People Magazine: “Skin & Bones”, Supermodel Waif Kate Moss & “Big Girl” Anna Nicole Smith (1993)
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Does any one out there remember this People magazine cover from September 1993?
I just came across it while going through my old files ….
The cover states “Supermodel Kate Moss is the ultrathin symbol of the underfed wait look.”
The question then posed, “Is a dangerous message being sent to weight-obsessed teens?”
In a smaller photo it says, “Big Girls Don’t Cry: (Guess) Jeans model Anna Nicole is sexy and successful - at 155 pounds.”
It seems the “Weight Issue” of being “too skinny” or “too big” has been a popular ongoing debate for decades now.
Why do you think that is?
What do you think about this cover?
I honestly think that the weight issue has been an issue for a while because media is not sure what they want. Nor are designers. They aren’t sure if they want to be realistic and have beautiful large women or small skinny snapped like a twig women. They are unsure if they want to live in a fantasy world where every woman is “Gorgeous” (or so they think.) or in reality where women are curvy and gorgeous.
As for the cover, god Kate Moss is small. Being a woman who also loves women from an artistic perspective I think Kate moss may be gorgeous in her own way but needs to eat a couple 100 cheeseburgers. Anna Nicole Smith on the other hand is definitely gorgeous and is certainly in love with that fact.
I’m proud to say that I am one of those larger women being 5′4″ and 165 pounds. But damn, trying to find work for a model like me in an “skinny is STILL in” society is pretty damn hard.
Comment by Iris Naseth — March 14, 2008 @ 7:14 am