Friday, March 02, 2007

What Numbers Mean

Diana is one of two plus-sized models in the competition on this season of America's Next Top Model.



Here are her measurements, given during the first episode, side by side with mine:


DianaV
BUST39"42"
WAIST 31"35"
HIPS 45"44"


She was praised by Tyra for being perfectly proportioned, and though this is not the most flattering photo of her, she really does look quite lovely in many of her others.

Torso-wise, we're not so far off, except for how much larger I am around the middle. And to be honest, I think I have nicer legs. Of course a key difference and the reason why I don't exactly have model proportions: I'm only 5'4", whereas Miss Diana is definitely over 5'7"... worth remembering.

I would have to subtract about 10 inches from all of my measurements to get somewhere model-sized for my height.

I'm not going anywhere terribly interesting with this, just a reminder that numbers really don't tell the whole story, and I should probably concentrate on the big picture of my overall health rather than say "Well plus-size models are my clothing size / measurements, I must be doing okay..."

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