[Purse-Ooooh]

I would give anything to be that "fat"!!! I wouldn't care what anyone called me!!!

[cocogirl07]

lmaooo that is not fat...if so more than 75% of americans are fat!

[elizabethk]

If that is fat, then I'm obese....'cause she looks great.

[mcb100]

She looks beautiful. And I am a size zero, and her stomach her stomach kind of looks like mine, (Except I'm less toned though. As in I don't have those muscles. She must work out a lot. LOL) she is SOOO NOT FAT. Lol. I love the fashion industry but it's sad that this is what it has come to. They should have more models on the runway, where you can't see their ribs....(not saying that you can see all models' ribs, because that's not true and I know some of them must be that stick thin naturally) it'd help young girls. Trust me, eating disorders are not fun. It'd help the modeling industry become more realistic and it'd help young girls who worship models and look up to them. She is so not fat. I'm not going to judge anyone though but I feel bad for her because the press is basically saying she's fat and she's not.

[Emotus]

I think the camera caught her in a bad light. I think she's not as toned as other VS model and the photos makes her seems like she has a tummy. :/

[keodi]

wow! if kurkova is fat then I must be a whale! as if women didn't have enough issues about weight...

[chloe777]

here are a few more pics of the BEAUTIFUL woman and she is NOT "fat".

[frostedcouture]

She's gorgeous. "That is all"

as Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) says in Devil wears prada.

[SunnyFreckles]

Originally Posted by Veelyn

Well, I guess I'm obese!

I'm gonna die tomorrow because of MY size!

Seriously.

[jejune]

To be honest, she looks pretty normal to me.
She's not fat or morbidly obese at all. The press and media are just cruel! Ugh.

[thithi]

People are way too critical... she's still a damn stick!

[cola262]

She's very skinny. Every person will have those flubby lines on their back when they make a turn and lean like that.

[lvuittonaddict]

and that is a major contributing factor to eating disorders. she is more than likely under weight in those photos. just not emaciated

[handbag_luvr]

Originally Posted by Veelyn

Well, I guess I'm obese!

Me too!!!

[PurpleRose]

Originally Posted by declaredbeauty

I'm so sick of people blaming the media or models for women and girls having eating disorders. MAYBE if those females out there accepted themselves for who they are.. maybe that would cut down on some off the obsessiveness. No one said to compare yourself to a model or a celeb. They depend on looks for their paychecks.. the majority of other women don't. If you think you are fat lose weight.. if you are happy with yourself stop listening to what others have to say about you.

It's not as much about the models themselves portraying thin as the ideal goal for women; it's about the media holding up unrealistic and sometimes unhealthy ideals that some women feel they *have* to achieve in order to be accepted. Honestly, that article was nothing compared to some I've seen--"rag mags" and sites like Perez Hilton's rip celebs and models everyday for looking less than perfect. Then when women see criticism like that--criticism of people who can afford to eat the healthiest food, hire a trainer, and workout for hours at a time--how are they supposed to feel?

The truly sad thing, IMO, is the way media coverage like this can affect young girls who don't yet have the capacity to think in the way that adults do. They don't necessarily understand that looking very thin is not an easily achievable goal for many women (or healthy, for that matter). I don't think that the media alone causes eating disorders, but they certainly don't do much to encourage healthy body awareness for teens or women of any age.

FWIW, I don't think Karolina looks overweight at all. It's not the most flattering picture of her, especially compared to her pictures in the Victoria's Secret catalog, but she's still an incredibly gorgeous woman. I think the way the Brazilian press responded to her was rude and distasteful; yet, at the same time, it's sort of nice to know that even the most beautiful women in the world aren't perfect. And it's ok, because no one's perfect.