Super-Thin Miss Universe Contestant Sparks Outrage

TOOOOO thin...TOOOOO THIN

Some people are just thin. Just as much as a fat person doesn't like it if you tell them they're too fat, a thin person doesn't exactly appreciate it if you tell them they're too thin. Usually the comment is out of jealousy.

I have judged several pageants over the years and the vast majority of contestants are totally fit. In my 30 years I have only seen one girl who was alarmingly thin. This girl would have been the second. A young woman who enters a pageant is usually physically fit more so than the general population, who as we know are fat.

I am one of those women who are "under weight", and have been all my life. BMI is simply not an accurate measure for everybody. At 5'9 1/2 a117lb, my BMI is way below "normal". However, I don't have a normal body. I have unusually small (but long) bones that don't weigh what other people's skeleten weighs. This can be the same but in the opposite direction for some women with dense, heavy bones who seem to weigh a lot but are still thin. Don't assume everyone who appears to be under weight is unhealthy or anorexic/bulemic. We are all individuals and many woman don't fit into the "normal" mold. I might add...I am 55, eat whatever I want, never gain weight, exercise, feel great and have no health problems at an age when many women are struggling with health issues.

First of all I want to say that bulimic people are quite good at hiding it and no matter how well you think you know someone you certainly would never be able to tell if they had that disorder. Further more, that girl is god awful ugly. Who wants to fear “breaking” a person when they hug them? My daughter is 20 and 5’ 10 and weighs 105 however her arms do not look like twigs nor can you see her rib cage like you do this girl. My daughter looks great in a bikini not anorexic. Yes, some people have high metabolisms however they do not look sick like this girl. I think that in order to be part of a pageant a girl must weigh at least her ideal weight give or take ten pounds. Young girls do not need to think they have to be that sick looking to fit in.

Your either a Very Small Eater, or your Full of Sh*t!!! These women all starve themselves to keep that skinny figure and there are no exceptions...

If they were spending hours a day working out they were bulimic- purging by exercise is still purging, doesn't matter how you do it the result and motive stay the same

At 5'9" and 115 lbs, your girlfriend is (also) way too thin -according to BMI. When these women stand up there and all their bones in their chest area are out and rippled, that looks awful. While all of these women should be allowed to enter the State contests, NONE of them should win. That is the problem with our society. We allow these rail thin women to win and that puts forth a very bad example for young girls.
If we are going to allow these women to win, then we should allow overweight women to win. BOTH are not ideal!

I am not doubting your contention that these girls are healthy, but by our almost worldwide standard of beauty and what females "should" look like, that model is ridiculously skinny. If someone remarked that she looked ill or even "pathetic", it wouldn't be too extreme a statement to most people. Calling her a beauty contestant really was a stretch.

MT, you sound like nothing more than a pervert. I have to wonder how old you are. Are you just some old man looking for a young hot thing? How disgusting.

This sure sounds like a SCAM to me. How about the rest of you?

I can't thank you enough for posting that. Ephedra was the only thing in the past that helped me lose weight and I had no idea that there was a safe and legal form available now.

Let me guess Jeff, you could stand to lose some weight am I right? Why else would you have such hurtful and hateful comments for a very pretty, very thin young lady you have never met?

Jeff Hathcock... it's one thing to have an opinion, but it's another to verbally outright insult someone who may/may not have an ED by calling them an "idiot". Being 21 and having had an eating disorder for close to half my life, I'm appalled that there are people that are so downright ignorant and hurtful as you. If you would do research, doubtful but if you would, you would find that nearly ALL people with eating disorders are above average in intelligence and most all are perfectionists. It's people like you who've broken us down at tender ages, making us believe that we are and will never be good enough. I don't need to give supporting evidence to my claim that you are just plain damn wrong. I would say think before you speak... but I highly doubt that is possible.

Jacqueline... thank you for sticking up for people like me in your comment. It's people like you that give me hope that there truly is good people out there.

In response to this article... I am disturbed by this. Granted I do understand that SOME people are naturally that thin but given our society, and it's ideal standard of what's socially beautiful and acceptable, it does send negative messages. A young girl, who already believes that she's totally inadequate in many areas of her life, could see her and think that's just yet another area that she just doesn't quite measure up in. To say how the pageants would go about the situation without offending or discriminating anyone, I'm not totally sure. I don't know, perhaps and though it does seem out there and bizarre, but maybe checking somehow to ensure that they're all menstruating. I know how gross it sounds but to have a bmi so low, with little to no body fat, menstruation ceases. I don't know. Regardless, it is a problematic issue that needs to be addressed.