Bigger Is Better
Models on the front of magazines are usually what people consider “flawless” - skinny, pretty and drenched with pounds of makeup.
People find themselves full of jealousy, flipping the pages of magazines although the modeling industry is taking a turn, and for the better. Publishing plus size girls on their cover and starting a new trend most people never thought would exist.
Sports Illustrated took a twist on the “skinny is superb” theory believed by many teen girls and young women as well. In their latest issue staring soccer player Alex Morgan, the athlete shared her goal to show the importance of people being comfortable in their own skin, whatever shape it may be.
“It's important to accept your body for what God gave you," the star of the U.S. women's soccer team told CNN in a phone interview.
Someone’s body is what they have to live with everyday. The way their body feels to them is something that they should be able to be confident about instead of worried about.
Not only do athletes star in the swimsuit edition of the magazine, but famous models as well, and some more than once.
Nebraska native Ashley Graham is taking part in the the effort to use social media to call plus size women to realize their curves aren’t bad. She appeared in Sports Illustrated for the add “swimsuitsforall”, a bathing suit brand made specifically for those size eight and up.
"I know my curves are sexy, and I want everyone else to know that theirs are too," Graham said in a statement to US Weekly. "There is no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt."
There is no reason not to flaunt your curves, because according to other famous models bigger really is better.
Well-known actress and model Kate Upton has appeared in the alluring magazine more times than one. Upton was recently seen looking bigger and better than many of the stick-thin models in her industry, seemingly following a different motto: bigger is better - or at least happier.
With high standards in the modeling industry, usually anything over a size two is two too many. Hitting in the double digits like some models today is almost unbelievable.
These high standards shouldn’t even be standards. Models should represent confidence and beauty throughout their body and mind despite their size or shape.
Tess Munster, also know as Tess Holliday, stands up for her size as the first of her height and weight in her agency. Being a “Body Positive Activist”, Munster believes that her dress size of 22 is nothing but beautiful.
Although Muster supports being healthy too. Training three times a week and believes health should be a personal choice for somebody.
Body size is something that each person should embrace and not change just for society. Plus-size models are just as beautiful as the twig girls that represent today’s model status.
Size is just a number, but what really matters is how you feel in your own skin.
