Granted a lot of the models have built up their own persona and fame outside of the runway. So in a way, I can understand that line “about the bodies that wear them,” but I didn’t realize it was so much more focused on the models “trademark limbs”. ‘Vogue’ mostly targets a female demographic so the idea that they would somehow determine which body is “best? Determining which unbelievably fit model has the “best” body seems counterproductive in empowering women’s idea of a positive body image. Granted beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe I should say these women have more mainstream, marketable physiques? I mean we can be real they are absolutely stunning but that doesn’t mean they deserved to be ranked on whose body is “best” we’re all different! Twitter let ‘Vogue’ know how unhappy it was with this article.
The ladies were NOT having any of it.
https://twitter.com/cherrycola28/status/935567053372772352
https://twitter.com/chelsealrou/status/935622387915284481
Vogue is cancelled pic.twitter.com/V7zdRAkigh
— Beth (@__BECKYB) November 28, 2017
— thicc sad world (@boob_haver) November 28, 2017
@voguemagazine Nope. Do better.
— Paula Z. Gómez (@loverlypaula) November 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/AngePangela/status/935566792302276608
Literally no one had to do this.
— Stacy (@LaikaSpaceDog) November 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/ndaiart/status/935560048889118720
https://twitter.com/kelsaywhat/status/935573740427055109
wtf vogue
— Very Legal and Very Cool Elayne (@chatelaineri) November 28, 2017
Trying to imagine the pitch meeting full of women in which this idea was approved and I’m coming up empty
— Lindsey Robertson (@_LLRobertson) November 29, 2017
Good Lord, do we really have to ask ourselves anymore why women have the self esteem issues they have. 99% of us couldn’t even look like the lowest ranked of these women no matter how hard we tried. STOP RANKING WOMEN BASED ON APPEARANCE!
— Victoria Swier (@ToriSwier) November 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/femmeNest/status/935664513281650690
With how big of a topic body positivity is lately I feel like the magazine should have had no problem seeing this backlash coming. Maybe they’re just a bit out of touch but does anyone really want to debate the flaws that Giselle has that Adriana Lima doesn’t? or vice versa? Nah, didn’t think so. Why even have a pointless, stupid argument about which of two of the best physiques on earth is better? Nah I’m good. If there is a “best” body that means there is a worst which is probably not the best message to send. On top of that, deeming someone to have the worst body in the VSFS sounds awful like an oxymoron to me. Do better, “Vogue.”.