The size 0 craze.
By emisle
@emisle (3822)
Ireland
December 30, 2006 7:57pm CST
I don't know about other women, but i would hate to be a size 0 (think it's uk size 6). I am a size 4/6 (uk 10/12) and i'm very happy with that. I have hips and curves and my weight suits my frame. If i was any thinner i don't think it would look right.
Now i know there are a few who are naturally that thin, but do others really want to be a size 0?
Adn i read some statistic in glamour magazine that only 1% of women are naturally a size 6, and that many have the waist of an 8 year old!
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41 responses
@midnightuser (252)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I was a size zero for a year or two and it was horrible. It's almost impossible to find jeans that size. No i wear about a 6 or a 7 but my hips are very wide for my size. About 5 inches wider around my hips than my stomachs. I love it though. I feel the same way as you, if i get any thinner it won't look right. I have no desire to be a size zero. for your glamour magazine is that only the models who are a size 6? Because I believe the average size of a women is much higher than a 6.
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@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I heard on some news show that the average size in the US is 12. I bet it will go up. I often wear a 10, sometimes a 12. I have a rather small frame and it doesn't look like a 10, people usually think I wear size 6. It's weird, but cool with me. If I don't like the size on something, there's a simple solution: cut out the tag.
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@mbs730 (2147)
• Canada
31 Dec 06
Forgive me for saying this, and I am overweight so this is touchy for me. But this size 0 craze most definitely supports eating disorders! Besides, it's just not realistic! Why can't women especially be convinced that they should like who they are no matter their size instead of being convinced that thin is only beatiful???
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
31 Dec 06
I really don't know, there are many guys out there who prefer bigger women...i agree that it does support eating disorders, if only 1% of the population are supposed to be this size, than many people are going to need to starve themselves in order to get to that point.
@beckyomg1 (6756)
• United States
31 Dec 06
i think a size zero is way to skinny, its like eat a sandwich or something. like you said its like a childs size.
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@Khokhonut (702)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I think a size 0 is just too small.
And it drives me crazy these days how women are considered "plus size" models if they are a size 12 !! That is perfectly average.
It only encourages eating disorders.
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@freesoul (3021)
• Egypt
1 Jan 07
It's crazy to try to lose more weight than necessary, over-weight is bad but under-weight is not healthy either, i think that statistics and charts doesn't apply to everyone, what's important that someone looks good, anyone can judge for him/her self if they need to lose weight or not, if they are happy about how they look then it's the right size.
@zhuliahh (30)
• United States
1 Jan 07
mathmetically 0 is nothing, so how can you be size nothing??? And beside I feel like the size is not as accurate as before, because most people want to feel good, feel as if they lost weight when they go shopping while doing nothing, so the store just change the tag. For example, I have a pair of pants for probably 8 years ago, it was a size 9/10 back then, and recentaly i bought another pants from the same store, but it was a size 4. I am sure I didn't lost weight at all, and I compared both pants, they are excatlly the same waist. yea..... I don't know what to say now.
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@cuddlebug79705 (2003)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I have yet to see a woman that small look attractive or have any natural curves. Personally, I like me the way I am, I'm not fat fat but I"m not really thin either, average I suppose. I like having curves, that,to me,is sexier than looking like a board.
@thisisrightnow (537)
• United States
31 Dec 06
My best friend was a size 0, but she always got comments or people asking her if she was anorexic. She really wasn't, she just had really good metabolism, so even though she pigged out a lot, she still burned off calories.
But I would NEVER want to be that skinny. When I start dieting, my goal is to get down to a size 8 or 10. I think my frame, anything lower I'd look sickly.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
31 Dec 06
I agree. But it really depends on the person. My sister is a size 4/6, she went to the states for the summer a few years ago and put on half a stone. Now she didn't have a perfectly flat stomach after but no way was she in any way fat, but i remember her grabbing her stomach and saying,'look at the fat'!...and i know girls thinner than me who do that too...it's really sad.
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
31 Dec 06
well im a 11/12 and i really don't think i am fat at all i just think i could use some toning up!!! I would love to get down to a 7/8 or 5/6 i think i would still look good at that size
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@LittleStars (318)
• United States
31 Dec 06
Since my son was born 2 1/2 years ago I've been a size 0. Now before then the smallest size I could fit myself into was a size 4, and could wear up to a juniors 7. I dont know why ANYONE would WANT to be a 0. Finding that size in most pants is damn near impossible for me, since I need a 0 long. I am totally not happy with the way my body looks being in a size 0 - there are no curves, its just stick straight. Its not attractive to me at all - I'm actually repulsed by myself.
I'm pregnant at this point - and can't fit into my size 0 jeans...and almost hoping that after I have this baby I won't go back to that size either. It just looks unhealthy.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
31 Dec 06
I'm guessing you're naturally thin? I've read things about girls who hate being so skinny, but there are lots of others who are envious.
@xXmeganxX (4420)
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31 Dec 06
before my daughter was born i was a UK size 8 now my hips seem to have gone a little bit bigger and im now a UK size 10.
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@cowboyzfan (718)
• United States
31 Dec 06
Eww...I can't stand really skinny women anyway. KEEP THE Curves!
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@tictac714 (975)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I normally am a size 6...right now I've gained a few pounds and am not fitting well into my clothes...anyway, even if I were to lose a lot of weight, I don't see myself being any smaller than a 4/6. I don't think my bones would allow me to fit in a 0, and I don't want to anyway.
These girls like Nicole Richie, or that Olsen girl that's anorexic, look ridiculous and sick. That's not attractive. They look like skeletons with skin.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
5 Jan 07
Wow, that's something. I don't think I want to be size 0, I think that's just too skinny for me. I am size 5 and I am proud of it.
@missrita04 (29)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I used to be a size 0, but that's when I was a little younger, now I'm 21 and I'm still small, but I now wear a size anywhere from 2-5, I'm still trying to gain just a little more weight, and it's not because I don't like being small, I just want to be healthy that's all.
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@thedomesticdiva (65)
• United States
31 Dec 06
its called "flat-a$$" disease. people that can fit into a size 1 or 0 usually don't have butts. I love my hips, curves, and bootay! Hubby likes 'em too!!!
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@foreverblue921 (641)
• United States
31 Dec 06
Im a size 0 and i dont like it being so skinny.Im trying to gain some weight though.I'd like to be atleast 1 or 2.
@foreverblue921 (641)
• United States
31 Dec 06
Well,although im skinny not really skin and bones i guess im just petite.My size is normal in my country.Im skinny but im healthy. ;)
@Tlcowie (1)
• United States
31 Dec 06
That is too skinny. A size 0. Most women arent that. That it people who are on TV and starve themselves. You should be happy with you. Not what you see on TV. Most people in this world are overweight. I do think you should be unhealthy. But I think you should be happy with you.