Comments on: Miss England: Not So Perfect 10

By: M

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:30:18 +0000

Designers/fashion industry have their standards, its their business so they get to set the bar where ever they please, i don’t see why everyone is all flabbergasted about this.

By: La BellaDonna

La BellaDonna — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:18:04 +0000

What Catherine said. A UK size 10 is often a US size 6, rather than a size 8. And yes, size 6 – ESPECIALLY if you’re not 5’10″ or taller – is too heavy to be a fashion model. Women who are 5’10″ are expected to be a US size 4 or smaller. It’s insane. And yes, the requirements for “beauty queen” – some curves (or so it used to be) – are diametrically opposed to the requirements for “fashion model”; designers don’t want anything so plebian as flesh to interrupt the flow of the design.

In my opinion, if human flesh gets in the way of the design, you are no longer designing clothing. You are making fabric sculptures. They may be very pretty – or not – but they have nothing to do with clothing, which implies garments for people to wear. And people come in different sizes. So, “fashion designers” are interested in fabric sculpture; I prefer clothing designers, who are interested in designing clothes.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:52:20 +0000

Well, as they say, that’s absolute bollocks. And here I was thinking that England has a saner view of women’s bodies and sizes then the US :-(

By: jen

jen — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:07:24 +0000

” the world’s most beautiful xylophones” – LMAO! I almost spewed Red Bull all over my computer screen! That was great!

By: frumpiefox

frumpiefox — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:41:27 +0000

Plumcake–well said!

And that job description sounds positively heavenly.

By: khazar

khazar — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:59:51 +0000

If Stacey McKenzie can be a fashion model, then this girl certainly could be.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:36:34 +0000

Sadly, what Catherine said a few comments up is true. A UK size 10 is a US size 6.

Jeez, what a heifer. /sarcasm

By: valerie bertinelli

valerie bertinelli — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:41:25 +0000

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By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:35:04 +0000

I wear a US size 8 and a UK size 12. She may even be a size *6* and being told she’s too fat . . . which, okay, appalling either way. Just appalling.

By: MissPrism

MissPrism — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:03:45 +0000

From England, may I just say that the phrase “ye merry olde crack pype” made me laugh Earl Grey tea up my nose.