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Let's just ignore how weird it is to finally hear some of these models speak, and instead focus on its message of encouraging you to think your body is sexy and lovable. While self-love is a glorious sentiment, hearing these women do it is kinda like watching people standing in a gorgeous sunshiney day on some tropical island proclaiming that they love the weather. Not the most daring proclamation.
It's easy to love a gorgeous day- what's braver is standing in your puffy coat that you've had for years with snowmelt seeping into your shoes, taking in the winter all around you, and yelling THIS WEATHER IS MINE, I MOVED HERE ON PURPOSE AND I LOVE IT! Loving things when they're perfect is the easy option. Let's grow some balls and love "imperfect" things, shall we?
Sure it would have been better if they put real women in their lingerie (they look great, I swear) proclaiming how much they loved themselves, but Victoria's Secret knows that if they did that, they would be stuck with lots of kudos and even more unsold lingerie. They understand that you're buying the fantasy of loving yourself, and they're working to keep that fantasy unattainable. So as a little message from Victoria's Secret: certainly try and love your body, you plebeian, but definitely buy Body by Victoria.
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Wednesday 10 March
By kat
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for putting a 'voice' to what i so quickly thought when opening my VS email containing that photo of rail-thin models talking about 'loving [my] body.' my arms---& most other womens' for that matter---are the size of those models' legs. & it's not slight either; it's in-your-face skinny, skinny, sickly skinny. i was so upset by the ad(s) that i in fact emailed aunt vicky about this. of course, 'her' reply was that VS upholds high standards for "positive image portraying.... healthy, athletic women." suuuure. if any of those models tried any sport, they might break a bone or collapse from exhaustion. i'm all for sexy, gorgeous, beautiful women----but they don't ALL come in size 00. THANKS AGAIN for putting this out there----AND PLEASE VOICE YOUR OPINION TO THE COMPANY ALSO! 0:)
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Sunday 28 March
By Michelle
I don't get why there is so much sympathy for the heavier women. And why are they more 'real' than the Victoria's Secret models? I'm pro body diversity as much as the next girl, but that doesn't mean that thinner women that may or may not work to look that way should be put down.
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Sunday 28 March
By Rebecca Brown
Dear journalist,
You just wrote that models aren't "real" women. What do you suggest they are? Aliens? Plants? Cats? This is so insulting to these women. Is a woman only "real" if she is of average size? All women are real. All women have inherent dignity, but you seem to have forgotten that models are a) "real" women and b) deserving of basic respect. I would say that diversity in size and shape is a welcomed sight in magazines. A fit size 0 or 14 with a healthy body fat percentage would be a welcome sight anywhere. However, regardless of health, everyone, everywhere is deserving of basic dignity. These models are not "perfect" as you put it. They are humans like you and like me.
Maintaining a healthy body is work. Noone lets themselves go "on purpose", but many of us allow it. It's a privledge to have a body that has no disability.
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Saturday 01 May
By vicki
my first picture was good,but next one not sure who
was in pool,luv your body contest/
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