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Category: Media Industry Author : Kim LaCapria Posted: August 21, 2009
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Glamour model Lizzie Miller shocks readers by not being airbrushed



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Glamour readers are fangirling like crazy over “plus size” model Lizzi Miller.

Miller turned heads in the latest issue because of the simple fact that she resembles most readers of the fashion mag. Miller, 20, is a size 12-14 and not even technically “plus sized,” but her curvy shape is still alien to the airbrushed pages even of slightly progressive Glamour magazine.

Grateful readers flooded Glamour with emails, prompting a blog post about “the woman on p. 194″:

The emails were filled with such joy–joy at seeing a woman’s body with all the curves and quirks and rolls found in nature. (Raising a question: With all the six-packs out there, do you even know what a normal belly looks like anymore–other than the one you see in the mirror?)

And of the attention, Lizzi is grateful, too. She says:

“When I read them I got teary-eyed!” she says. “I’ve been that girl, flipping through magazines trying to find just one person who looked a little bit like me. And when I didn’t find it I would start to think there’s something wrong with the way that I looked. When J. Lo and Beyoncé came out and were making curves sexy, I started to accept myself more. It’s funny, but just seeing them look and feel sexy enabled me to do the same.”

So what do you think? Does Lizzi Miller look fantastic or is this lowering standards for stick thinness industrywide?

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