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Too Skinny

Jeez, this skinny model/actress thing is getting out of hand. Here are Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan.

(photo via D*iana’s Dirt)

Here is Valerie Lefkowitz, a plus-size model.

(photo via Judgement of Paris)

Now, honestly, which of these women looks best?

Tags: Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie, Valerie Lefkowitz

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The plus size babe, the other two look sickly, each one looks like two pimples on a gate post as my Dad would say.

They’re all beautiful, but skinny is better. Everyone thought/said Lindsay and Nicole were fat before, now they’re saying they’re too skinny? Get a life people! I think they look fantastic now, and they probably feel great too.

omg to the people who are saying they look “great” now lay off the crack pipe……hello they are crack addicts!they don’t look great they look nasty!

I wouldn’t want to make out with a girl whose ribs can poke my eye out. Sometimes more is more.

Lindsay looked fantastic before, with curves and full of life and healthy. Now she looks as thought she’ll break just by looking at her. Go back to the way you were Lindsay.

Nicole and Lindsay look disgustingly SICK!!! Lindsay looked really beautiful before. Is everyone gonna turn into an anorexic, skeletal zombie???Hope not!!!

Oh come on! Nicole and Lindsay are both quite beautiful. Sickly, ribs that can poke eyes out, she’ll break by looking at her, anorexic, skeltal zombie…. pretty nasty ways to describe Nicole and Lindsay. Valerie is merely “plus size”…. hmmm. We can describe thin in anyway we see fit, but if we said Valerie is so much as fat can you imagine the backlash? Personally, I would prefer Nicole or Lindsay, but I would never resort to such negative descriptions of Valerie even though she is overweight. Sorry, I meant “plus size”.

Rocky,
If the shoe fits…

rocky said:
“Sickly, ribs that can poke eyes out, she’ll break by looking at her, anorexic, skeltal zombie…. pretty nasty ways to describe Nicole and Lindsay”

Nicole and Lindsay are both girls who used to look healthy-and now look too thin. The “plus-sized” model looks a naturally curvy, healthy woman. FYI:If you can see the bones between breasts that are supposed to be covered with muscle and breasts, a woman is too thin. Both Nicole and Lindsay have that. Valerie looks great.

I think that lindsay and nocole are a bit too skinny…but i prefer thin to fat. Plus the one of the big girl is all airbrushed probably and its posed whereas the other is some photo the paperazzi shot of them not looking their best. I think that lindsay thin with red hair is hot and nicole is looking gorgeos lately. this is just a bad shot and it seems that every sit is using the pictures of them in those dresses when there are lots of recent photos of them. THe only thing is that these particular ones mak them look thin a ugly whereas other pics of them look nicer. Its not a fair comparison at all.

Also Im sick of everyone saying oooo big is great. How is big great honestly. I understand skelatings is ugly, im not pro ana or like “omg bones are beautiful” ( nothing against pro anas just not my choice) however fat is also gros. Cant we just say “slim” is prettier. Why judge a bad thing pic against a big one. Big is not nice either. I like healthily thin. mmm like angelina joli. She is thin and gorgeous.

Lindsay and Nicole smoke crystal meth and that’s all there is to it. A woman with bones pretruding through her skin is not healthy. And why does the ‘plus size’ model have to be ‘over weight’. Believe it or not people are genetically given their body size. Just because you don’t weigh 105 doesn’t mean your over weight you dumb ass.

Could it be that after Disney decided to CGI her gorgeous, healthy breasts away in that Herbie movie, she go it into her 18-year old head that, hmm, maybe I won’t be getting anymore jobs if I’m voluptuous?

SAC, forget Lindsay. My favorite Disney breasts by far are “The Little Mermaid”’s. And that seashell bikini!

Uhm, not to be a bitch but I’d definitely rather look at Nicole & Lindsay than that fatty in some underwear.. and she doesn’t even have a pretty face. She looks like Kerri Russell 4 kids deep.

Love your post.. even if most of the people who commented are asshats.

u no wot…hu gives a toss hu looks betta in da picz…every1 is bound 2 hav different opinions….most ppl shud take a luk at themselves b4 they judge other ppl

I like a woman (or man) that looks like they could run the length of a football field (for instance) without collapsing. Too thin or too fat can’t do it. Just a nice inbetween healthy for me, thanks.

“u no wot…hu gives a toss hu looks betta in da picz…every1 is bound 2 hav different opinions….most ppl shud take a luk at themselves b4 they judge other ppl”

i think i just threw up in my mouth a little.

Honestly, I think it’s pretty superficial to claim that in order to be viewed as beautiful, we have to resort to starvation. Lindsay and Nicole do not look healthy and that should be pretty obvious. The average woman in the US is a size 14. As a society we are trained to believe that in order to fit in, we have to be a size 4 or less. Hell I even have self image problems because of this. I’d rather be 140 pounds than 98 pounds any day. I mean take a walk down a busy street somewhere, how many people honestly look that thin? Keep in mind, the camera does add about ten pounds. Celebrities look skinny as hell in person. It’s often quite sickly, yet that is my opinion. Lindsay and Nicole are just succombing to the pressue of Hollywood to be living barbies. I miss the curvier Lindsay, because to me, it was when she was the happiest and healthiest.

happiest? come on. pretending to know that detail is just as pretentious as labeling either of these groups based on sight alone.

They both look like they could fit in between the holes of the grates they are walking across.

ICK.

I like Valerie. She looks like she wouldn’t snap at you for offering her a bread roll at the dinner table!

The average American woman is a size 14 because American women live off of fast food, soap operas, and sitting on the couch.

Just because something is average doesn’t make it healthy.

You are comparing 2 different types of photograph. Skinny girls = quick snap from a pap and no airbrushing, bad angles and bad light; fat girl = hours in makeup, good light, professional studio portrait and a few sweeps of the airbrush.
Get a model shot of Lynsey or Nicole and ask again, I’d rather be skinny any day of the week.

They look amazing, especially Nicole, though that picture of Lindsay is taken at a horrible angle. The plus sized woman looks nice, but only because all of the physical flaws caused by being overweight have been airbrushed out.
Get a life you piece of sh*t. They look amazing and you’re just jealous because they’re rich, famous, AND thin.

I had the pelasure of meeting Lindsay a few weeks ago at one of her publicity events and that picture is wholly innaccurate. The direction the photographer took the picture from makes her look like a starving ethiopean. In real life she looks very healthy and simply thin. She was in jeans and (an adorable) off the shoulder shirt and she looked gorgeous. I think it’s rediculous how everyone is obsesssing because she lost a but of weight. Pictures are aiurbrushed and until you see someone in person it is impossible to tell what they look like so stop ragging on the poor girl. For god’s sake, she’s only 19.

um, hello……..a plus size girl with NO CELLULITE…and no FAT ROLLS……thats crazy if you don’t realize that photo was “AIRBRUSHED”

Yuck. Lohan looks good, the plus size model looks awful. I’ll take the thin ones

Fat is gross. She’s not plus size. She’s fat. She’s a cow and needs to loose weight no matter what size she is. Maybe if morons like you didn’t encourage FATNESS then we all wouldn’t weigh so much. And I’m not giving you fucking fatasses sympathy. It’s your own fault. Genetics or not. But anorexic is disgusting as well. Why dont we all just stop with the junkfood and mature up a little. Sticks and cows aren’t sexy.

I agree with um… “Bullsh*t”. They have a point. Valarie isn’t healthy. She’s fat. And the two stars don’t look good either. They’re too skinny. How about we get to pick something in between? Have to pick between the stick or the blimp? Not sure anyone would want either one.

I agree with both bullsh*t and mei-lei..
Being too skinny is unhealthy but being too fat isn’t either!

I know… because I was fat too.. I can’t imagine fat people being comfortable with themselves.
If your pants get too tight, don’t buy a bigger size but drop the weight!

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I don’t understand that fact that people seem to be angry at them for being so skinny. I think it looks horrible but they obviously don’t. Isn’t that whats really wrong here? Girls/women thinking that this is hot? I used to look like this (due to an illness) ribs and bones, dull skin and stringy hair. I didn’t get checked out, I got looks of disgust. I got better, gained a few pounds and now I’m fighting them off. Lol, just kidding….but seriously who in their lives are telling them that this is beautiful?

Both bitches look pretty damn gross to me! I belive being healthy is the best thing for everyone. Even if it means being meaty. Why would anyone want someone so skinny they could light a fire rubbing their legs together. I just dont understand america. Any other country sees everyone as beautiful. No matter what size or form.

If you are 300 lbs and wearing shit thats too much for the world to see…..then you are probably CRAZY,unhealthy and of course overwieght! Now that is not beautiful no matter what “monique” and other fat women say. Now skinny people are no better. They need to stop throwing shit up and get healthy. I was actually skinny in high school and got fat after. I never used an excuse for it, it was my fault. I found out by being both sizes you dont really feel any better with yourself. I didnt want to be skinny again I wanted to be healthy and lean. Now guys what kind of girl would you want….Skinny bones,Fat or healthy? So I agree, a little, with jennifer and bullshit……but mostly jennifer

Um, my general rule is if I could hurt myself while fucking a girl then she’s probably not for me. That includes getting crushed by a pelvis…or stabbed by one.

i used to be anorexic and at the time would have idolized nicole and lindsay/and i can’t say that i like the plus size either..no one is really healthy either way..as long as your happy and not ready to pass out from starvation or from not being able to walk 1/4mile w/o getting out of breathe then your fine the way you are..people get so caught up in celebrity crap..it’s so crazy…focus on yourself!

why can people discriminate against skinny people but not agains fat, sorry plus size. i think the plus size model needs to take a few tips from lindsey and nicole - she is discusting

I think it’s slack how everyone just judges celebrities let them be! i think that plus size model looks great and so do nicole and lindsay! don’t focus on them focus on yourself! Be what ever weight you want 2 be! it’s ur body!

I think Nicole looks great, I HATE lindsay Lohan, but still she looks fine, The plus size model would look like 300 times prittier if she lost 50 lbs, because honestly, that pic doesn’t look real, no rolls :-s ??? and no cellulite, impossible.

Wow! I have never ran across so many ignorant comments in my life! My personal opinnion is that being too skinny or to heavy isnt healthy, but to call the heavier model fat and disgusting, I gaurentee that person has never had a weight problem. Some people can work out constantly and still not have a small figure, I happen to be one of them. The average size of a woman being 14 has nothing to do with fast food, it has to do with bone structure. And I may not personally like the look of the stick, boney, skinny but if that makes them happy who cares. People are just too quick to judge others.

both sozes are wrong ok??, overweight can be as dangerous as anorexic or ultra slim people…both need to be on a diet to know how to feed themselves…cause both are wrong…

obviously even if they are rich beautifull and famous, they are not happy with themselves…

thxs

What is scary here is that Valerie wears, in all likelihood, a size 10, maybe 12. That is the about same size that Stephanie Klein states she wears. Valerie is gorgeous. She has done extensive work for the Alliance for treatment of Eating Disorders. She is well-proportioned. In real life, she would look like any attractive woman walking around on the street.

Whereas, Nicole and Lindsay, if strippped of their couture, would look as if they belong on the pages of National Geographic or on a pamphlet from UNICEF, urging us to assist starving people somewhere. My bet is that they have serious drug problems, serious self-esteem problems, or both.

Namaste.
~HDJ

All I have to say is this: He’s Dead, Jim is the only person to post here that said much of anything worthwhile. There were a few others who contributed, but in all honesty, it was a lonely effort. Valerie is not a fat cow. If you saw a picture of her walking down the street, without previous knowledge of her “Plus-Size” career, you’d think she was perfectly fine. The truth of the matter, regardless of your thoughts, is that both Nicole and Lindsay are not exactly healthy. Nicole, especially, is underweight, which is never a good thing. Also, don’t label Nicole or Lindsay “cocaine snorters”, “crystal meth addicts” or anything else. You have no idea what goes on in either of their personal lives, and it is foolish to make assumptions about someone you don’t know, especially based on tabloids and “E!” Entertainment specials. Thank you to everyone who made a competent statement, and all those who stood up for any of the girls, I’m glad you can see it both ways.

-Abby

Nicole and Linsay are looking absolutely fantastic and supersexy!
No ugly fat and great skinny dreambodys!

i pick the 2nd photo.

It’s a little sad that anyone has opted for the first picture. What’s even sadder is that both of the girls in that picture are succumbing to whatever pressures are on them and living what would seem to be an unhealthy lifestyle.

well I dont know why she did that she was very pretty now she is too skinny photo number 2 is alot better not to skinny.

omg. lindsay needs to suck in a little or wear a girdle. i mean, she sort of has a gut. i would NEVER wear a dress like that with a gut like lindsay’s.

um, okay.

LOL!

Anorexia has been demonized even though it is a problem which affects .01% of the American population. The real problem is 60% of Americans are now obese.

Take a good look at the people on the beach or at your local Wal-Mart. Is the problem you are seeing widespread anorexia or a plague of morbid obesity?

To Rocky and Maria: HELLO!!! people like you are the reason we have freakin anorexic people! it’s called peer pressure! I think that Valerie is beautiful in her own way, Linsday and Nikole aren’t anymore. and if she (or anyone who isn’t a freaking toothpick)is comfortable with how she looks then she shouldn’t be called “disgusting” or “fat”. it’s called healthy.

I think that the reason Lindsay has a gut is because she’s starving. I know you have all seen pictures of the starving children if Africa with the potbellies. Lindsay, you were beautiful before! You don’t have to be a toothpick!!!

hey guys
ummm i think that lindsay and nicole look great i mean before they even lost loads of weight they were beautiful, people like allegra versace are who we should be worrying about look at nicole she is glowing in health and sure they may have bones protruding but so do a lot of other celebrity icons. i have had anorexia and bulimia and neither nicole or lindsay look like i did or any of the other girls from my theropy group, so long as they are happy then leave them alone if they arnt they will (fingers crossed) change that.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What is healthy?.. What is overweight?.. We are defining people through the lenses of our societies norms. To be thin or not to be thin? To be big or not to be big?.. The norms if this society is that you have to be thin to be healthy right? “healthy” is the mainstream, to help ‘enculturate’ the others (big people) to become acceptable in todays society. If you think obesity is a problem, maybe you should look at Lindsay and Nicole both very beautiful girls no doubt, but even being “healthy” you must be a certain weight in comparison to your height right?.. These ‘idols’ are probably going through a fashion crisis, as dresses and jewelry are accessory so are their bodies, to fit into that “NORM” in the celebrity world.. Perhaps?..

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Lindsay & Richy looks awfull!! They’re too skinny!!!

IF YOU HAVE BONES PROTRUDIDNG THROUGH YOUR SKIN YOU ARE NOT HEALTHY!! PEOPLE DON’T YOU GET IT? EAT HEALTHY AND WORKOUT, WILL GIVE YOU A GREAT NICELY TONED FIRM BODY. LINDSEY IS ACTUALLY GAINING WEIGHT AND SAYS SHE HAD EATING DISORDER. NICOLE WILL BE DEAD IN 2 YEARS IF SHE CONTINUES TO LOOK THIS WAY.

Nicole and Lindsay look much better than they did before, and much better than the plus size model.

Holy shit… you people are hateful. I may never leave the house again… I feel battered just reading this.

wow, I totally agree with melissa. I’m surprised that everyone is so…hateful.

My opinion, for what it’s worth, is that I couldn’t care less one way or the other. If this makes them happy then more power to them, but I am not going to slay any more of my precious neurons worrying about whether or not two grossly overpaid reciters are too thin, too fat, too this, that, or the other thing. Remember, people, there are more important issues in the world today, like terrorism, Iraq, and whether or not putting mayonnaise on a French fry is a sign of the imminent coming of the Anti-Christ. Let’s get real, huh?!

Lindsay and Nicole are a bit underweight. The the other lady is not “plus size”…she’s FAT with a whole lotta a make up and touch ups!

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Neil I hope it is ok that I linked this post to my current one

I’m glad. Maybe all the crazy “ana” people will now go to your blog instead of mine.

Oh don’t you DARE wish that curse on me.. Take it back….

Body image is set by the media. We just play into it. If everyone thought they were perfect, there would be a plummet in make up sales, diet pills and health club memberships. As long as a woman is comfortable in her own skin and not so underweight or overweight that they become a danger to themselves. I say more power to them! All women are beautiful in their own right. Loving who you are is far more important than what other people think.

The plus size babe is much more beautiful that 2 sick girls!

found this thread on google, and would like to say that big girls needlovin too. It’s not fat it’s more to love. But Lohan doesn’t look that thin from that picture, IDK maybe its jsut the dress

Look here you STUPIDS. you must be boney too if you think that lindsey and nicole is cute.that is a beautiful plus-sized model.you wish you were a model.that is all natural. if she needed an airbrush or had rolls she wouldn’t be a model.i bet some of you are fat chubby or skinny so don’t talk about someone else.as if for me i am a model size.like brittny from america’s next top model.so it is not cool to say that plus-sized women are fat.

I think both Lindsay and Nicole are FAT PIGS that should drop a few pounds. I am 5ft 6in and weigh a horrible 80lbs (I know, I am a discusting FAT piece of shit that doesnt deserve the LARGE space I seem to occupy). Anyways got to go throw up and run on my tredmill:)

ok.. people that think valerie is fat, are stupid. she is more beautiful then lindsay and nicole put together. um.. the people who say that its just a bad picture of the two girls.. let me ask you. what are the chances of both of them looking like starving toothpicks? i can understand if one looked bad, but they both look awful! people who are calling valerie fat, are jealous they dont look that good. im thinking of putting on a few pounds myself. she is georgeous, and those other two are discusting!

I used to have a Picasso poster with a slighly voluptuous woman standing up bathing. I remember in college looking at it and thinking how heavy this woman looked. 15 years later, I look at the painting and think, wow, I wish I looked like that. How could I have ever thought she was fat.

Wow, Neil. This is the first time I’ve read this. I am really amazed and disappointed by so many of the answers. To call Nicole & Linsday “healthy” looking, or Valerie “fat” and “obese” is just sad. Valerie may be overweight, but she is not obese or disgusting. Nicole and Lindsay are way too thin and I see nothing attractive with how they look. I thought Lindsay was beautiful when she was curvy. I’m just blown away.

I’m totally surprised by this also. I think many of these women are from “ana” sites — forums for women who advocate skinnyness as a lifestyle. Scary!

I think many of these women are from “ana” sites — forums for women who advocate skinnyness as a lifestyle.

They are not advocating just skinnyness, they teach and promote an unhealthy and life threating way to weight loss.

“I think both Lindsay and Nicole are FAT PIGS that should drop a few pounds. I am 5ft 6in and weigh a horrible 80lbs (I know, I am a discusting FAT piece of shit that doesnt deserve the LARGE space I seem to occupy). Anyways got to go throw up and run on my tredmill:)”

Who is this chick? Is she serious?

i cant believe how these two girls look. they are so skinny, its sick looking. valarie may have a few extra pounds on her, but i would way rather look like her than either one of the other girls!

Thankyou! Sir Mix a lot had it right, Lindsay and Poor Nicole need a heaping serving of spaghetti and real women got some back and don’t look like coat hangers…which, by the way the fashion industry WANTS women to look like coat hangers, that, or 14 year old boys, but its just all backwards. I think even men by and large have been brainwashed into thinking women are supposed to look starved.

The picture is damn scary! can anyone possibly think that these girls are beautiful? They look SICK. That’s my very objective/neutral point of view. I actually think they look like …. nothing comes to mind. Objects mainly,: coathangers, a friend of mine said you could play xylophone on their ribs! Beautiful? No really, YOU must have a problem!
Now, Valerie looks HUMAN! She looks like the woman she IS!

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I’ll agree Nicole looks awful in that photo, but the dress is hardly a flattering cut is it? I think Lindsay looks fine. The plus size model is ok if that’s your kind of thing but you have to admit it’s airbrushed. As to the poster who said that she wouldn’t be a model if she needed to be airbrushed - I’m a model, US size 0 and my photos are airbrushed; we all have imperfections, be it cellulite or a blemish, or whatever. People should stop being so negative about slender women. If that’s their choice, who are we to judge, much as we dont judge the plus size girl for choosing not to diet.

Translation of last comment into English: “Hey fatsos, shut up and eat another donut!”

Air brushed or not, Valerie looks much better then the other two girls. Give them some cake!

OK, for one people need to stop writing articles like these. The three women seen here are all beautiful. It’s this constant battle to be perfect that is ruining everyone. So you are on the thin side or on the thick side, its no ones right to pass judgement on people you don’t know. This message is especially for women and the people who wrote this article,just stop ! Our foremothers were fighting for equal rights and sticking together trying to not just be seen but heard. As women we need to stick together and use our brains and beautiful bodies whatever they look like to fight this catty bullshit. Its just sick how we as a society have turned into a people who value vanity over all else. Instead of argueing over three beautiful women, why don’t you put sometime into fighting against the sterotypes which hold us back, and in many times can destroy a person.

First, of all, the “people” who wrote this article is a man. Not that I wouldn’t mind being a woman for a while. I am quite thin, although I do occasionally have an In-N-Out burger when the need arises. And I love bright colors, like orange and yellow, but it would just be too ‘gay” of me to wear that in public.

Unfortunately, this anorexia issue has gone beyond a “vanity” issue into one of health. The model female image should be one of health, and whether that is bigger or smaller shouldn’t matter. Morbid obesity is a health risk. as is the excessive need to be so skinny that your bones are sticking out. As a freelancer who pays $500 bucks a month on health insurance, health issues are a concern for me whatever my gender.

Valarie is airbrushed. duh.. she also wasnt caught off gaurd. Nicole and Linsday were. So stop talking shit about people you dont even know and get on with your lives!

Lindsay and Nicole look like crack addicts. Plain and simple. They don’t look like real women. Now, I admit I’d rather be thin than fat but I also know that being too thin is really unhealthy. Besides, in this society we place far too much attention on how we look. The inside is far more important. My grandma has been overweight and a smoker for over 70 years now, and has outlived all of her thin “healthy” sisters. I think the reason is that she has a good attitude, and is truly beautiful on the inside.

Hey u guys i think they look great they have never looked better actually myself i got jealous and went anorexic and im staring to loose weight im at 95 pounds now and hoping to be at 70 one day LOVE YA LINDSY && NICOLE staystrong girls

nicole and lindsay at this point look way too scrawny but i’ll take that any day over the fat chick. honestly, it looks as if she could knock someone out with a thigh. The only reason people praise fat women nowadays is because they find it easier to make fat ‘be in’ than go work out and lose weight so they can look great. Anyone can be fat, not many people have the will power to become ‘fit’.

I totally agree with all the people who have said that it is unfair to say that its okay to call a skinny girl ugly but if you make a single comment about a fat- and lets be real, the second woman is a fatty- then you get condemmed to hell!!! You never get people slagging off the fatties because “you can’t hurt their feelings- its not their fault their fat”, while its perfectly acceptable to call a skinny girl names.
Personally, I think Lindsey and Nicole have taking the dieting a little too far, but they look 100 times better than Valerie! That gurl is such a skeg, she makes me feel ill. And as a skiny-ish girl, it really hurts me to read how people are calling thin girls ugly. Some of us can’t help it. I was born 2 months early and therefore am always going to be a bit smaller than other girls. NOT ALL SKINNIES ARE CRACK ADDICTS!!!!
Oh and Helen? If you honestly think that your grandma has outlived all her sisters because of her attitude, then you are so wrong, and you will realise that when she is told that she has heart disease for being so FAT!
X~SAVE THE SKINNIES~x

I think there both gorgeous photos, in linsey and nicoles deffence i think they look beautiful, very thin but who doesnt what to be thin? The plus size woman isnt fat for all of those people who are calling him a cow. If you saw her anywhere you wouldnt be like “eww look at that cow” I love lindsey and nicole and they are alot thinner but great they lost some weight! I dont think there ana.

Eww Lindsay you looked way better lastime you just made yourself look gross,you are pretty but you dont have to be too skinny and if you like it that way then whatever you look sick………..And nicole looks really gross to but she is prettier that lindsay and they are just way too skinny

FUcking quit trying to be soo damn sexxy ok cuz your not no more what the fuck do you guys have to show off now hahaha you guyz are absolutley fucked up and you need to gain alittle bit of weight

I don’t consider myself fat, but I also wish I were thinner. I’m 5′6″ and 135 pounds, I’m curvy, but I also enjoy my curves. In my opinion, none of these women look healthy. It doesn’t matter how airbrushed the pictures are, we aren’t talking about perfection of skin, we’re talking about body size. And had these girls not been caught of guard, they would STILL be rediculously skinny. I’m not saying Valerie is healthy, because she could definately stand to go to a gym. I’m just saying, they both could stand to improve their bodies, not for media’s sake, but for the sake of being healthy.

OMGOSH NICOLE AND LINDSAY ARE NOT TAKING DRUGS!!! WHEN YOU GET DEPRESSED, YOU LOSE ALOT OF WEIGHT! THATS HAPPENED TO ONE OF MY FRIENDS SHE BECAME DEPRESSED COS OF A PERSONAL REASON AND SHE IS SKINNER THAN BOTH OF THEM PUT TOGETHER!! AND MY FREND DOES NOT TAKE DRUGS!! YOU GUYS CHAT SO MUCH SH*T AND NEED A LIFE OKAY!!!! LINDSAY BECAME TIRED AFTER FILLMING HERBIE AND WORKING ON A WHOLE ALBUM ON HERBIE SO SHE BECAME TIRED AND DEPRESSED AND SHE LOST ALOT OF WEIGHT, AND AS FOR NICOLE, SHE WAS FAT BEFORE, AND PROBABLY FELT SHE NEEDED 2 BE SKINNY! OR SOMETHING PERSONAL HAS PROBABLY HAPPENED TO HER!! IM NOT SAYING THEY LOOK SEXY, COS THEY LOOKED BETTER BEFORE, BUT THERE NOT ON CRACK AND ITS NOT THER FAULT, SO GET A LIFE YOU LOSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow.. “NICOLE & LINDAYS LOVER”, do you know these girl personaly? i highly doubt it. how do you know that they are not on crack? becuase thats what you heard in a magazine, or on the internet? weird how you can talk about valarie, but you cant stand that people are talking about lindsay and nicole. it sounds like YOU need to get a life. oh, and valarie looks much better. she looks healthy, while the other two look sick.

Lindsay and Nicole look awesome! Before everyone said they looked “thick” and “chubby”. Now everyone says they’re too skinny. No they arent! People are just making a big deal about nothing just they arent exactly the same as they were before. Things change and people change…..Get over it! P.S. The plus size model is pretty, but if she lost like 50 lbs she would be hot. - Why settle for pretty when you can be hot???

okay, i will make this quick

you guys are fucking sad. stop labeling women as cows or sticks or drug addicts. your perceptions are skewed and youre all brainwashed.

i agree with everyone here who said that being healthy is of the most importance, the only problem for example is that say the plus-sized model could be healthy and you still wouldn’t accept it.

at least in older times the ideal body image was attainable. now the media has women brainwashed into thinking that women need to be STICKS to be pretty.

notice I didn’t say slender. but I will tell you that I would rather be a little overweight than be a stick any day. not everyone is built the same, and taller girls tend to wear larger sizes than smaller ones due to bone structure…and that doesn’t change even if your weight does.

there is nothing wrong with being skinny, and there is nothing wrong with being thick. there is only something wrong if you are jeopardizing your health. when will you people learn?

also, i personally think that lohan and richie looked better before the drastic weight loss (whatever the reason). you guys mean to tell me that curcy richie and lohan didn’t look good in their stuff, maxim and fhm spreads!?

the plus size model is just probably a shock to you all since you’re not going to see someone of that body size and type in print as often….but she like richie and lohan a while back at least looked like they had some life to them.

wtf r use on….valerie isnt even that fat! plus lindsay and nicole look disguistinlgly sick in that photo! plz pap stick to takin photos of just their heads….they look revolting when u include their bodies…YUCK!!!

How can u say that valerie isn’t fat? That minger mustw weigh, like 20 tonnes or sumfing. I would musch rather look like nic or linds.At least if they felt they needed to put on the weight, they could do it in a short-ish amount of time. Valerie would have to diet for the rest of her life to lose that fat. Eugh….

MRS. LEE RYAN

I think Lindsay and Nicole are a bit too thin maybe. But still I´d rather look like them than that +size model. She has a pretty face but I wouldnt be comfortable being that big.

Where do I even start?

The question was, who looks better. Richie and Lohan, or Valarie. Valarie by a long shot. Now this question branched off into many other conversations. Health wise, again… Valarie. Do I think that the two girls are on drugs? Who really knows? They may look like they are, but not eating messes you up in many, many, many, differect ways. Who would I rather look like? Valarie. The other two look like little popsicle sticks.

“The average American woman is a size 14 because American women live off of fast food, soap operas, and sitting on the couch.

Just because something is average doesn’t make it healthy. ”

This for me was the comment that made me mad. Size 14, is not unhealthy. Yes, this is an average size, but unhealty? Maybe this person shound consult a doctor before they start throwing out numbers and accusations. FYI: Being a size 14 does not mean you sit around doing nothing, eating, and watching TV. Is also does not mean you are unhealthy.

Lindsey and Nicole both look utterly disguisting i think those “skinny looks” and wanting to be skinny is very stupid. What is the reason of being skinny when you can look healthy and well like Valerie dont say she is fat and plus size ether she is a woman that has beautiful curves and nice boobs. I rather be like her healthy. Instead of looking like a stick. People who say you rather look like nicole and lindsey that is soooo sad.

i am an Australian model - we get taught to “celebrate everyone’s uniqueness” also has it ever come to anyone’s attention that dress sizes differ in other states?? also the people saying have you ever got to know them, wake up 2 yourself there hollywood starts not many lucky people meet them, and get to know them so well, like some peole have said if your happy with your self so be it , even if your going to have health issuses, but lindsay has announced she has a disorder so good for her noticing she has a problem.

and who the hell wears blue shoes with a red dress???

i noticed that most of the comments were left by girls. so i thought that i would throw in a guys opinion. nicole and lindsay look like shit. and thats the truth. some of you might be thinking “oh he would give anything to be with them” all i have to say is hell freakin no. not only are they sick looking and look like little toothpicks, it makes them ugly. -james

honestly, everyone- this is why we have such extremes in the american society. it’s either “fat” or “stick-thin.” no one even knows what “healthy” is anymore because of the kinds of comments that have been made on here. have any of you been to the lunchtables of a high school lately? you have a tubby girl in one corner, shoveling food into her mouth while her friend says that “Oh, you look fine! You’re healthy! Screw those models!” and in the other corner you have thin girls discussing how they will never be as thin as so-and-so and they want to lose however many pounds. america is an obese nation as well as an anorexic one. i used to be very overweight, then lost a lot and became underweight. and i still battle with these things- every day. both pictures look fine (depending on which view of the american society you’re talking to) and both pictures are also gross (also depending on who you’re talking to.) but, to answer the question at hand here, i will be honest and say that i would much rather be thin like lindsay and nicole than “plus-size” like Valerie. i’m growing up in a world where “thin is in” and “nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” anywho, i will end by stating: both are unhealthy. period.

It’s not realy anyones buissness of how skinny they are. yes they are skinny but manny people used to say Nicole’s heavey,It’s there descion.Now lindsay gained more weight and she looks fantastic.

You know what you guys if you want to be skinny look beautiful and be like a model or celeb go for it if thats what you want just keep in mind whats healthy and whats not i mean ok both pictures none of the girls look healthy but Val looks betetr but do keep in mind that it was taken in a studio with lights and professionals while Lindsay is on the red carpet with less lights to enhance how she looks yeah its debateable what looks pretty and whats beautiful and whats healthy i mean yeah sure i would love to be skinnier and look pretty but i don;t want to look sick but some people might just want to look like that so its their choise because don;t we live in the land of the free? or is that only the freedom of speech and are some decisions unabled to be made freely basically what i am trying to say is if someone wants to be that skinny its their choice ok maybe people don’t like it but its the same as people commiting suicide they have the freedom to choose to kill themselves so why can’t girls and guys at that matter choose how they want to look without being condemned by people who don’t share the same ideas of ideal beauty

Fashionably Late into the New Year

On Fitness - In an effort to go against the trend and to stop promoting the ubiquitous starved Hollywood look (think Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan) I will NOT be starting some hardcore diet or whoop-my-ass-into-shape workout.

nicole and lindsy are perfect…i could only dream to look and be as thin as they are.

the ‘plus’ size model might actually exercise and keep herself toned therefore would not have ‘unslightly flab’ i think they call it a healthy lifestyle?? also the knickers arent really all that flattering…as for the bones/curves debate, being a size 12/14 myself (and regualar gym-goer) ive never met a guy who compained about my ample ass or boobs! who would want to go to bed with a skeleton? whats there to grab hold of? they are just walking coat hangers for designer clothes…my final message - enjoy eating good food and enjoyu life - its wonderful!!!

Perfect? Would that be why Lindsy came out in a recent Vanity Fair interview talking about her bulimia and drug abuse?

“I knew I had a problem and I couldn’t admit it.”

“I saw that ‘SNL’ after I did it,” she adds. “My arms were disgusting. I had no arms.”

You can find more excerpts of the interview at http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=211199&GT1=7538.

Umm I guess theres never been love for us big girls , i guess my junk in the truck an’t much use then , but i an’t worried about high class hoes with noses in the air they don’t pay my bills so..if they wanna look cracked out its there money…but i think i see some porn openings for these chicklets…bright future…God i guess we all going to hell uh?

k if any body who says lindsay lohan and nicole richie look good u r just as cracked out as they r first of all lindsay lohan just addmited to bulimia and drug use ok now u tell me whos going to die of a heart attack firt the fat chick or the cracked out bulimic ???but if u r bulimic i geuss u would pick the cracked out bulimic but heys its ur call go and eat a fucking healthy meal fuck and exercise u lazy bitches

it’s amazing how the media has warped so many minds about what is unhealthily overweight. Valerie is perfectly healthy, couldn’t possibly be more than a size 12 or 14, and she’s perfectly proportioned, yet people think that she ‘needs’ to lose weight? That’s even more warped than thinking that Lindsey and Nicole are healthy. And people thinking that she’s 300 pounds??? She can’t possibly be more than 170 at the most.

There is nothing extreme or unhealthy about Valerie. Read some medical articles on weight and learn that:
1.) people CAN be technically overweight and be completely healthy, as muscle weighs more than fat and everyone has a different bone structure (some are just built to weigh more). In fact, those who are slightly overweight (by the chart) are often more healthy than those who are slightly underweight.
2.) The height-to-weight ratio is not a good determiner of health. Studies have shown that a far more accurate method is the hip-to-waist ratio. And Valerie has a phenominal hip-to-waist ratio.

I’d link, but if you won’t bother to look it up, you certainly won’t be openminded enough to believe it if I took the trouble to link some articles.

OMG!..what the crap? NO…ok, nobody take this pffensively, but that valerie girl..OMG..you know what..ill come back to that later…yes, nicole is starting to look a little thin…but Lindsay is perfect!…ok..and the valerie girl…well, she’s gotten to be a model and all, so good for here, but EWWW!, im sorry, that picture makes me want to throw up…although, i wouldnt do that…but…nicole, a LITTLE thin, lindsay, great!, and valerie…OMG! EWW!…sorry

okat now in all fairness i would perfer to be nicole and lindsays size than vals but they do look a bit sickly! maybe if they put on a lil bit more weight they would be grand! and valerie well she just needs to lose weight im slim myself but i have got quite big boobs and a lil bit of hips i just have a toned stomach and legs as i go to the gym i love britney spears size.

Thank you veryveryvery much for this. People need to realize how disgusting women are being portrayed these days. i would absolutely,100%,without a second thought,choose valerie over nicole/lindsay,any time,any place. women used to be curvy,voluptious, now they’re all,literally,skin and bones. i can’t handle how women think they’re beautiful by being boney. someone needs to stop this before it gets out of hand. at least someone has started.
“no one likes a bone but a dog.”

They are both way to skinny if you ask me the need to gain about 10 to 15 pounds to look good.

Personally, being a girl who herself wouldnt be considered “skinny” but not overweight, I think Valerie looks better. I’m tired of skinny chicks, especially Nicole and Lindsay. Lindsay has recently admitted to drug usage and bulimia. That is not the answer to looking beautiful, which is obviously proven by that picture of Valerie. Come on people, Lindsay and Nicole would die if you touched them too hard.

well lindsay and nicole look better.. anyway who wants to use plus size? euuu
that plus size model is fat.!!

the skinny ones cause the fat oneis really ugly!! haha and nicole and lindsay are hott!!

uhh.. the last couple people who left comments must be blind. those skinny tweaks look nasty, while valarie looks human; how a human should look.. take another swig of that ipecac syrup girls!

well lindsay and nicole look better.. anyway who wants to use plus size? euuu
that plus size model is fat.!!

By alexandra on 01.12.06 10:28 pm

ok bitch.. your probably ugly and fat. stupid whore. real nice that you talk about other people!

ewwwwwww plus size is nasty…. nicole is utter perfection

That plus sized girl looks nasty.

Nicole looks adorable!

personaly i wouldent want to be any of em.. but if i had to say who looked better.. valarie. she can at least lose weight, those other girls have eating disorders and will probably die.

oh… and whoever the person is who leaves a comment a day about how great nicole and lindsay look.. get a life cause you should be sooo sooo sooo sooooooo embaressed. hahahaha.. buh byye

im glad they got better. i think im really skinny.too skinny

ok..all you people who are looking at the plus size girl and saying she is nasty need to know what healthy and unhealthy is.. healthy is being at a good weight range and at least 85% of your expected bosy weight.. looking at nicole and lindsay i would guess they are at least 15 pounds underweight.. they have a problem and probably won’t get over it because of the pressure from their jobs and could eventually die because of it.. if you think they look good then i guess you think death looks good.. the plus size girl may not be the every-day model size but someone wanted her to take the picture and if she was “nasty” they wouldn’t have taken it. you may not think it looks good but she is healthy and the other two are not. grow a brain

i think the plus-size model is more attractive.

Well. Honestly I think that Valarie looks better. But you have to feel sorry for Lindsay and Nicole. They have a problem that many women now a days have! Eating disorders are serious and should be taken as such.

lindsay and nicole look gross. valarie is hott!! thats all there is to it.

HELL NO. OKK.. WHOEVER WROTE THIS…

I WOULD PAY MONEY TO SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE!! STICKS AND COWS?? WTF.. HOW RUDE OF YOU TO LABEL PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR LOOKS. LINDSAY AND NICOLE AND VALARIE ARE WHAT THEY ARE. PEOPLE GET LIVES, AND QUIT TALKING ABOUT HOW UGLY THEY LOOK!! I STILL CANT GET OVER BULLSHIT’S COMMENTS. ENCOURAGE FATNESS? SOME PEOPLE CANT HELP THEIR BODY TYPES. PEOPLE LIKE NICOLE WERE BORN TO BE “SMALL.” PEOPLE LIKE VALARIE WERE MEANT TO BE “BIG” EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT BODY TYPES. COME OFF THE THRONE YOUR ON BULLSHIT. YOUR COMMENT WAS BULLSHIT!!

i cant believe this “debate” has been going on for almost a year. this is not a debate, its a dead subject.

persunaly i juste wishe peple culd spel befor they atemptid to coment. valary luks beter. lisday and nicule luk ok.

Only in America would I see anyone respond with “the skinny one is more beautiful.” Sick. Americans’ idea of beauty is so warped by the media and need for power, it is disgusting. When there are issues so large and important in this world (war/hunger/death/hatred) we continue to concern ourselves with issues revolving around appearance and weight. Most definitely the plus-size model more closely defines beauty - she appears healthy, lovely, rosy and full of life.

wow! i cant even image looking like nicole or lindsay! they are gross looking. sorry girls! its already been said, but eat some cake!!! yuk. anyway. valarie looks great. she (already been said as well) is full of life, and looks beautiful.

i think that nicole needs to gain more weight, so does lindsey, but if they like how they r, leave them alone! the plus model is gorgous too. its wrong to call athletic or large boned girls fat, and to call naturally thin girls anorexic.fuck society, way to much pressure to be thin. and 2 all u assholes, stop calling people u dont even know fat, ugly or anorexic!

Okay. I had a slight problem with food… On and off again.I’m sorry but I don’t think it is right to call them too fat or too skinny. I dont know. I can see “my ideal” But we all have our own bodies, shapes,and sizes and no matter how we slice it, no one is going to look as good or as bad or whatever… as they do. I don’t think people should even voice your oppinion one over the other…. It seems very juvenile and “which one would you pick to be the best!?” sort of thing. And also I wouldn’t put the whole “eating disorder = you are retarded” thing. Because that doesn’t work out… You can’t up and one day just DECIDE … “Man, I don’t think I’ll eat for 14 days.” or “Everything I eat I’ll throw up from now until Christmas!… wait this month is February …sooo?” thing. You CAN NOT help Bulimia or Anorexia Nervousa. when someone is anorectic something in them just stops working and food is your enemy, and you are in this dream world… and if you eat you lose and slip back into the pounding head rush of reality. I wouldn’t judge eating disorders. That is my only advice.
I would like to apoligize if I have offended anyone… I certainly did not mean to.
You all are beautiful

if u ppl have seen lindsayon Punk’d. she looks LOVELY there..

she’s got no arm on this pic.. btw.. i think valerie doesn’t look overwaight.. you dont see and fat dripping from her..

Lindsay: Get some skin..

Nicole: Die, die, die!

nah.. jk

Ah, youth of today! Can someone please translate the last comment for me?

oh my gosh people..you think they look nice now? what sort of message is that sening to teenage girls and girls my age (20) who have eating disorders in attempts to look like that?????

OMG…DUDE THOSE LINDSEY AND NICHOLE ARE GROSSSS….THEIR WAYY TOO SKINNY…LINDSEY USED TO HAVE BIG BOOBS NOW SHES SO FLATTTT!!!!!!CAN U SAY CRACK HEADS….I THINK THE PLUS SIZE MODEL LOOKS 100% BETTER THAN LINDSEY AND NICHOLE

My opinion….A happy in between would be perfect. Lindsey and Nicole are trying very hard to look hot. I think they are trying too hard. I think just to add afew ponds…not too much…they obviously want to be thin. Also, I know real men love a woman the way she was made to be…cuvey..not fat, but, yes…curvey!

really…. nicole and lindsay look way better then the fat model… think about it lindsay and nicole and really gorgeous and that fat one … well i dont want to be mean so ill just leave it at that i dont think lindsay and nicole are to skinny i think the other chick is to fat though

WELL .. maybe there is a better example of a plus sized model out there coz this one looks a bit too big and not that pretty.

Society has defined what is beautiful and thin is the winner…

Lindsey looked better before… but i think nicole looks better now.

Lindsey and nicole to work out a lot too so have muscle as well as bones!

I think they look better and id much rather be them than the plus sized model/

WHO EVER POSTED THEY LOOK GOOD NOW!!!!!!! IS A MORON…IM SORRY I THINK IT’S STUPID. NOT ONLY THAT BUT IT’S DANGEROUS TO BE TOO SKINNY AS WELL AS BEING TOO FAT. I NEVER THOUGHT THEY WERE FAT BEFORE BUT NOW WHAT THEIR GIVING IN TO IS THAT BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE THINK THEIR FAT THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR IMAGE. BULLSHIT!!!! NOW TO ALL THE OTHER AVERAGE SIZE GIRLS OUT THERE THINK THAT WAIT…THEY WERE MY SIZE BEFORE, AM I FAT?!?!? MEDIA IS THE PROBLEM! I DON’T BLAME THEM, THEY’RE ARE JUST VICTIMS OF TODAY’S IMAGE OF HOW A WOMAN’S BODY SHOULD BE! TRUST ME I KNOW, I’VE JUST CONQUERED MY EATING DISORDER! AND YOU KNOW WHAT IVE NEVER LOOKED BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE 130 POUND GIRL I AM NOW!

I agree with you that its all the media…. but i guess it warps a lot of our ideals of what is beautiful… like if i met lindsey and nicole in real life or a freind of mine was that size id probably be mortified and tell them they look ill and help them

the camera puts 10 pounds on by the way, so take that off the too skinnies and theyd be even skinnier. the plus sized woman is probably like 100 feet tall heheh, that is why she looks bigger i guess. she looks healthier i reckon, but thats just be. id rather be healthy and happy than any thing else

Can’t we all just agree to disagree?
Some people will like the skinny girls and some will like the fat girls. Wouldn’t it be a boring world if we all liked the same thing?

Emaciation is hot-
everyone else are just jealous that they can’t b like thses adorable girls.

i thought lindsay lohen was so pretty but now she looks really emesciated! or how ever you spell it! all the stars hgave gone through a time like linday if you noticed!

i thinks its just crazy both of them they are WAYYYYYY too skinny…its just scarry

Hello. I am a 15 year old girl and I think Nicole and Lindsay look a little better than the model. I weigh 6 and a half stone and Im a size six but seeing pictures of celebrities who look like this make me want to be thinner. When people on this say that Nicole and Lindsay are gorgeous being so thin that makes me want to be thin. After reading this a few weeks ago, I haven’t ate more than 100 calories in about 2 weeks and I just can’t help it. When people say that these girls are gorgeous, I want to be gorgeous so I want to be like them.
Sorry but I think I have to agree with these people, u can never be too thin. I know I cant.

i think that it is not good to be so skinny or fat. i’m a girl that has always had an obsession with weight and image and i’m sick tired of the “skinny culture” nowadays. if you are not like paris hilton or any other super star, you are not fashion because ypu dont look like everyone does. i think that that just makes life harder for the girls who have eating disorders like me, so maybe that’s what made them fall into that, i justo hope that bothe of them will find out that they are going to die if they don’t change that life style, bye

Hey guys,

I didn’t read all the comments but from what I did read, I can tell we’re never going to come to an agreement.
I’m not what you would say “fat” or “skinny”, my dad likes to call me “petite”. I’m not sure if he’s trying to just comfort me, but I’ve been called anorexic before, I don’t know if any of you have, but maybe you should think about how it would feel to be call anorexic when you weren’t. One of you earlier said that if you could run a football field w/out running out of breath then you’d call it heathy? Well I can, I may be small and “skinny in your eyes, but I think that maybe I’m just a little “petite”. I’ve learned not to judge people by the way that they look, but Lohan, she was SO beautiful the way she was before. Then she couldn’t stand the presure of being a celebrity anymore and got all skinny. Maybe she’s not anorexic, but I don’t think that she’s healthy. The model looked just fine. Maybe they did airbrush it, but she was still heatly. I don’t think she was over weight. My advise would be to put yourselves in their positions before you judge them.

And one last thing to all you guys out there, why should it matter what your woman looked like? I mean…it’s a plus but really. Do you want some skinny thing that would suck to make out with? Or a healthy woman who would be great, but might have a bad attitude because she knows she’s beautiful. Or a little chunkier woman you wouldnt be that bad, and would probably love you because you loved her? Maybe I’m just making a fool of myself, but I would want a healthy guy, who would love me for who I was, not my body.

America’s image is a blond tall skinny model. And half of it’s teenagers are going to grow up wanting to be just that.

Thanks

Of course lindsay and nicole look horrible in this picture. they werent in make-up for hours or airburshed. they’re at a party. people always look like crap after being at a party for a while. and who the hell would like a fat chick? she’d freakin crush you just trying to hug you. but of course, the freakishly skinny girls would feel like theyre gonna break. so, the point is, fat people freakin suck and need professional help. while, freakishly skinny chicks just need a few donuts shoved down there throat, and to be kept in a room until it digests to make sure they dont throw it up. no harm in either one =)

Damn. You people are effing idiots. Valerie isn’t “fat”. She’s thick. And if you’d rather screw a toothpick over a good coosh toosh, ya’ll are smoking some crack, along with Nicole and Lindsay. Go smoke some crack and die. You don’t have a chance with any of those 3.

Emaciated is emaciated, and obese is obese. Somewhere in the middle is beautiful. The only thing about these thin celebrities that really bothers me is the fact that everyone keeps going on and on about how they stay so thin. It’s the big deal made about eating disorders in the media that worries me about the perceptions of teenagers.

i’d just like to say this:
some people cam be bigger and still be healthy, it all depends on bone structure.
and women are SUPPOSED to have some fat on then, not a tremendous amount, but the curves are what make women sexy. and the people who chose the first pecture are great examples of why girls turn anorexic.

[...] I’ve written a number of posts about women’s weight issues, from an early post about looking for a size 14 at the Beverly Center to an inane post about Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie which still gets comments from crazed, anorexic teenagers. [...]

Nicole an dLindsay did NOT look fat before… they looked NORMAL. Now one strand of my hair is bigger than their stomachs. NOT normal. The plus-size model is beautiful. She looks healthy, even if she is a little overweight. I mean, come on, at least she’s not a twig!!!!

i think they’re beautiful. i love this picture and i love the skinny skinny look. SHOW YOUR BONES GIRLS

okay well i weigh 90 lbs and someone said that weighing less than 105 is unhealthy. well your an idiot because i eat every day and im 5′5 and i look perfectly healthy. just thin.

who cares if they are thin, too thin, or too fat?
seriously…

Pics like these PLUS the fact that our whole society is eating disordered and/or has a very eating disordered view made me anorexic…now Iäm in bloody recovery and guess what? looking like Lohan and Richie IS anorexic. u think all anas are 30 kilos? gosh…

btw: stop buying gossip magazines that write how “worried” they are about skinny celebrities….if it weren’t for the dollars they make selling that, Nicole Richie would not be famous today.

I just don’t understand..I don’t even think that model is plus sized. Plus sized is over 14, isn’t it? Her stomach is flat, and you can even see a little collar bone. What if this is her weight with healthy diet and excersize? Some people are made big, some tiny. Their make does not make them healthy or unhealthy. I am afraid of being a girl sized 10 in this strange society. I feel fat for being something I always thought was an “average” size..and its the fault of media, and moreso, the girls who have been brainwashed by it, and spread their crazy ideals of “beauty.”

Right on, Bekah. In many places YOU would be considered skinny. Don’t you ever feel fat at a size 10! Look at the young black girls, a lot of this generation proudly wears tight clothes, no matter what size. That is so refreshing to see. Hope it spills out to the general public one day.

I know this is old news, but I still think it’s sick how being near-anorexia is the “in” thing to do.

Whatever happened to being healthy and beautiful?

I’m only 20 and according to Hollywood’s standards, I am fat. But I weigh what I’m supposed to weight at my height. So does that make me fat? Do I need to be under-weight to be skinny? That’s just ridiculous!

We’re here on this planet to live, not to die from starvation or drugs.

I wish the entertainment industry could see what kind of effect it is having on the young-people of the world…

You know what? Just hearing supportive comments about a plus-size model makes my day. Knowing that there is at least one man who isn’t grossed out by a size 14 woman is enough, regardless of asshole comments to the contrary.

they look really gross!
that bitch really needs to go to the tanning salon. (lindsay)!
someone needs to give them a big mac..with mad mayo! stop at some mickey d’s before going on ur shoppin spree! but other than that..thats it!

I don’t believe anyone should be upset, or feel as if they should be anorexic, just because of the unintelligent comments some people have made. Anyone that incapable of making a coherent, grammatically sound response shouldn’t ever be taken seriously.

I don’t see why people have to repeatedly harp on “fat” people. Do you think we don’t realize we’re fat? We know. And as much as I know some of you hate it, a lot of us don’t care. A good majority of us also eat healthy and exercise, but we’re still fat. If we can accept it, then I think it should be ever so easy for those of you who are thin to get over it. And don’t even start on the “but being fat isn’t healthy” thing. You aren’t in the least bit concerned about the fat person walking down the street’s health, you just don’t like that they’re fat. Period.

Hate has never solved anything and it certainly has never been done in the name of health.

It’s never considered “nice” to say to someone who is “heavier” that they are heavy. Yet many think NOTHING of telling a thin girl something she already knows about her body. I get comments about how skinny I am all the time! It drives me bonkers as I am not anorexic nor am I purposely trying to be this thin. This is a result of my hectic life at this point and partly genetic…just as obesity might be the result of a hectic life and genetics. People feel it’s okay to make nasty comments about one extreme to their face…and behind the backs of the those at the other extreme. Let’s stop the double standard please.

Healthy body comes from good nutrition and physical activity–regardless of size. Yet there are extremes where size usually indicates one of those two factors is OFF! A person with a BMI of 15 (healthy range is 18-25) should be concerned about what is causing their low weight just as someone with a BMI of 30 should be concerned about what is causing their HIGH weight. BUT neither needs to be judged or poked fun at.

Regarding why should a guy care what you look like? I’m not a guy…and I do care what my boyfriend looks like. OUR BODIES are part of who we are. To pretend like ONLY the mind is our true selves or only our “spirit” is our true self is ridiculous. We come in a package deal. There are ugly people who are wonderful and sweet and loving and there are gorgeous people who are mean and selfish. I prefer someone who I can be physically attracted to and emotionally connect with. BOTH are critical.

That said, each man (and woman) is physically attracted to different things. WHO am I to say that Bob should like big boobs or small booobs? OR that Jane should like hairy chests or smooth chests? Don’t we all have a right to find different things attractive?

I say YES. Beauty IS in the eye of the beholder, but we must allow the “beholders” the right to choose things we may not like.

Thank you ABT for saying what has been going through my mind over the last week or so. I spent years being asked if I was anorexic. No, I am not. I eat but thank you for your concern. It never ceases to amaze me how people can say it’s wrong to say disparaging things about someone who they conceive as being heavier yet feel that it is OK to say the same kind of things about when the person is thin.

I think lindsay has always been ugly personally…I just adore nicole, i find it amazing how someone can transform themselves from transit trash, to actaully having fashion sense, and knowing how to do ones hair, to bad it took her 25 pounds to realize that.

Lets be honest, i wouldnt say either of em look all that good! im skiny as fuk an hate it. alls i try an do is put waight on an it does me head in.obviously we’de all rather have a body like Kelly Brook so get a photy of her up.

umm deffinetly lindsey and nicole! who wants to be a fatty?! like seriously if i got tht fat i would become bulimic or something sorry tht sounds means but she could go on a diet or something…

ok…this is crazy you people are horrible people…I’m only 16 and reading most of these comments…people saying stuff bad about fat people being disgusting…do you know what that does to our youth?…to girls like me? there are a lot of teen girls my age younger and older that are becoming anorexic or belimic just because they want to look a lil better…that causes them to go through so much pain and problems within themselves and physically…personally I dont really care what I look like..I have friends and they like me either way…but being that skinny is not healthy at all it can cause a lot of sicknesses and stuff just look this stuff up ask a doctor…seriously its crazy the plus size model is not disgusting so what if she is airbrushed or photoshoped or w/e it doesnt matter shes not fat at all and shes not disgusting at all there are a lot of peopl out there who are worse off than she is and I think the people who think she is disgusting just need to be shot or something you are all conceited and could care less about anyone you only care about yourself and your own image…thats what I have to say…I’m not that big myself but to the public they would say I was overweight but to me, my friends, and family would have it no other way…people who think that nicole and lindsey actually look great in that picture and think that they are healthy need to stick it becuase obviously you have no idea what the hell you are talking about…as mentioned earlier its causes a lot of physical and emotional pain…and the people who think they look great like that need to change their view on things…but thats all I have to say…

In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, there is an article on Nicole. She thinks that she is too thin and is working with a nutritionist to gain some of that weight back.

“The average woman in the US is a size 14. As a society we are trained to believe that in order to fit in, we have to be a size 4 or less.”

Damn a size 14?? I could be described as a few pounds “over weight” and im a size 8. Everyone is built differently and you have to keep in mind height and age when it comes to weight also.

the media
is the only one
to blame for their wieght loss
they are the ones
that said these girls where to big
the media is why body image is a huge part of teenage society
the say these girls are to thin
now and before they where to fat
???
you cant win
in my honest oppion they look fragile but the media has put this image in or head that this is the only size that is acepted
you ahve doen this
and these are the concequences

IM MY OPINION FAT OR SKINNY LINDSAY LOHAN IS STILL UGLY.I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY STOOCHES WHO THINK SHE’S HOT>I MEAN EVEN MY GUYFRIENDS THINK SHE’S GROSS!NICOLE RITCHIE USED TO BE A HOTTIE BUT NOW SHE NEEDS HER CURVES BACK!!!

Wow.
I kind of assumed the question you posed to be rhetorical, but apparently, your readers disagree.
I started reading through the comments, and I was kind of laughing, until I realized it was nervous laughter, at which point I stopped reading them. It’s pretty upsetting. You see it every day, it’s a part of our world, but somehow I guess I’m still a bit sheltered; this is what a life surrounded by primarily amazing people will do for you.
My favorite (as far as I got) was this:
Uhm, not to be a bitch but I’d definitely rather look at Nicole & Uhm, not to be a bitch but I’d definitely rather look at Nicole & Lindsay than that fatty in some underwear.. and she doesn’t even have a pretty face. She looks like Kerri Russell 4 kids deep.
I’m still trying to work out ‘not to be a bitch’ with ‘that fatty in some underwear’. Perhaps I am too literal.
Oy. gimme a cookie and some airbrushing.

Okay, I know this is an old post, but I came upon it in your comments list on your front page, and I’m shocked and kind of horrified at how long the debate has raged on, and kind of horrified at how angry, defensive, and mean-spirited people are around the whole topic, despite which side they’re coming from.

To me, everyone has missed the point. The point is: Why are we asking and so ardently debating this question, “Which girl looks better?” in the first place?

I understand the good intent behind your asking it, Neil, and I applaud your trying to stress that women shouldn’t need to starve themselves to look good.

However, let’s be up front. No one ever posts pictures of the collarbone-jutting Leonardo DiCaprio and….I dunno, the more regularly-sized Benicio Del Toro, or the doughier Tom Hanks, for instance, and asks which of the two has a problem, is harming their body, or which looks best or “healthiest.” The question just wouldn’t come up. Nor, if it did, would you get the kinds of angry, defensive, hate-filled comments toward either individual that you’re seeing here–and I’m willing to place money you would fall FAR short of almost 190 responses.

Let’s just be straightforward: The issue is not which woman looks better, but why are we asking if there is one “type” of woman who looks better than another. We don’t ask this question of men. So wouldn’t it stand to reason that maybe if we stopped looking at women with an eye to assessing which kind of female body type is “better” and just allowed that variety is the spice of life, there would be far less compulsive underating OR overeating overall?

To wonder and discuss the relative merits of one female body type against another can only do one of two things: It either creates a heirarchy in which there is a better to be attained, and women hate themselves if they can’t attain it; or it creates a confusing environment where people argue which is better and come to no conclusion and therefore make women feel bad and “hated on” regardless of WHICH point on the scale they fall on. Obviously, neither of these outcomes is positive.

If we stopped thinking of women as body types, the hatred and insecurity that is raging in these comments would have no basis for existing, and therefore the psychological dysfunctions that fuel the problems everyone is arguing about here would not exist.

Put that in your dress size and smoke it, people.

Valerie Lefkowitz is hotter

those other twigs look shitty

Miss Syl, I think you hit the nail on the head. Thank you.

ARE U GUYS FREAKIN CRAZY VAIL LOOKS PEFECTLY GREAT .SHES NOT A COW, SRY EVERONE IN THIS WORLD ISNT ANOREXICA FOR U F HOLES! GOD SHES CURVEY LIKE A REAL WOMAN SHOULD. IO HAVE A BODY LIKE THAT WITH NO STRACH MARKS OR ANYTHING.LINDSAY IS UGLY UGLY PIGAVERAGE SIZE OR NOT N