :)
Those women are disgusting. Every one of them could stand to put on at least 30 lbs.
I always tell my wife she’s twice the women those models are.
How much heavier than male models are average men.Not many beer guts walking the runways for men either.
The ideal weight, based on MEDICAL information, is the simple formula.
Woman’s weight (lbs) = [(Height in inches) X 5] - 200
lol!
I confess, I watch that show too.
Last year’s winner was a “plus size” model. She actually had a figure.
I weigh 243 pounds (6’-0”). However, I am at the gym 5 to 6 times a week.
Exactly. Men lose their hair, get paunches, love handles, etc. but few ever concentrate on that in the media. The attention is always on the women.
In order to be in playboy, your BMI needs to be about 18.8
Waif thin runway models are a different category than, say Sports Illustrated swimsuit models who have a little more meat on their bones. These days most men seem to find a curvy J-Lo type body more appealing.
Illegal immigration might be pulling the average down, since the typical Mexican-born peasant woman seems to come in around 4'8". ;)
Many of those girls aren't even that pretty. They have certain facial features that are photogenic without drawing too much attention away from the clothes they're wearing but when you see them off the runway, these girls are really plain jane looking.
I have been to El Paso, Mexican women average about 5-5 to 5-6 in height.
I’d hit it.
All the Mexicans I have ever met are exactly three inches tall.
Unbelievable! Taxpayers are paying for that.
She usually spews her beer when I tell her that.
Yay! I'm taller than average at 5'4-1/2". (I dont weigh anywhere near the 163 referenced here, though.) I've always been the "runt" of my family, as all of my siblings, both male and female are much taller than I am.
interesting statistics
hehe
Yeah, but how much are they paying for abortions, HIV treatment, etc?
My husband tells me I look like an angel...one of those full figured angels like you see in Renaissance paintings, but an angel nonetheless; )
I have to say one thing in favor of the models. Many women have dlender bones and they are perfectly healthy even if they look skinny. Many northern Russian, Baltic and Scandinavian women look skinny but their muscle,bone,fat ratios are perfectly healthy.
However, many, many American, Mexican and British women are just plain fat — no excuses except lack of movement except at the dinner table.
Not much bulimia and anorexia in the male fashion model ranks, either.
No question that many runway models are too skinny to be especially attractive, but 5’4” and 163 lbs is just plain fat. Also, while most of us might focus on the thin runway models when we see fashion shows, the pros are looking at the clothes. And the thin models allow the clothes to hang the way the designers want them to be seen. It’s not about how the models look, it’s about how the clothes look.
LOL! it wouldn't be your comment that would get the stirred up!
OMG. That just aint right. That makes me nauseous!
The stomping gait cracks me up. The reason for it, I believe, is to give the clothes movement as the models walk down the runway. We focus on the models, but the designers and the fashion professionals, who count, focus on the close. The runway walks are designed for them, not us.
Wow...so I’d have to weight 120 lbs. I’d be a freaking stick. 135 works fine for me.
‘I’d hit it.”
Pinata time?
Well, looks like I only batted .500 on the word ‘clothes’ in that post.
;^)
I thought average was five foot seven inches? Are we shrinking or has there been a massive immigration of short people? If anything, we just keep getting taller up here!
We know.
I am going to ignore the slings and arrows sent the way of us shorter statured women...and overlook the whole weight discussion, to concentrate on what is really important...
In some way, shape or form, the taxpayers of California (and the US) will pay to have the tissue reduction (read tummy tuck) done on OctoMom Jolie there. Anybody ever watch Jon and Kate Plus 8? Kate, a married mom whose husband had a job when she had her sextuplets...but I digress, had a tuck done at the benevolence of a plastic surgeon (whose wife had seen their Lifetime Show and knew Kate needed the work done). At the time (ie, a big Lifetime paycheck ago) Kate couldn’t afford the procedure, and insurance doesn’t cover it...BUT our media darling, Angelinawannabe, doesn’t have insurance (because she doesn’t have a job or employed significant other) so even if a plastic surgeon ‘donated’ his services, no doubt the anesthesia, hospital stay, etc would be covered elsewhere.
Having my tax dollars support her 12 kids, including the new octuplets, makes me nauseous.
And I don't even pay taxes!
We’d need photos to properly judge that...
Ah, ok! Thanks, that makes some sense, at least.
Double standard?
Are you proof that muscle outweighs fat? LOL!
Yes!
Don’t you just love when some sloppy, unattrctive male passes judgement on a woman’s looks?...most times when the woman wouldn’t look twice at “the judge.”
For this reason, my 12-year-old, who is 5-3 and 95 pounds, frets about her figure. Since she helps on the farm and plays soccer I keep reminding her she is muscular. Sometimes I fear it’s a losing battle. Mom can only say so much while the kids are getting pounded by the distorted images of “beautiful” models.
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