Are most actresses very very slim in real life?

[Mitford1789]

I saw a well known actress a few days ago, standing behind her in the queue for a coffee. She was dressed down, however was clearly very pretty in person. However I was taken aback by how slim she was. I would say she was slightly taller than average, not a tiny person if you know what I mean. But so so slim. Do you think most famous actresses/singers etc are like this? Maybe I’m very naive.

@MmeLaraque

Goodness. I know the UK is an obesogenic country, but some of these comments are appalling. "A tiny size 8"? Some women are naturally petite and slim.

Imagine this conversation the other way around. Wouldn't happen, would it?

If you read it properly, the surprise was that the so called 'fat one' was a tiny size 8. I have been both incredibly slender and plain old fat in my life and I don't take umbridge to people's concern about unhealthily thin celebrities. I have a friend who was naturally tiny ( size 6 at 5' 4") but she never looked gaunt like some of these women that are being discussed. She never had that lollipop head look because she wasn't underweight. I have a 12 year old girl and I do not want her to grow up worrying about not being able to meet an unachievable ideal.

@EmeraldShamrock

Lots of green eyed monsters on the thread. If body swap existed there would be a queue outside the celebrities front door begging.

What a shallow assessment of the conversation. And presumptuous too. Other people are allowed to express opinions that you don't share, you don't get to decide who's opinion is acceptable.

If you read it properly, the surprise was that the so called 'fat one' was a tiny size 8.

I have a friend who was naturally tiny ( size 6 at 5' 4")

Perhaps it's the word 'tiny' stuck in front of a normal size. We don't say a large size 8, so why a tiny size 8?

[quote ovensoff]@CorianderBee I was under 10 stone and was the "fat girl".[/quote]
Wow. Glad I was born in the 90s then...

Was this as a teen? As most girls are very slim at that age. Then the 20s hit lol and it seems everyone's gained weight. We are also much taller than back then though generally.

This was at 16, I lost weight and became thinner at 17/8.

@ovensoff

This was at 16, I lost weight and became thinner at 17/8.

I'd say that's pretty similar now then. My pal was the 'bigger one' (as regarded by others/herself not us) at 9st. Most people were either 7/8st or much much larger.

Teens are slim. I'd be confused if 10st was considered fat among adult women in the 70s.

It doesn't seem to matter how many models and actresses speak out about the shocking demands on women to be unhealthily slim in the industry, people on here still deny there is a problem. Well, you know what? That makes them as much a part of the problem as the people that make the demands in the first place.
This is a serious issue that threatens the well-being of our children.

@CorianderBee I don't actually think I was fat as I have very big breasts. My mum was about 7.5 stone in the 70's.

I remember 7-8.7st being the acceptable weight in the 80's and up to mid 90's. Anything above that was considered fat.

@Dragonn

If you read it properly, the surprise was that the so called 'fat one' was a tiny size 8.

I have a friend who was naturally tiny ( size 6 at 5' 4")

Perhaps it's the word 'tiny' stuck in front of a normal size. We don't say a large size 8, so why a tiny size 8?

You're still missing the point. And of course we could say a 'large size 8'. It's just specifying which end of the size 8 parameter we are discussing.

@3Britnee

I remember 7-8.7st being the acceptable weight in the 80's and up to mid 90's. Anything above that was considered fat.

By whom? I was alive during the 1980s and 1990s, and this isn’t something I recognise.

@SpeedRunParent @startingover44

Jilly Cooper - she was horrified to once weigh 10 stone & NB: Riders etc…80s attitudes…

I think being healthy and size 6 or 8 (or possibly size 4) is possible, and natural build
for some women. I think the point is that it's very likely this isnt the case for many women in the public eye but they are pressured to fit this mould whatever their natural shape or build.

A good friend of mine is 5'6" and naturally very small boned. She eats normally and was 7.5 stone for years. I am shorter and fairly average build. I know if I slimmed to the same bmi, my periods would stop. (I am not overweight, and my bmi is 21)

@SpeedRunParent

It doesn't seem to matter how many models and actresses speak out about the shocking demands on women to be unhealthily slim in the industry, people on here still deny there is a problem. Well, you know what? That makes them as much a part of the problem as the people that make the demands in the first place. This is a serious issue that threatens the well-being of our children.

Absolutely. It is perfectly possible to acknowledge that some people are naturally slim, that as a society we are bigger now than previously and that it is becoming concerning but also that there is a huge amount of pressure on celebrities to maintain their weight to an unnaturally (whether for them or full stop) low number which they cannot achieve via a healthy approach to food and exercise.

Not an actress but Ronan Keatings wife, Storm, posted a beach pic on Instagram of herself the other day looking startlingly thin.

EmeraldShamrock

Lots of green eyed monsters on the thread. If body swap existed there would be a queue outside the celebrities front door begging.

That's incredibly dismissive. People can't point out that there's an enourmous pressure on celebrities to be slim to a very unhealthy degree without simply being jealous of them?

I also dislike it when people seem to think that unnaturally slim celebrities is somehow some kind of antidote to the obesity crisis.

There's also a massive difference between concern at the pressure to be slim and making derragatory remarks about an inividual's appearance. Whether you're too far or too thin it's not usually helpful for people to make critical remarks about the way you look.

[quote TartanTexan]**@SpeedRunParent* @startingover44*

Jilly Cooper - she was horrified to once weigh 10 stone & NB: Riders etc…80s attitudes…[/quote]
How does that relate to real life? 😂

@EmeraldShamrock

No, I have no desire to be unhealthily thin. They're most liking in the low normal range of BMI over the lower, that what happens to your body when you work out regularly, plus they're all vegans.

Haha, veganism doesnt mean your very thin, I’m a fat vegan.

I remember seeing a video of Victoria Beckham coming out of an airport next to her husband. He looked as if he were helping a frail sick person! It shocked me a bit as I was used to seeing photos of her that size as 'normal'.

There's an aspiring singer who lives near me who is tiny, she honestly looks like a little doll. It's clearly deliberate and very noticeable on the school run!

Adriana Lima, the Victoria's Secret model, has been very open about what she had to do to get in shape for the shows. In normal life she was already obviously slim and beautiful but for the shows she had to be 'perfect'.

From 3 months before the show she would start to eat super healthily, all steamed fish and spinach while working out twice a day for over an hour each time. Ten days before the show she would stop eating entirely and live off protein shakes, while still keeping up her punishing exercise regime. For 36 hours before the show she would consume only water. How any of the models managed to walk the runway without fainting I'll never know.

@FrenchieFromGrease

Adriana Lima, the Victoria's Secret model, has been very open about what she had to do to get in shape for the shows. In normal life she was already obviously slim and beautiful but for the shows she had to be 'perfect'.

From 3 months before the show she would start to eat super healthily, all steamed fish and spinach while working out twice a day for over an hour each time. Ten days before the show she would stop eating entirely and live off protein shakes, while still keeping up her punishing exercise regime. For 36 hours before the show she would consume only water. How any of the models managed to walk the runway without fainting I'll never know.

Terrible

@FrenchieFromGrease

Adriana Lima, the Victoria's Secret model, has been very open about what she had to do to get in shape for the shows. In normal life she was already obviously slim and beautiful but for the shows she had to be 'perfect'.

From 3 months before the show she would start to eat super healthily, all steamed fish and spinach while working out twice a day for over an hour each time. Ten days before the show she would stop eating entirely and live off protein shakes, while still keeping up her punishing exercise regime. For 36 hours before the show she would consume only water. How any of the models managed to walk the runway without fainting I'll never know.

I boggle at how Victoria Secret which is pretty shoddy underwear managed to convince models to undergo this regime and see it as a big success

That's incredibly dismissive. People can't point out that there's an enourmous pressure on celebrities to be slim to a very unhealthy degree without simply being jealous of them?
I was referring to the derogatory descriptions being used to describe slim women when I wrote that.
I am petite slim female size 6 some of the comments are horrible.

If the thread title was "Are all non actresses in society very very fat" it would be fat shaming.
The discussion is fine I nearly cried when Cheryl arrived for x factor US.
She'd a hard time prior to that and believe it or not slim people go off food when depressed just like big people comfort eat.
It is the disgusting description to describe slim women with child like body, or justify lollipop head as a description of a women.
Lots of jobs require self discipline I'm sure they'll bulk up in retirement.
Older celebrity females of a certain age are far fitter than the average woman their age therefore eating little and often must work.
As humans we were lucky to have one meal, my parents had one meal daily 50 years ago in a WC society now people eat 4 meals daily.
No one should have to starve but the vegan nutrition bits they do eat would maintain a person however all in all woman shouldn't be forced to starve for work.

I think Victoria's Secret have now down away with their (in)famous fashion show. It always seemed like some naff throwback to the days when Miss World was considered top notch TV entertainment.