Acceptance of "large women"

I found this story on msn.com, you can read the entire thing here: MSNBC
This is an article about "large women" being accepted by the public. We, as the public, are now accepting and even encouraging real women to photographed and filmed for whatever reason.

My first reaction to this story is "WOW!". I can hardly believe it. I am an average size woman who has always felt inferior to the image of woman that is represented by television, magazines and any other media. It is about time that the media started showing us as we really are, not the size 2 skin and bone models that starve themselves to be "attractive". Women of all sizes are attractive in their own way, and this article really shows that.

"Some fashion magazines are ahead of the curve — so to speak — on featuring plus-size models. Glamour became serious about it in the past five years, featuring Queen Latifah on the cover in May 2004, said Cindi Leive, the magazine's executive editor. In the past six to 12 months, "there is just more and more of a hunger among women to see images of women that look and feel real." A direct quote from the article to which I say ABOLUTELY! I don't want to give you the idea that I think we should all be unhealthy and obese. All I am saying is that it is about time that women of all sizes & shapes be represented. It is unhealthy for us average women to try to live up to the standard that the media has painted.