Plus-size models buck thin trend in V magazine: ‘Big’ news as avant-garde fashion publication releases February ‘Size’ issue
In actuality the 'Size Issue' of V presents women, both large and small, in a way to encourage people to see beauty regardless of the size of the woman. They even have two covers, one with tiny Dakota Fanning and one with Precious star Gabourey Sidibe, who weighs just a little less than me.
In a world where a size 12 is a plus-sized model, the average woman is a 14, and 41% of women are above that, we need to redefine beauty. Women may have an ideal size when they are their most beautiful, but it shouldn't be dictated to them. A woman who is beautiful at an 18 shouldn't be forced to starve herself till her health is compromised. What's important is one, being healthy, which contrary to popular belief can be possible at a larger size so long as you are also active, and two, recognising beauty for what it is, not merely something physical but the all-around wonder of woman.
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