LOL you're seriously just favoring super skinny girls over girls who have a bit of meat. i agree though overweight girls shouldn't make thin girls feel like crap. 

I hope for the author's sake they're just being a troll. I wouldn't wish the horrors of an eating disorder on my worst enemy and this article is just sad.

Please trigger tag the title - getting rec'ed by someone with the handle 'worthlessuntilweightless' says something.

the opposite of "toothpick legs" would be "tree trunk legs." Levis and other designers can use whatever type of models that they want. why don't these complainers just buy clothes from designers that cater to their bigger size or appeals to them more? that's like demanding lane bryant to use toothpick legged models than plus sized, which they are known for. if the designer is known to use thin models, then most likely they won't change their original appeal for "pro-fattys" this is a case of pick on someone their own size:D

I was at walmart last night and saw 3 different girls that had great bodies. Man oh man, the looks of envy they all got from all the women they passed. I'm overweight (Though I usually feel skinny when I make my walmart trips). Not proud of it, just striving for a healthy pregnancy and to get to a healthy weight postpartum. While I don't agree that America has a pro-fatty agenda, I do think that the increased laziness to do anything about weight gain, and unwillingness to change the way we eat has turned into hate for the healthy chicks. I hate the term BBW (big beautiful woman) and refuse to apply it to myself. I see all kinds of obese women playing the BBW or "curvy" card. If you really dug beyond their pride though, you'd see they'd love to be thin. 

Wait, is that the ad? I wouldn't say they have toothpick legs. But maybe that's because I have a lot of friends who REALLY have toothpick legs. 

Ah.  This loaded before the author became apparent.  Now that I see it's you, it makes more sense.  The way these size 000 models maintain their weight is through starvation, vomiting and dangerous drugs.  No adult, six foot tall woman weighs 72 pounds "naturally" or through "working hard."

@writemyheartt@xanga - Zero isn't a size?  I'm 19 and I'm a zero.  I've never had an eating disorder, I don't eat super healthy, nor do I work out very often.  Its my natural size.  I've been trying to gain weight because I was sick of being called "too skinny" by people like you.  I'm not tall enough to be a model, but if I was your saying I shouldn't be because I'm too thin?  That's just as hypocritical.  Zero is a size.  It's my size.  Thank God the fashion industry doesn't think like you or I'd be spending tons of money getting jeans altered to fit me.

Lawl u jelly? You've taken a narrow minded approach to your argument that has been well opposed by other commenters. I'll say it too: zero is a size, whether it means my pants size at Express is 00 and everywhere else I'm a 3, or whether, like the other girls above, I'm a 0 everywhere. It's a number attached to the circumference of my waist/hips that has been standardized to make shopping easy. "Curvy" fit jeans doesn't translate to "all fat asses buy these jeans." Instead, curvy fit jeans are meant to give differently proportioned gals a jean alternative that may fit their different shapes better. Some girls have larger thighs, some have larger butts, some have shorter legs, etc. It's shallow to say that all fat girls buy these jeans, because curvy doesn't equal fat. And if you've ever shopped for jeans, you should know that not every size 7 is going to fit your body the same. 

It's easy to go on and on about naturally being a size 0 when you are younger than 25.  But as we age we naturally carry around a bit more weight and our metabolism slows slightly.  I highly doubt those models are just "naturally thin".  Yes, it is possible but it is more likely they only eat tissue.  The point is not that any clothing uses size 0 models but that they ONLY use size 0 models.  It's an insult to everyone whether we are a size 4 or 8 or 10, or 12 or 14.  I'm a size 4 and I think it's quite silly to only use super skinny people in a world where eating disorders are killing people.  

Finally, someone who gets it. Yeah we shouldn't have hella thin models or hella fat models to advertise anorexia or obesity. But fat girls need to stop hating on skinny ones. I'm sure if one of those girls talking about toothipick legs saw me, they'd say the same thing. And this IS my natural figure. I try very hard NOT to be too skinny but it doesn't always work. So where do they get the right to start talking shit about my body, just assuming I'm anorexic? B***h, it's called a fast metabolism. Not everyone loves food to death the way you all do. And " a little meat" on your bones ISN'T fat, it's actually skeletal muscle which I bet you have just about the same amount I do, it's just my body doesn't have pounds of fat layered on top to make me look like a twinkie. Do I love my super thin body? Not always, and you need to respect that. 

If you are a natural 0, then fine.  If you are a natural 12, like me, that's fine too.  What gets me are all the women now who wear clothes smaller than they are, with fat rolls exposed below the waistline.  Pants skin tight so they can hardly move.  What gives?  Wear something that fits for heaven's sake.

 It's especially easy to pass judgement when you're 22 and male.  The fact is, a woman has a higher percentage of body fat than a man does, even if she's "thin" and he's a lazy fat ass.  I get pretty tired of young men who eat pizza and nachos every day of their lives and spend their days playing video games calling a woman who meticulously counts out the number of carrots she can eat that day and does aerobics 12 times a week fat and lazy.  Testosterone does that for men: gives them a muscle advantage.