critical analysis essay
Teresa Enriquez
WR 121 OA
Ms. McNeal
May 27, 2015
Final Draft
Critical Analysis Essay
Body Size and Modeling
If you can make good money posing as a morbidly obese plus-size model, should you continue, or look after your long-term health? While doing research for my nutrition class I ran into a video on YouTube. It was an interview of a plus size model named Tabby Kemp. During the interview a journalist by the name of Liz Fraser brought up concerns about her health. Asking the question “what’s more important money or her health?” For me the answer is easy. My health is more important since money comes and goes, but we only have one body and we should take care of it.
During the interview on This Morning with Tabby Kemp, Liz Fraser brought up constantly the underlining issue of Tabby’s health due to her weight. Fraser made it very clear that it has nothing to do with how Tabby looks. Since you can’t make everyone happy, but it does have to do with health. Tabby at the moment has a BMI of 60 which is considered morbidly obese. Fraser also mentioned that being overweight, as Tabby is, and being underweight like some models are, can have very serious long term effects on their health. It doesn’t matter if they’re healthy now since most of the problems won’t appear until many years down the line.
When asked about how she feels about her weight Tabby answered “my mother instilled a very good body image of myself, I have always felt pretty.” She believes that everyone should just be happy with the way they are. She states that it’s empowering and a confidence boost having men wanting pictures of her being that big. Fraser brings up the fact that we are in a culture where it’s more acceptable to be underweight than overweight. That the modeling industry is promoting people to either be unhealthily thin or unhealthily fat, and that they should stop since it inspires young girls to be underweight or obese and that’s not healthy.
After watching the video I couldn’t help but
WR 121 OA
Ms. McNeal
May 27, 2015
Final Draft
Critical Analysis Essay
Body Size and Modeling
If you can make good money posing as a morbidly obese plus-size model, should you continue, or look after your long-term health? While doing research for my nutrition class I ran into a video on YouTube. It was an interview of a plus size model named Tabby Kemp. During the interview a journalist by the name of Liz Fraser brought up concerns about her health. Asking the question “what’s more important money or her health?” For me the answer is easy. My health is more important since money comes and goes, but we only have one body and we should take care of it.
During the interview on This Morning with Tabby Kemp, Liz Fraser brought up constantly the underlining issue of Tabby’s health due to her weight. Fraser made it very clear that it has nothing to do with how Tabby looks. Since you can’t make everyone happy, but it does have to do with health. Tabby at the moment has a BMI of 60 which is considered morbidly obese. Fraser also mentioned that being overweight, as Tabby is, and being underweight like some models are, can have very serious long term effects on their health. It doesn’t matter if they’re healthy now since most of the problems won’t appear until many years down the line.
When asked about how she feels about her weight Tabby answered “my mother instilled a very good body image of myself, I have always felt pretty.” She believes that everyone should just be happy with the way they are. She states that it’s empowering and a confidence boost having men wanting pictures of her being that big. Fraser brings up the fact that we are in a culture where it’s more acceptable to be underweight than overweight. That the modeling industry is promoting people to either be unhealthily thin or unhealthily fat, and that they should stop since it inspires young girls to be underweight or obese and that’s not healthy.
After watching the video I couldn’t help but