Fat anchor woman talks back
By winterose
@winterose (39887)
Canada
October 3, 2012 11:58pm CST
An anchorwoman in Wiscounsin is starting up a new phenomenon. Apparently someone had written here telling her she is overweight and she sound be ashamed of presenting herself on TV like that because she will become a role model for young girls.
Well she is taking on the air that she knows she is overweight and she doesn't need anyone to tell her. She calls it bullying. She will be given a book deal through all of it.
Though she has people in her court who agree with her, there are also those that don't. Some people wrote back saying calling someone obese when they are is not bullying it is a fact.
But, saying that too someone can also be demeaning and hurtful and this anchor woman is standing up for her rights to be who she is and for everyone to love themselves even if they are overweight not to let the nayseers get to them.
Your views?
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29 responses
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
6 Oct 12
Hi Winter,
I actually admire the womam for standing up for herself. I hope she does become a role model for young girls to be perfectly honest! Why should anyone be ashamed to be seen publicly for any reason? Clearly she has the credentials to do the job or she would not have it. I actually admire the people that hired her and didn't hire based on looks alone! And yes it is bullying. For one thing, there is never a need to tell anyone that they should be ashamed of what they look like or even to point out that they are overweight or have too many zits or their teeth are bad etc.Their only purpose in pointing it out is to shame that person...bullying. They KNOW it already and are probably struggling enough to deal with it and not feel self-concious. Yep...I hope she is a role model to young girls and not because she is overweight but because she is strong and confident and successful despite her supposed flaws. Whoever wrote her is the one that should be ashamed along with all those that defend the author.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
19 Oct 12
Oh that's horrible, PQ! I got angry just reading this!! You probably could of turned the tables on her if you were the type of person to do so because I think that could be considered discrimination. Good lord, the world is made of people of all sizes, shapes and colors, characters, etc. It's what makes it interesting. I have a tendency to be underweight. I have to really watch it as it runs in my family. Trust me...I have gotten picked on for that too and it is as hard to gain as it is to lose. I'm currently at a good weight and work at maintaining it. I do sympathize with you. As long as you are doing your job then it is no one else's business.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
18 Oct 12
This is really a hit topic for me. One of my nursing instructors kept telling me I was fat and needed to do domething about it. She told me to go to see the oncology nurse on the cancer floor. She had a cabbage soup diet and that was all you eat. I knew that was going to be a real challange and I knew it was against my nature to be told I wasn't okay as I was. I went off on her and told her I had a mirror that told me every day I am FAT. I didn't need her bullying me. She said "We'll!!" She then made an issue that I was 5 minutes late for clinical three days in a row. (I was working night shift at the hospital as a nursing assistant in the newborn nursery.). I got off shift early but sometimes I had to wait if I didn't get relieved in time to get to clinical in Gainesville which was about 25 miles away. Long story short she threatened me to flunk me because I stood up to her. I went part time after that so she wouldn't have reason to flunk me. It was all because she wanted to bulky me about being fat. She was going to stand in the way of me earning my career.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
12 Oct 12
Personally this is going overboard. Have the people who are commenting and saying things like this ever thought about what if it was them? Instead maybe they could offer some types of suggestions to help them want to change her weight, etc. instead of saying such negative things. I personally wish sometimes before people made such snide rude remarks to someone about their health, weight, etc. they could walk in their shoes a little and then tell someone how it feels.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
18 Oct 12
even then, what right do they have as a stranger to go up to someone and tell them how to eat?
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
18 Oct 12
Instead they treat them as non-persons. They look at them as freaks.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
19 Oct 12
Actually...why say anything? If the person wanted their help they would ask. I was very underweight most of my life and I hated hated hated the jokes and comments. I KNEW I was skinny and scrawny and looked like I was 10 when I was 20. I also had zits....got picked on for that. I hated it when someone that I wasn't that close to would say something...I could tell if it was done with a kind heart or not just as PQ can. You just know these things. My zits are gone and my weight is currently balanced. The scars from all the mean people have faded but ...
@anne25penn (3305)
• Philippines
5 Oct 12
What's wrong with being fat? And how can someone's weight become a "role model" for young people? I just don't get it. Children learn their eating habits at home. This is where they tend to become obese, from the food choices that their parents give them. Not from someone who is just delivering news on TV!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Oct 12
I agree, nobody says I want to grow up to be fat like...
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@celticeagle (167026)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Oct 12
If these bullyers don't like her why don't they go else where. It should be a kind of a wakeup call for her. She needs to be the best that she can be if she is going to be representing a television station. If she feels she is then she shouldn't put up with the bullying.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Oct 12
the point is she feels okay with herself and is telling others they should feel okay with themselves as well.
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@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
4 Oct 12
Yes, we might know how a person look like but we don't need to be degrading people just like that. Nobody has the right to do such a thing. Being fat doesn't mean a person is so fond of eating. There are people who have become obese because of a reaction to steroids. We do not know what kind of life the lady has behind the camera. Such sarcasm gets into these insensitive people!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Oct 12
her husband says she has a thyroid condition which is making her fat.
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@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
7 Oct 12
that us exactly what i mean. not all fat people want to get fat. and eventhough these people are just plain fat for other reasons ,still no ibe should make them feel unappreciated.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
4 Oct 12
i saw a clip of this on the news. good for her for fighting back. what she said made sense. if the man that wrote the email has kids, then the kids are going to go to school and call someone fat. that man was just a bully.
bullies tend to make other people look small or bad just so they can feel better about themselves.
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@joyceshookery (2057)
• United States
4 Oct 12
This woman must have excellent self-esteem and it probably shines through personality, attitude, compassion, intelligence, getting along with others well, and a host of other attributes that are way more important than how much she weighs. People can be so hurtful in their opinions and easily so, as they sit in their basic anonymity at home or from wherever they're writing.
Bravo for her!
I used to have a supervisor at work who was quite overweight. She dressed well, and in my opinion she was rubinesque, which I suppose is a way of saying she bore her weight well.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Oct 12
yep she dresses well and she is professional
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@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
4 Oct 12
I cant stand people that always criticize others, always finding fault in everyone . So many station and programs are out there if they dont like her they can always look somewhere else . I was watching the story about that on YouTube earlier today .
Some of those people who spend the time to tell a fat person that they are fat, really shows that they have no life . I would encourage those person that send such letter to fix their life before trying to fix others .
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@swissheart (6482)
• Romania
4 Oct 12
I don't agree with what that person said. she's human and she has all the right other people have including the one to appear on tv. I doubt it that after this tv appearance she's going to become a role model for young girl. au contrary...most of young girls want to be size zero like the models who appear on tv with any problem
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@adnileb (5276)
• Philippines
4 Oct 12
"calling someone obese when they are is not bullying it is a fact" 
Oh my, I am fat, seriously yes and no one should tell me as it is so obvious. 
Here in my country we also have an anchor woman who is fat. BUT she is great in doing her job and has received lots of awards for her best work and effort.
She is the proof that figure isn't a hindrance for you to excel on something that you like.
So far, there is no news that somebody is bullying her with her figure.
Good luck to her.
Oh my, I am fat, seriously yes and no one should tell me as it is so obvious.
Here in my country we also have an anchor woman who is fat. BUT she is great in doing her job and has received lots of awards for her best work and effort.
She is the proof that figure isn't a hindrance for you to excel on something that you like.
So far, there is no news that somebody is bullying her with her figure.
Good luck to her.2 people like this
@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
4 Oct 12
Being called fat sometimes does sounds pretty offending. I can understand why the anchor woman felt so and wanted to say something for herself. It is best that everyone leave such comments to themselves so that they will not unintentionally offend or hurt someone's feeling. Of course, it is not necessary to feel offended too easily as people may not have the intention to pick on the victim.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Oct 12
yes they should keep those nasty comments to themselves
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@riyauro (6421)
• India
4 Oct 12
Tv is not for only slim and trim people. the whole world is everyone's regardless they are fat or thin. I am with the anchor and I would just sue the person who said this. It is very rude and yes hurting. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead. 
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Oct 12
It is only recently that people who were not thin and good looking got to even be seen on TV
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@lrpt7531 (3)
• Canada
4 Oct 12
I have been a big woman and a small woman. As far as I'm concerned either way, society does not make it easy for you to love yourself. I am of the opinion that if a person cares about the opinion of the general public they will never be able to be content with who they are. You can never be thin enough in this world. I enjoyed this anchorwoman's response to the criticism. It takes a lot of self esteem to speak from your heart.
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
9 Oct 12
You've seen pics of me, and I've seen pics of you. Neither one of us are Barie Dolls, but we are both still absolutely BEAUTIFUL women.
If someone told me I was DANISH in the wrong context, that would also be bullying. If they said it in a prejudice way, fir example. The way they talked to the anchor woman was prejudice. As for being a role model, if only skinny women were on, then girls would be in danger of becoming annorexic, just to fit in. We need to respect ALL shapes and sizes.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
10 Oct 12
there already is two many girls who are anorexic and even boys now too, so much for the role models of today.
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@enola1692 (3323)
• United States
4 Oct 12
all I can say is I saw it an good for her she is someone my girls can look up to not one of these phonys trying to look like a barbie
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@enola1692 (3323)
• United States
4 Oct 12
an another point I taught my girls not to see color size or whatever when they meet anyone cause we are all the same an I was told i was wrong for that
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@enola1692 (3323)
• United States
7 Oct 12
I am trying an because they don't judge people from the outside it dose cause problems my daughter got in trouble in school cause someone had downs an another student was picking on her an my daghter stuck up for the girl with downs an her friends wanted to know what was wrong with her for sticking up for the weird kid she just told them WE ARE ALL WEIRD
@pratik87 (1927)
• India
4 Oct 12
Well, firstly i would not support the person who said it here. But, i am interested to know who said it here and started this whole deal out of curiosity. It does not make sense to rationalize that it is just stating a fact when you call someone fat. If it is a fact that why do you have say it, there are millions of facts, do you go around telling those to people? Again, can people not be a role model because they are fat? So, no matter the achievements of a person, they can only be a role model if they are slim. Sounds like a lot of rubbish to me.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Oct 12
I don't understand your question, I started the discussion, taken from a story in the news. The person who said it was just someone who emailed her.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
18 Oct 12
I don't think the person was referring to you Winterose. I think the person was talking about the person that took issue with the woman. I could be mistaken but that was my take.
@deazil (4730)
• United States
11 Oct 12
I saw that video and that bully that sent the email should be glad if any of his kids (if he has any. God, I hope he doesn't) grow up to be half the person she is - talented, intelligent, well-spoken and attractive, in her manner and her dress. How dare he say what he did? He should move to New York if he thinks it's up to him to make people live/eat the way he thinks they should. She is more than a suitable example for young women. She is an exemplary role model. How does he even know what her lifestyle is? That it's not healthy? I am so angry right now I could spit. Frankly, I'm tired of all the unfair, undue attention that obesity gets these days. I have a niece who is quite overweight. She is one of the hardest workers I know. She's 47 and never misses a day of work, does more at her job than anyone else and she's respected and always treated well by others. The following is a link with pictures of what happens to some young women who are pressured - like that moronic emailer would do - to lose weight: www.freakingnews.com/Anorexia-Pictures--1074.asp
Frankly, I'm tired of all the unfair, undue attention that obesity gets these days. I have a niece who is quite overweight. She is one of the hardest workers I know. She's 47 and never misses a day of work, does more at her job than anyone else and she's respected and always treated well by others. The following is a link with pictures of what happens to some young women who are pressured - like that moronic emailer would do - to lose weight: www.freakingnews.com/Anorexia-Pictures--1074.asp @winterose (39887)
• Canada
11 Oct 12
yes it is just awful I know. People will never learn they will continue insulting people and saying they are right all the time.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
18 Oct 12
Honestly, so many people judge others for how they look. This isn't just about weight or size. I saw a program on TLC last night where two people had face and skull deformities. They were looked at as freaks of nature and treated like monsters. This is how shallow some people are. It just makes me sad how people are treated for being who they are.
@crimsonose80 (283)
• Canada
4 Oct 12
hi..Thanks for sharing your opinion here on MyLot ...I feel that people especially women will always be scrutinize for the way they look..It is either too skinny or too fat..Women in all shapes or sizes should have the equal opportunity to do their work in order to move forward in life..People should look past her weight issues but rather focus on her fantastic attitude, her exceptional skills, etc..
When we go to work there are rules that employers are not to discriminate people, based on their gender, race, height, marital status, religion, etc...Why can't it be the same for people who have more meat on their body?...I'm baffled...
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Oct 12
I agree, but there will always be jerks, like the guy that wrote that nasty email to her.
@crimsonose80 (283)
• Canada
7 Oct 12
Sadly, but true..Unfortunately we can't change the way they think..Hopefully someone will be able to put him in his place..I just the emotional damage they did with that lady is not permament..
May you have a great day..God Bless..
@obriens (16)
• United States
4 Oct 12
What this woman is doing is VERY admirable in my eyes! I worked in an elementary school for 7 years and witnessed and dealt firsthand with kids bullying others for a multitude of reasons, one of which being someone being overweight. I personally have a no tolerance for bullying no matter what form it comes in...writing, verbal, actions, etc. My daughter has been pudgy since birth and has been bullied about it ever since pre-school. This has affected her self-confidence and self-worth. As she has grown, and is high school now, it's only gotten worse. It has lead to her purging to try to lose weight, which she doesn't need to lose because she's not anywhere near being pudgy anymore!! However, she's not model skinny either which seems to be the way some people think you need to be to look good. So, for this woman to stand up for herself in front of the world I feel it's a very brave and admirable thing to do to show all of the girls out there, like my daughter, that it's important to love who you are...who you are on the inside!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 Oct 12
I have overweight all my life and those bullies really hurt, and even when you are an adult it still hurts.
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