Lady_ J wrote:

G.O.M.A.B. wrote:

If Tocarra [An overweight woman from the show for those who dont watch] from America's Next Top Model Wins (Hypothetically) it will be a bad example for the youth of america? [i.e......Its okay to be big] Or would it help with the confidence of young overweight girls?..... Your Thoughts........

****...a bad example to the youth of America??? No BET is a bad example for the youth of America....Honestly, Tocarra really isnt that big at all...She looks like a typical thick girl to me...She is just BIGGER than all the other models she is modeling with....and if she wins I think thats a great thing, cause she is breaking alot of molds being a famous black PLUS size model....I see all positive things coming from Tocarra...even if she doesnt win, she is just showing that you dont have to be a size 2 to be a model...and she is very comfortable with her body and exudes confidence....so 10 THUMBS UP FOR TOCARRA :!: :!: :!:

WileECoyote06 wrote:

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* Just to play the devils advocate* A young girl sittin at the table...."shi t, i aint gotta lose weight, Tocarra is a BBLI....even though i got high blood pressure, fukk it...these pig feet are good"

I'm going to play Devil's Advocate with you and spin off this topic. One of the major issues on HBCU campuses today is fitness. As a staff member at NCCU, we are really concerned with the amount of overweight women (and by default men) on our campuses. A high-ranking female administrator once said "It seems like these young ladies don't care about their bodies. They act like it's cute to show their midriffs, even though it's often misshapen and jutting out. On top of this, they put belly rings in their navels to bring attention to it. Many of them have hips like a grown child-rearing woman. These women are going to deal with weight problems seven to eight years down the road." Those were words from a prominent woman on campus, and many of the staff and faculty feel the same way. Sometimes, I believe that we as a people give too many excuses for why we can be fat or obese, and not enough for why we should try to remain fit. We've heard about black and latino women having different body types, from other types of women. I can't argue with that, but the difference might be the chicken/hamburgers we're eating every other day. It is ironic that just last week, we had many people on this board condemning smoking, saying it leads to emphysema, heart disease and lung cancer; yet we as a community ignore overeating which can lead to ulcers, diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol.