Being called fat by a "fattie"...interesting....
So funny story....
While I was at the Pasadena Art Center the other day to shoot with Star Foreman (my number one photog homegirl) I was finally coerced into meeting with the head of the modeling department so I could start making some extra dough modeling for the various art and photography classes. I had my portfolio with me that had about eleventy billion professional photos in it and a huge grin and my usual charming attitude and all seemed to be going well with the interview UNTIL the following comment was made. Incidentally, this woman was nice looking but weighed roughly a deuce, deuce and a half, not bad. (Not mine by the way, I stole that from Matt Dillon's character in "There's Something About Mary".)
Woman: (staring directly at me) Well you know, we accept EVERY body type here for our models--whether they have an extra 5, 10, 15, or 20 extra pounds to lose.
Me: Um, ok. Uh, thanks. Thank you so...very...much.
(Eva exits office with stunned expression on her face.)
AND just the other week a woman at work who also weighs about a deuce or so told me I was gaining my weight back--seriously, what is going on lately? And how do I keep getting paid modeling work if I'm so unsavory in appearance? And why do I keep running into rude people who undoubtedly assume that I was probably a waifish 98 lbs in high school and have "let myself go"? (Note: at my heaviest I was 15 years old, 5'2" and 185 lbs and it took me a decade to lose 45 lbs because I was blessed with many things but apparently not a metabolism.) I'm not really that traumatised and needing sympathy, I just thought this was a little funny and ironic. Anyone else have any amusing tales of rudeness to share? AND, additional note, some of the most beautiful women I have ever known weigh over 200 lbs and have more style, beauty, and sex appeal than women half their size.
While I was at the Pasadena Art Center the other day to shoot with Star Foreman (my number one photog homegirl) I was finally coerced into meeting with the head of the modeling department so I could start making some extra dough modeling for the various art and photography classes. I had my portfolio with me that had about eleventy billion professional photos in it and a huge grin and my usual charming attitude and all seemed to be going well with the interview UNTIL the following comment was made. Incidentally, this woman was nice looking but weighed roughly a deuce, deuce and a half, not bad. (Not mine by the way, I stole that from Matt Dillon's character in "There's Something About Mary".)
Woman: (staring directly at me) Well you know, we accept EVERY body type here for our models--whether they have an extra 5, 10, 15, or 20 extra pounds to lose.
Me: Um, ok. Uh, thanks. Thank you so...very...much.
(Eva exits office with stunned expression on her face.)
AND just the other week a woman at work who also weighs about a deuce or so told me I was gaining my weight back--seriously, what is going on lately? And how do I keep getting paid modeling work if I'm so unsavory in appearance? And why do I keep running into rude people who undoubtedly assume that I was probably a waifish 98 lbs in high school and have "let myself go"? (Note: at my heaviest I was 15 years old, 5'2" and 185 lbs and it took me a decade to lose 45 lbs because I was blessed with many things but apparently not a metabolism.) I'm not really that traumatised and needing sympathy, I just thought this was a little funny and ironic. Anyone else have any amusing tales of rudeness to share? AND, additional note, some of the most beautiful women I have ever known weigh over 200 lbs and have more style, beauty, and sex appeal than women half their size.