Quick Update: After writing yesterday’s late night post I made good on my word and filled the day with really great choices. Instead of spending the last day of the long weekend on the couch I went for a run (the first one outside on months), did a strength training workout for over an hour and fueled up on whole foods all day long. Yay me!
After a major sweat-fest of a morning I spent some of yesterday’s downtime watching a marathon of Khloe and Lamar on E! Channel.
I may have avoided my fro-yo craving but made up for it with some trashy tv as my guilty pleasure.
Anyway, despite the show’s overall lack of depth I did start thinking about how the other Kardashian actually does an amazing job of exemplifying a fierce, curvy and womanly body in a world of stick think, supermodel types. And although I can’t quite grasp their success (famous for being famous?? What’s that about?!) I can get on board with any female in the spotlight who breaks the mold of what a Hollywood woman should look like.
So Ms Khloe, if you’re reading (and I know you are most definitely not) here’s my two cents. You can put it in your Chanel purse if you want…
Dearest Khloe,
First and foremost, I’d like to say I’m sorry- for every time I bought a magazine that called you fat or compared you to your sister or the other women of LaLa land. The truth is I think you look…well the way a tall, voluptuous woman should.
In other words I think you look great.
I know it’s probably tough on you, reading the nasty comments and insults day in and day out. I think it’s disgusting that our society feels the need to be cruel to sell tabloids. And since you look like a lot of women I know (hell you look a lot like me) it sickens me to think that that is what is deemed “fat” in your world.
I hate to say it, but it makes me glad to not be a part of all that.
And Khloe, I know I don’t know you or what parts of your real life you portray to the media, or whether you are a size 6 as you claim or a size 10 as I imagine, but girl I want to thank you for not letting your fame and fortune force you into an unhealthy lifestyle for the sake of “skinny”. In fact, thanks for not using that same fortune to lipo away what makes you, you.
I’m sure you face a lot of pressure to be thinner but know this; I think you look beautiful just the way you are. Based on what I have read it seems like you struggle with this but please just stop. Be the mainstream ambassador to beauty that the real world can relate to.
Okay, if I am being honest I think you could really rock the natural look, especially in the makeup department too but that’s another topic for another day.
On behalf of all the curvy gals who have spent a day feeling like the “big” girl in the crowd, thank you for making it just a little more normal to be normal.
Sincerely,
Me, and all the girls like me, who are kinda just like you too.
So tell me, which celebrity do you think would make a good “Curvy Girl Ambassador”?
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Kate Winslett is always another good one for not twisting her body into the image of hollywood.
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I absolutely adore Kate Winslet! I think she embodies beauty class and grace in such a remarkable way! She is defintely an ambassador for body love in my eyes!
loved this! i agree that i have a hard time getting into the kardashians, but like you said. i do admire her for not giving in to the pressures of society to be thinner and get rid of her curves!
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Of all of the Krazy Kardashians, Khloe seems to be the most normal (I might be stretching that a bit) of the bunch. Compared to Kim, she looks like a real woman. Kim looks like a plastic Barbie doll.
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Agreed! Kim is curvy but not real looking so its still very difficult to relate to her. And I think that Khloe has faced more pressure because compared to her sisters she is much taller and has a fuller body which may attract comments that aren’t even warranted.
I would love to see her in real life and not standing next to Kim who is not a helpful guage of proportions
I agree, Khloe is beautiful, and I can definitely relate more to her (body-wise) than the rest of the Kardashians. I am almost always the tallest girl when I am out with girl friends, and I have definitely felt like the “big girl” in many situations. It is so nice to see someone in the media who is not tiny! I hate reading the comments about her in gossip mags though…
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Looking up photos for this post led me to a lot of interviews and other commentary and it seems like she gets picked on a lot . That makes me sad because I am sure in the “real” workd she is thinner than the average woman!!
This reminded me of when a girl I know called Charlize Theron fat. That is when I knew something was very, very wrong. It’s sad. I watch these old episodes of 90210 from the 90s and I think, “None of these women would ever be hired for the show today. None of them would be put in a bikini on TV even!” I wonder if we will ever go back to normal, and how we can get there.
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Absolutely love this – and totally agree with you! She is gorgeous!
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Love this! I love that the Kardashian’s aren’t stick thin. And I definitely agree with the comment above Kate Winslet is awesome! I think Jennifer Hudson was a great example and then she got stick thin! I think she did have some weight to shed, but now she just looks Hollywood extreme :/ Adele is beautiful too.
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Adele is a great example!!! She’s outwardly rejected the notion that she should lose weight and has proven success is not measured by your dress size! I hope she stays this way and continues to shatter the idea of that it means to be a famous female
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UM LOVING THIS POST. I literally agree with every word you wrote.
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