Oh look! Normal-sized women modelling bikinis! The readers loved it, but the modelling bureaus scoff at the thought of this kind of outrage becoming common.
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Wow! These women actually look like women I know…comforting – and I don’t have to urge to starve myself or vomit my breakfast.
This is the type of thing we need to see more of…though I am surprised at the response of the modelling bureaus. Don’t they want ‘normal’ women to see what clothing actually looks like on them?
hmm.
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