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Should plus size clothing be modeled by plus size models?

Women's clothing is already being modeled by plus size models. Women who are over a size ten are modeling plus size clothing. Are these women considered to be plus size models?

In the modeling world where size zero, two and four are the norm, plus size models wear larger sizes. Only those sizes don't even reach the average female size of 14. Women who are modeling larger women's clothing are still under the average female size in the United States.

Models are very thin, look very young, and for the most part their careers are over when they reach a certain age. If they gain weight, they are told to lose that weight. The models on catwalks are so thin; they could turn sideways and disappear. They do just about anything to keep their weight down, including starving themselves. Women who are six feet tall should not weight 120 pounds and be a size 2.

The creation of waif thin, twiggy-like models should be changed for the entire modeling world. Women looking at magazines should not get upset that they tell us to "lose ten pounds by swimsuit season". Many magazines are telling women we need to change- we need to lose weight. We should be proud of our bodies, and love ourselves for who we are.

Now here's why I'm on the no side of this debate. Yes, we should love ourselves for who we are. Here comes the but- do we really want to see grossly overweight women on the catwalk? We would be going to the opposite side of the spectrum, where there are super scrawny women out there now, to super overweight women.

Why can't the fashion industry start representing women who actually eat food? Why can't the norm on the runway be women who are pretty but are a size eight or a ten- not a size zero or a two. Why can't the plus size models be larger than they are now. They should be a size 12 or a size 14. There are so many pretty women that are a size 12, 14 or even a 16.

Let's get rid of the industry standard where unhealthy looking women, who have stick legs, and their ribs stick out are what we real women aspire to look like. It's not normal to be so thin that your health is in jeopardy. But on the other hand you don't want women in magazines and on the runway who are so unhealthy that their fat overlaps, and there's that cellulite thing happening.

I'd like to see the fashion industry evolve where the standard size of a model is an eight or a tennot a two. And conversely, plus size models that represent more of what a larger size of woman is, without being huge. So, I am not for super big women being models for plus size clothing. But I am for bringing the fashion industry more in line with what is a real size for women.

Wouldn't it be great to open a magazine and see a woman who actually looks like a womana woman that has curves. It's gross to see women who look like drugged out teenagers in gorgeous clothing that they alone can wear. It would be great for the fashion industry to start hiring models that represent women who have more curves and who look healthy and beautiful.

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