# Lets see some photos of women who aren't thin, but are beautiful anyway **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 26, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875 "2010-05-26T21:14:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/21 "2010-05-26T23:14:22Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > You keep moving those goal posts. > > The OP requested not “model thin” skinny. > > Amber Benson is not fat by any means, but is clearly very beautiful and NOT “MODEL-THIN” skinny. > > Edit: I guess you haven’t seen model-thin lately. No, the OP pointed out that all of the unconventionally attractive women in that thread were model thin. She requested photos of women who were beautiful and “aren’t thin.” ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/22 "2010-05-26T23:14:49Z")
If you look up ‘muffin top’ on google images there are some decent photos. The faces are always cropped out though. [http://www.jesseliebman.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/muffin-top.jpg](http://www.jesseliebman.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/muffin-top.jpg) [![](https://rachellarkin.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/camomuffin.jpg) ](https://rachellarkin.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/camomuffin.jpg) [![](https://auntiefashion.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/muffin-top.jpg) ](https://auntiefashion.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/muffin-top.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/23 "2010-05-26T23:16:13Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > No, the OP pointed out that all of the unconventionally attractive women in that thread were model thin. She requested photos of women who were beautiful and “aren’t thin.” Amber Benson isn’t thin. And she is beautiful. But, fine – she’s not fat enough for you guys so I withdraw the suggestion. This argument is far too stupid to participate in any further. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/24 "2010-05-26T23:18:42Z")
I gotta agree with **Diosa** , **zweisamkeit** , **olives** , etc. There’s a subtle difference at play here, but I think the OP is asking for pictures of women who are demonstrably “not model thin”. Crystal Renn is gorgeous. Queen Latifah is beyond that. And I had to step away from computer for a bit when I saw Nigella Lawson! Mrrrrow! ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/25 "2010-05-26T23:40:15Z")
[Sara Ramirez](http://www.tvfanatic.com/gallery/sara-ramirez-got-milk/). ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/26 "2010-05-26T23:43:31Z")
Uh, put me in the same boat as **Olives** and co. I laughed when I saw the first two submissions. “But they aren’t super model thin!” “I was taking “a few extra pounds” literally!” Come on, guys. Come on. ---
**Author:** ![palacheck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@palacheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palacheck)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/27 "2010-05-26T23:46:13Z")
Don’t want to go searching for photo evidence on my friend’s computer, but if you’re into tattoos and piercings and stuff, the Suicide Girls website has plenty of beautiful big girls. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/28 "2010-05-26T23:50:57Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > [Here’s a picture of Amber Benson](http://uncoolkids.com/buffy/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/buffy-dance.jpg) next to her skinny fellow cast members from Buffy. > > The woman is hot, but she ain’t skinny. Having seen them all together in person, I have to say that Benson (at least at the time) was quite thin, and SMG and Charisma Carpenter were borderline skeletal. Same goes for America Ferrera. The ‘Hm, I thought he’d be taller’ thing isn’t a myth for (many) actors, and when you’ve got short guys you need even shorter, smaller-boned women (or else, horrors, they may be larger than their on-screen boyfriend, husband, whathaveyou. \*That '70s Show \*aside). ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/29 "2010-05-27T01:02:46Z")
[Joan](http://media.amctv.com/img/originals/madmen/downloads/2009/MMs3_4wallpaper_1280x1024.jpg) (Christina Hendricks, mentioned above) from [Mad Men](http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/) may be the sexiest woman (to me) alive. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/30 "2010-05-27T01:29:30Z")
If you folks want to see a buncha ladies who have a respectable poundage, just tune in to any QVC fashion show and wait till they bring out the X’s. I once was so inspired by them that I wrote a poem about it. These are the saddest of possible words, One X to two X to three. A group of large ladies, to bulky for words, One X and two X and three. Gulping deserts with unrestrained passion, Then bursting anew the limits of fashion These gals underwent a most startling expansion, One X to two X to three. I wanted to send it in to QVC but my wife wouldn’t let me. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/31 "2010-05-27T01:30:50Z")
Looks like not enough s’s in deserts. Just mentally add one. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/32 "2010-05-27T01:55:34Z")
How about [America Ferrera](http://images.teamsugar.com/files/usr/0/10/america-fina-1.jpg)? [Whitney Thompson](http://images.buddytv.com/articles/americas-next-top-model/images/cycle-10/whitney.jpg), the “plus size” girl from America’s Next Top Model? I also think [Jennifer Hudson](http://orvillelloyddouglas.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/jennifer-hudson-promo-pictures.jpg) is _gorgeous_. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/33 "2010-05-27T01:59:12Z")
I’ll agree with some caveats - Amber Benson does not have a few extra pounds. Holocaust victims look pleasantly plump next to Charisma Carpenter. (And rather less orange.) On the other hand, Christina Hendricks is often quite fleshy - I don’t know if she’s been pregnant lately because I don’t know anything about her personal life, but several times I’ve seen pictures of her at events in the past year her arms are definitely in the “kind of chubby” zone. And of course she’s a mega-hottie. I wouldn’t go gay for Christina because the woman does not know how to dress herself, but I’d go gay for Joan. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/34 "2010-05-27T02:26:12Z")
[Sara](http://www.fitceleb.com/files/Sara-Rue-2.jpg) [Rue](http://cdn.mademan.com/chickipedia/images/4/47/Sara_rue_160.jpg). ([more](http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/sara-rue-abcs-50th-anniversary-all-star-party-0KsK0C.jpg)) Her weight has fluctuated. There were times when she was a bit too heavy, but she lost too much weight for my tastes at one point. [Before/after](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2006/05/twosaras.jpg) [Before/after 2](http://www2.vietbao.vn/images/vi55/giai-tri/55095887-312006srue.jpg) Apparently she’s gained some of it back, if the labels on this pic are correct: [2001/2005/2009](http://www.skinnyvscurvy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/FP_3473445_RIJ_HALLOWEEN2_082409.jpg) She has a sexy role in a movie [For Christ’s Sake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067107/) which hasn’t been released yet. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/35 "2010-05-27T02:58:33Z")
Raquel Welch. Even today. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/36 "2010-05-27T03:38:37Z")
There is a model in the Ulla Popken catalogs who I think is [just](http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/s7ondemand/zoom/flasht_zoom.jsp?company=UllaPopken&sku=91282_RENDERSET&zoomwidth=500&zoomheight=620)[gorgeous.](http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/s7ondemand/zoom/flasht_zoom.jsp?company=UllaPopken&sku=91437_RENDERSET&zoomwidth=500&zoomheight=620) I don’t know her name. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/37 "2010-05-27T04:28:12Z")
> [@malkavia](#): > > While far from fat, I humbly submit [Liis](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OArhSE6FSNs/SUI-E8--v2I/AAAAAAAAJLE/nlXDutNJTQg/s320/Liis+7.jpg). Mmmm. I looves me some Liis. [Liis: A Tribute](http://www.judgmentofparis.com/Liis_Home.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/38 "2010-05-27T04:41:13Z")
[Miranda Lambert is just gorgeous](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQYNM6SjD_o) (YouTube, music video). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/39 "2010-05-27T05:01:17Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > There have been a few threads lately in which people post photos of beautiful women, and there seems to be a unifying theme: all the women are skinny. Even in the “unconventionally attractive women” thread a while back they were all model-thin. It gets a little old, frankly. Anyone have any photos of women who have a few pounds on them that are still hotties? Too bad. Most people today think skinny people are more attractive. The number of attractive plus-sized women in media is painfully small. And most seem to require heavy makeup and/or weird poses for people to call them beautiful (as evidenced in this thread). I wasn’t going to say anything, but seeing the treatment Knorf got for daring to pick someone he does not consider thin, but not fat enough for you, I really don’t care about how I make you guys feel. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875/40 "2010-05-27T05:20:11Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > How about Queen Latifah? Can we say [Queen Latifah](http://thehiphopconsultant.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/queen_microsoft.jpg)? > > How about [Margaret Cho](http://jigglybits.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/margaret-cho.jpg)? Can we say “woof”? ETA: Queen Latifah is what I’d consider mildly attractive, in a friend sort of way. But Margaret Cho? Bow wow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-some-photos-of-women-who-arent-thin-but-are-beautiful-anyway/540875.md?page=3)