I know that I am probably the last person on this planet who has not yet shared their views and opinions about the most famous plus size fashion model, Tess Munster (also known as Tess Holliday).
Before even starting this post, let me just say that I do not have any problem with all this new positive body-image movement. I completely love the idea of embracing who you are and how you look. Although I do not agree with neglecting it and not paying attention to its nutritional needs. And I am not fat shaming here because I've been there and I know how hard it is to lose weight and keep it off. (I was at my heaviest in May 2015 at 235 pounds with a BMI of 33.7; now I am 202 pounds with a BMI of 29.0. I still count as overweight.)
Keeping this in mind, I should love Tess Munster because she speaks out for us "chubby girls". But despite the fact that we are (or we were) in the same weight & BMI-category I just can't agree with her message because she is completely delusional about her body and her weight and the effects that it probably will have on her body. In the past, she has stated that she doesn't see herself obese, only overweight.
(...) I'm not morbidly obese -- although I am overweight, but I am not at the point that they are. [She was the face of a reality TV-show where morbidly obese people were helped by a team of professionals to lose weight. This is her opinion about the show and herself.] I don't have a health condition, and I am not going to die if I don't lose weight. I just happen to be curvy.
So I googled her height and weight and I found a few results. Her height has been stated as either 5"3' or 5"5' and her weight as either 260 lbs or 340 lbs. Let's be friendly here and choose the more flattering data. If she's really 5"5' and 260 lbs -- although I don't believe for a second that she's under 300 lbs -- her BMI is still 43.3. Above a BMI of 40.0 a person is considered morbidly obese which condition comes with a very high chance of different diseases, for example high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, and even different types of cancer -- and this is just to name a few. All in all, I wouldn't call a girl curvy with a BMI of 43.3. Because it is not curvy, it is not chubby, it is nothing but unhealthy and dangereus.
People in the public eye should be very responsible about what they do, how they act, and how they look. And I don't mean that like "oh they should always wear makeup and look perfect and have everything on fleek". No. I would love to see finally a supermodel who poses on covers without makeup, without photoshop, even maybe have hairy armpits and some fat on her body. I mean that Tess has gone too far with the plus size-movement and what she is promoting is just as dangereus as seeing anorexic models on the runway. She is seen by hundreds and thousands of young girls and suggestible teens who are trying to fit society's standards. But this lifestyle is just as unhealthy as struggling with anorexia or bulimia. And it all has to stop.
I believe that everyone should just try to be healthy. It's okay to be a little bit overweight. I know that due to my genetics and medical condition I will never be between 129 and 173 lbs. But I can still try to reach the goals I set myself -- the next milestone being 190 lbs. Which (with a BMI of 27.3) would still make me slightly overweight but I could live with that without having to risk my health.
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