French ELLE Dubs Curvy Cover Model “The Body”

I think most people are too focused on appearance. While it is good that a fuller spectrum of women are being represented in beauty and fashion magazines, these magazines are still stressing appearance over beauty. I call my daughters beautiful (5 yrs & 3 yrs old) and will strive to teach them the difference between attractive and beautiful. It is not wrong to be attractive, but I don't believe it should be the focus. I want my girls to be beautiful. 90% of the attractive girls I met when dating were fairly aware of their allure on men. I usually lost interest quickly. I always preferred a girl who was a bit unsure about her physical attraction. She was 10x more likely to be down to earth, modest, humble, etc. Any woman who exudes the qualities of beauty (patience, kindness, humility, etc.) will find greater happiness than seeking to be more attractive. The kind of man you'd want most likely will quickly forget minor physical flaws and attractive qualities magnified in a woman who develops beauty...yes, a bit old fashioned, but beauty truly remains an inner quality that reflects outwardly over time.

Both men and woman who focus on attraction as a primary dating selection will meet with likely disappointment over the long haul. I am not saying that attraction has no place in dating or relationships. It is an integral part of dating, but should not be the primary focus. Chances are you can nurture good relationships without being the eye catcher the world insists you must be.

Why not have ALL shapes and sizes representing everyone? Jeez, time to evolve people...and we, the "consumers" need to start boycotting products that cast people in a negative light, or worse yet, not at all...tired of this crap and us following along like sheeple...

Dear World, why don't we all stop body shaming each other and appreciate the body that we have? There is no such thing as a "real woman" size. A real woman is a woman that exists in the real world. Stop calling each other fat, stop calling each other anorexic and appreciate your life and your health.

A beautiful lady! I would love to see more of this here in the United States. If we can start focusing on real people I think this will go a very long way to solving societal ills. As a mother of two young daughters I applaud magazines who show REAL beautiful women. Even women who are not a size two can live happy, healthy and productive lives. I am a size 20 and I dress very well ( bargain shop A LOT!) and take care of my skin and hair. Not all heavy women are slobs and if the retail chains would open their eyes they would see that we are also NOT BLIND.

Next time you walk into TARGET, take a look around you as you walk past the women's clothing. It goes from Junior's (short skirts and skimpy tops) to Misses (cute and stylish dresses, jeans and blouses) to Maternity (where they actually have some very pretty things!) and then onto the WOMEN'S PLUS. Without even knowing you have reached the women's plus side you can look around and see the difference. Shapeless tops, dull colors, a lot of black and sweatshirts and stretch pants. Why can't they see that heavy women want clothes that are every bit as flattering and fashionable as any other woman?

It is my dream to one day own a clothing store where I can successfully show the world that heavy women can be beautiful if given the same opportunities to dress like other women.

Finally. That actually looks like a girl. Most models don't,

Tara Lynn is perfect in every way. More young women should be this beautiful.

Oh, and btw...heavier people who exercise are far healthier than thin people who don't!

Perfection!!!!!!!!

She's flat with big hips. Doesn't do it for me. Sorry.

She's not plus-sized; she's normal and healthy. If I had to guess, I'd say she's in her ideal body weight range.

This is what a real woman should look like. Healthy, gorgeous, and PROUD of every part of herself.

When I was young, I was a fashion writer. A famous Italian designer (possibly Galliano or Givanchi) said ALL WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL. I thought he was crazy. But now that I am 64, I understand what he meant. The female essence is what he was talking about. And all women have it, even if they don t realize or celebrate it. He was a true Italian LOL and appreciated women. Beauty really does emanate from inside a woman s soul. By being yourself. And loving yourself...and then others.

This young lady is NOT fat in the slightest degree. You don't see any bat wings, there are no signs of chub rub burns, and you can see her neck. She doesn't have cankles nor do I detect cellulite (not that thin girls don't have cellulite) she is a healthy size. Folks are getting a little tired of looking at women who look like concentration camp survivors in a Chanel. Bones protruding, sunk in collar bones, rib sticking out and the like, enough is enough already!

I bet she has her own gravitational field that not even a cupcake could escape......

Should have called her "two bodies".....

She looks great!! And I am so proud of the little girl! :)

People need to see a variety of shapes in magazines. And another thing.…It really bugs me that others make these assumptions regarding a person's weight. For example, when I was in college I was frequently asked if I suffered from anorexia. My answer: habe you seen me put away a chicken fried steak? Now I'm sixty and people ask if I've jas a weight problem all of my life. Go figure. (BTW I was former stick-figured teen model) People need to get over these body image obsessions.

OK those of you calling this model fat do relize that she is like a size 12 in US sizing right? Take off your rose colored glasses and look around. Most women are that models size and happy healthy and active.

She is fat. This is why men are marrying foreign women from russia, eastern europe, and latin-america. No sane man wants fat women. We want young, thin, leggy, and toned.

i guess plus size and voluptuous means any one over 95lbs is this world.