Crystal Renn addresses her weight loss and maintaining plus-size model status

Marilyn Monroe was a size 14-16 by todays' standards. She was 14 at her skinniest and 16 (some even would say 20) at her fattest. Just go to IMDb Dorothy Kilagallen pix: she is standing next to her. Dorothy was a size 10 and Monroe's waist is twice her size in that photo. Monroe had a forehead lift, cheekbone implants, chin reduction, face lipo and a nose job.

sorry but Marilyn Monroe was NOT a "today" size 12 . sizes have changed since her day & a size twelve in her day is now a size six today .

Okay. I am not arguing with anyone, but I am going to be a little informative.

No one - not the fashion industry, not the article, not the model - is saying that a size 8 or 10 is now considered "plus size." A size 8 or 10 is what is required to be a plus-size model for a few reasons.

A: You look bigger in pictures than you do in real life. Someone who is size 10 in real life looks larger on film.

B: Models are basically pretty hangers. The clothes they wear are generally bigger than their actual sizes, so that the clothes drape and flow prettily, the better to show off the clothes' shape and design. So, a size 8 or 10 model is most likely NOT wearing size 8 or 10 clothes on the runway or in pictures.

So, no one is saying that these very average sizes are plus sizes. They are saying that Renn is a plus-sized model, because size 8 or 10 is the size required to be that kind of model.

Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Lana Turner, Jayne Mansfield, - all beautiful and shapely - not reed like and gaunt. Way too much attention being put on size 0 and 2 - the average woman is size 14 and looks great!!

OMG, a size 10 is considered Plus Size!!! Geeeeeeeeeeeeeez. Guess the rest of us are just screwed then huh? lol.... OH well !

Oh, and PAleasssssssssssssssssssssssssse. This girl is not PLUS SIZED! Just take one good look at her! Who in the hell comes up with this "plus sized" stuff anyway?

Ridiculous - how can this gorgeous woman be considered fat? After all, that is what "plus-size" is a euphemism for. And in my opinion, she could use a few more pounds on her! Okay, maybe not more - but certainly not less.
With this "size 6 and higher is fat" mentality, it's no wonder we have rampant anorexia. The fashion industry is solely to blame for already skinny women starving themselves to death. When will they admit that their false image and high-pressure marketing of that image are what is causing anorexia? Stop blaming the peers, start blaming the source of the peer-pressure.

What I don't understand is when you see a catalog that sells plus size clothing they show average and small sexy women, why don't they have bigger models ? I can't believe size 10 is considers plus size, I would be happy to get in a size 16 again : )

At a size 6/8 she is beautiful. As long as she is healthy, that should be what matters. If she's a size 6 and healthy that should be a good thing. Pressuring her to gain weight and be a larger size that what she should be is just as bad as pressuring her to be stick thin.

It's so ridiculous to talk about what "size" you are, meaning clothing labels. Judge by your weight and your measurements. Haven't any of you heard of vanity sizing? Basically, different brands have different "sizes" on clothing that have the same dimensions. Plus, over the years sizes have drastically changed, putting smaller numbers on the clothes. Fifteen years ago I was 5'6", 135 lbs and in most jeans wore a 9 or 10, 12 in a dress. After gaining about 50 lbs I was wearing a size 10. Clearly, the number on the label doesn't mean a thing.

This girl is not plus size, Please learn the real definition of PLUS SIZE!!!

I wish more people would focus on just being healthy rather than fitting into a certain size. I think Crystal Renn is starting to figure this out...

http://www.skinnytwinkie.com/2011/02/impossible-standards-for-models/

She is FAR lovelier and more womanly-looking in the red swimsuit picture than in the other picture. She looks lush without looking like a dairy cow, feminine in the way women have been pictured until the last century.
I am 5'7". At a size 14/16, I have a lovely figure. At a size 10/12, I have hip bones sticking out and feel like I've been run over by a truck.
Let's join the real world. I am a "plus size" woman, and hated my body until I was 40 years old. My mother fueled this from the time I hit puberty, by telling me I was getting fat. Developing hips? Bad, bad, bad! I heard this for soooo long from so many sources, it's scary.
I was amazed after divorcing a physically and verbally abusive husband and getting away from my mother's constant criticism, when I found out that the majority of men over 30 DON'T prefer bones. They prefer an amazing smile, some curves and padding, and a woman who's real and nurturing and loving. Boy, was that a revelation! A couple of my son's friends in high school told him that knowing me had really changed their opinion about "thick chicks". That was one of the most positive, affirming things I ever heard. Women are SO much more than bones or curves or sex objects or mannequins - we're real people who need to focus on being healthy and loving ourselves at ANY size!

If she is full figured I am obese

As long as women are healthy, have normal blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholestrol readings, and exercise regularly, who cares what size they are? There is no "normal" anymore, it's only the fashion industry who dictates what is "plus sized"! A beautiful woman is still beautiful no matter if she wears a 6 or 16!

Looks pretty normal to me...

This girl isn't all that big. What I thought the article would be about was a Doctor telling a real hefty (say size 20) to lose weight for her health, so her decision would be health or career.

She has a chin implant. Look at the video when she's talking. No one has muscle on the chin that creates vertical lines on either side. Now go look at the photos of Michael Jackson (he admitted to a chin implant --his was a cleft one-- in his book Moonwalker) and you will see the same vertical lines. It looks very manly on this woman. No idea why women choose those unless they have a receding chin. If you pause her video at 0:58 you will see that her face is slightly fat (cheeks, jaw-chin area) and fat faces have no muscle definition particularly no chin muscles! This makes me wonder if those are also cheekbone implants, like Ricky Gervais mentioned at the Golden Globes, most celebrities have them (Michelle Pfeiffer, Florence Henderson, Halle Berry to only name the most obvious ones)

I think it's great that she has found a healthy weight. I don't think that she should be the face of plus size modeling now however. The same applies for a thin model that gains weight. Time for a new face, that's all!

she has to eat some hot dogs, fries as well as burgers to maintain her weight rather than drinking green tea to stay slim. She will be more prettier and attractive if she stay above the over-weight scale.