Skinny VS Curvy

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Serena Williams has one of the best bodies in sports, but she has still been called fat.

“I went through a really tough stage that took place when I was No. 1 and I had surgery and fell to almost 200 in the ranking,” she told Tyra Banks in an interview to air on her talk show on Thursday (watch video above). “Everyone called me fat, saying I was really unfit. Every [news]paper, the headline was ‘fat, fat, fat.’”

“You have to enjoy what you look like,” she said. “Sometimes I read things [that say] I’m too fit or my arms are too muscular, but that’s how I am. This is me, I love me. I think every person out there — man, woman, regardless of age or gender — needs to love themselves.”

Source: US Weekly

On feeling pressure about being thin for her role in Lipstick Jungle:

“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t. It was a dream to be able to step into couture clothing straight off the runway, but zipping into size 0 samples made me feel like I had to mold my body into a fashion ideal. I have scars from zippers cutting into me. There was no way I was going to starve myself. So I had to get up in the morning and work hard to tone up. As much as I loved the show, in some ways I was relieved when it was canceled. “

Lindsay Price in Fitness Magazine

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Kim recently did a bikini shoot for People magazine – Above you can see real Kim (I guess) on the left and Kim in the magazine on the right. No major photoshopping going on, but I see signs of it in the arms, hips, upper thigh and waist areas.

The bikini shots came with the following message:

I used to be really nervous doing bikini shoots but I honestly feel like now I am so much more confident and comfortable in my skin after losing a little weight and most importantly, toning up. Take a look through the People Magazine spread and let me know what you think. I think the photos turned out really well, very natural!

And a little something from her interview with People Magazine:

“After years of insecurities, Kim Kardashian proclaims: I’m proud of my curves!”

“This journey has taught me to be who I am. It doesn’t matter what other people think.”

I’m sad to say it, but this girl sends a lot of opposite messages: she’s proud of her curves, then she tries to prove that she wears size 26/27 in jeans in a video, then she is proud of her curves again, then she has chicken legs and she is very small, she is 117 lbs, no, she is 114, but she was always 120-125, she lost weight, got totally slimmerized in Photoshop in magazines, then sent a “No! to Photoshop” message, toned up, released a fitness video, became the image of a diet pill company, then she is proud of her curves again.

What do you think?

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She really does! And she says guys love it too. And she’s sad for the girls who can’t fill their jeans:

Kelly Clarkson loves her “bubble butt.” The “My Life Would Suck Without You” singer loves being a role model for curvy girls, and is especially proud of her shapely posterior. She said: “I totally have no chest, I’m all butt. Ever since I was a kid I’ve had a bubble butt – I get it from my mama. Guys are usually like, ‘Oh my gosh, look at that butt!’ In a good way!” “I’m a fan of my butt. I like filling out a pair of jeans, because sometimes I see girls who can’t and I feel bad about that.”

Kelly, 27, has been criticized for her fluctuating weight, but insists comments about her figure do not bother her.She is happy to admit she has cellulite and struggles to stay slim, and claims women who say it is easy to stay in shape are lying. She told Britain’s Heat magazine: “Dude, every woman has cellulite, I don’t care who you are. Unless you’re some anorexic girl in some mental institution? but even then their skin gets like that and worse. Any girl who tells you she doesn’t have cellulite is a frickin’ liar!”

Although Kelly has ruled out having cosmetic surgery to improve her figure, she is adamant women should not be lambasted if they do go under the knife.She insisted: “If a girl wanted bigger boobs, she could get them, but you can’t get a bigger butt!”"I’m kind of on the fence about it, because I have a friend who was completely unhappy with her boyish figure and she got breast implants and it turned her life around. So it’s hard for me to be against it, but I’m also not for it. I would never do it.”

OK, there are a few interesting statements in there! Let’s talk!

Source: Heat Magazine

Jessica Simspon was spotted on the runway at the Ozlem Suer fashion show in Paris, wearing a dramatic black gown that revealed her back.

And here’s an inspiring comment from Jessica:

“No matter how much money you spend to make yourself beautiful – With all the products, the diets, the plastic surgery – in the end women need to fall in love with themselves and realize they’re beautifully and wonderfully made.”

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The 21 year-old actress told BANG Showbiz:

“I have two younger sisters in high school and they talk about image all the time. Girls need to have a better body image. The stars out there now, they don’t need to be stick-skinny to the point you can see their bones through your skin. It’s not a good look.

“You don’t need to be like that to be beautiful or perfect or to fit in. What you are is exactly what you should be. You can’t let other people dictate your life or tell you how to feel about yourself because then you’re not living.”

“One of the most important things that I would love to do if I get to continue doing this job is to be a really positive role model for young women about their body image and about eating.

“I want to start giving girls a better body image.”

It’s not easy being a role model these days… so what do you think about this?

“I’m very confident in how I project my personality,” she says. “But in terms of how I look, I’m completely, hysterically insecure. I’m self-loathing, introverted and neurotic.”

… says Megan in Cosmopolitan Magazine.

And on completely unrelated news, she also said this:

“Women hold the power because we have the vaginas. If you’re in a heterosexual relationship and you’re a female, you win.”

Meet Lizzi Miller, a 20 year old model who posed for Glamour Magazine – but wait, Lizzie isn’t your typical 5′10”, 115 lbs. model. In fact, she’s 5′11”, 180 pounds and a US size 12 / 14, her tummy isn’t perfectly flat and she looks… NORMAL. Even more, Lizzie posed for the magazine in her underwear and her picture was part of an article about boosting your body confidence. The result? Lizzie got an overwhelming support from readers, who loved the picture of a happy, smiling, beautiful woman who didn’t suck in her tummy, didn’t get digital liposuctions in Photoshop, who had realistic curves, a bit of tummy and, above all, who seemed comfortable in her own skin.

Lizzie and Glamour’s editor are all over the news now – make sure you check the video from the Today Show below! And here’s what Huffington Post says:

A single photo used for an article on self confidence in September’s issue of Glamour magazine has caused a buzz in the modeling world.

After she was captured smiling and showing a bit of a tummy, the Glamour website was immediately overrun with positive comments, inspiring editor-in-chief Cindi Leive to reconsider the models shown in the magazine’s pages.

Here’s what Lizzie says about her figure:

“When I was young I really struggled with my body and how it looked because I didn’t understand why my friends were so effortlessly skinny,” Lizzi told me. “As I got older I realized that everyone’s body is different and not everyone is skinny naturally–me included! I learned to love my body for how it is, every curve of it. I used to be so self-conscious in a bikini because my stomach wasn’t perfectly defined. But everyone has different body shapes!

You might want to check out this Glamour article and the hundreds of comments under it – click here!

Now let’s talk!

Mischa Barton plays a model in the new drama The Beautiful Life… sounds great, but wait – Star Magazine cliaims that the producers asked her to lose weight for the role.

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“She knows that means they are calling her fat behind her back. She knows she is heavier than she needs to be but to hear it like that… it really shook her. How can Mischa play a model when she’s looking so heavy?

“She’s broken down in tears more than once before shooting. It’s a lot of pressure for someone who is just out of hospital.”

“She’s always been able to lose weight fast. Everyone knows she’s been struggling, so people are just really rooting for her.”

What do you think? Could be true or is it pure tabloid gossip?

More pics of Mischa on set on the next page!

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… especially about her legs & cellulite.

Here are the details from People Magazine:

Mischa Barton’s personal demons not only included a DUI arrest, relationship breakups and a hospitalization at a psychiatric ward – the actress also struggled with a fluctuating weight and body image.

“She has big self-esteem issues. … She hates her legs,” says a source close to Barton. “She isn’t comfortable with her body. It’s been a big source of stress and self-hate.”

Speculation about 23-year-old actress’s weight and nasty comments from tabloids and blogs also fueled insecurity.

“She had a big problem with those photos of her cellulite. … She didn’t like it,” says another source. “That just was something that contributed to her spiraling but she didn’t do much to fix it because of her partying.”

While another friend tells PEOPLE the photos upset the former O.C. star – “[She was] more pissed off than hurt and she complained a lot about that” – she didn’t let them get “to her too much. … I never saw her diet.”

But when photos showed a thinner Barton, she took to her blog and spoke out about the “crazy press,” telling fans that she’s “happier and healthier than ever so there’s no need to worry about me.”

“Just be happy and secure with yourself,” she wrote on her Web site. “Don’t let other people’s perceptions of you dictate the way you live your life.”