Check out this BBC article Five photos that sparked body image debates.
The images are very thought provoking and challenge assumptions about body shape. Perhaps the message is “more variety, more health is beautiful”.
It’s what’s inside that counts.
I remember these, I remember being taken aback at them even though I would count myself as one who definintely support more realistic models! It made me realise how brainwashed I was, that when I pick up a magazine I expect a certain type of person to be in it. Skinny, for a start, drop dead gorgeous, flawless. It was jolting to see real people in models’ roles – and that in itself was a jolt!