Comments on: Real live cellulite…in lights!

By: Plus Sized Model Crystal Renn goes Pro-Ana? | Body Image Activist, Eating Disorders mamaVISION

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:34:24 +0000

[...] Renn, the PROUD plus size model and author of Hungry. Renn said she was stunned when a photographer for a charity fashion shoot gave her a digital [...]

By: Collene Ringenberg

Collene Ringenberg — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:43:26 +0000

A Fantastic post, I will bookmark this post in my Propeller account. Have a great day.

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:27:51 +0000

Isn’t that what they used to call “dimpled flesh” and it was considered attractive.

When I was a kid I looked at paintings more than I looked at fashion magazines and I think, as a consequence, I had a broader sense of what could be beautiful. It’s funny, as I’ve gotten older, my mind has gotten much more polluted with airbrushed images. It’s strange to think that a retouched photo is in many ways gives a less accurate sense of reality than a painting.

By: Plus size is not physically healthy or flattering to fashion : We Are the Real Deal

Mon, 17 May 2010 21:23:46 +0000

[...] Further, it is pure and simple ignorance to say a plus sized woman is not physically healthy. According to fashion world standards, 98% of the female population is unhealthy by these rules. As far as women with curves being unable to flatter fashion, please, have you heard of a chick named Crystal Renn? [...]

By: Plus Sized vs “Normal Sized” Model Comparison | mamaVISION voice of reason for eating disorder sufferers

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:11:55 +0000

[...] Renn herself has just written a book detailing her own battle with the modelling industry, and the presssure to be thin, titled Hungry: A Young Model’s Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves. [...]

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:38:42 +0000

Oh my god, that’s where I found it! So so sorry.

Everyone should click on CurveSmart’s link – it’s an amazing site for beautiful plus models.

By: clairemysko

clairemysko — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:09:59 +0000

The thing I love most about what Crystal says in the video is that her career and her confidence really took off when she gave up trying to fit other people’s expectations of her. I think that holds true for EVERYONE, no matter what industry you’re in or where you are in life. If you’re spending all your emotional and physical energy trying to squeeze into a size that’s not healthy for you, you are never going to feel fulfilled–and you’ll probably make yourself sick in the process. I’m so glad she’s out there telling her story!

By: Truly amazing indeed. « We're all as mad as hatters here…

Truly amazing indeed. « We're all as mad as hatters here… — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:38:40 +0000

[...] 9, 2009 I just stumbled across THIS post, and I’m now left speechless and amazed. Since I don’t know what more to tell [...]

By: CurveSmart

CurveSmart — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:44:27 +0000

Um, I actually posted that dapple-thighed shot from the photographer’s website as a link on my “Every Body Is Beautiful” site – where Frances found it – so I can haz credit plz??

Crystal commented on this editorial in her book “Hungry” and said that she was disappointed that the lighting was made to make her look like she had MORE dimply skin than she actually has. Bit of a shame she couldn’t just breathe and let it go. But then just because she wrote a book doesn’t mean her struggle with body image is over – bit of a life journey, that.

My site is an archive of plus-model magazines (MODE!) and advertising, videos, etc – and has a ton of old and new material on Crystal and many other models so hope you come for a visit.

Every Body Is Beautiful
http://www.curvesmart.blogspot.com

By: theprettyproject

theprettyproject — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:36:08 +0000

I LOVE this chick. I’ll have to get this book for sure!

http://www.theprettyproject.com