Major Kudos to the beautiful Camryn Manheim, who won the Best Actress in a Drama Series awhile back, and who, at the end of her acceptance speech said, "THIS (meaning the Emmy) is for all the fat girls!" She held it proudly and high. She also looked gorgeous in a low-cut but tasteful black gown that showed off her lovely cleavage to great advantage!

Delta Burke: beautiful inside and out and size-accepting at last (though she is only as size 14/16)! She's had to put up with lots of verbal abuse about her size--especially from super fat-bigot David Letterman. Delta has written a book entitled Delta Style, and has recently started her own clothing line for BBW's.

The exceptionally talented Kathy Bates in Titanic

Allegedly Fat Celebrities

The voluptuous Anna Nicole Smith

If I hear one more Anna Nicole Smith "fat joke" I'm going to scream! This woman is NOT fat! She is busty, yes. She is not a stick, no. But Hollywood's definition of "fat" has gotten way out of line. In the 1950's this woman would have been an ideal sex symbol, and I think the popularity of her new show indicates that there are more people out there who enjoy watching her move about than the fashion, diet, and film industries would like to acknowledge!

Just for fun, you can watch Anna Nicole Smith morph from her current, slender size,into a more huggable one.

Anna Nicole has a new "reality TV" show of her own. Now, in my opinion, the people who will watch it will do so because they love Anna Nicole JUST THE WAY SHE IS. However, she has been told by the producers of the show to "lose the weight." When will they ever learn? Not everyone adores or prefers slender women!

The controversial former Miss Universe, universally criticized for having gained too much weight, "before" and "after." Personally, I think she looks quite slender in the "after" shot as well--and for that amount of weight gain they were actually contemplating taking away her crown!

The lovely Minnie Driver. In the film (still shown above) "Circle of Friends," her character criticizes herself for being a "fat cow," who believes that no boy could ever love her. She continues to try and conform to Hollywood's ideal of beauty, however, and has been slender in her most recent films.

The magnificently sexy Mae West

One of the sexiest women ever to grace this planet, Sophia Loren.

Perhaps THE sexiest woman of all time, Marilyn Monroe. By today's Hollywood standards, she would be considered "fat." At her highest weight, she was a size 16. I think she looked her prettiest in the movies where she was also the heaviest, "Some Like it Hot," and "Let's Make Love."

Jane Russell--was a favorite of billionaire Howard Hughes.

Anita Ekberg. Frederico Fellini's most beloved actress.

Elizabeth Taylor of the lavender eyes.
Her weight continually fluctuates,
but we love her whatever her size--
even when she's thin! ;-))

The Formerly Fat

The incredibly beautiful Carnie Wilson
(who, alas, recently underwent weight loss surgery)

Here she is now - she even died her hair blonde. She
doesn't even look like the same person. :(
Carnie Skinny

The exquisite Kate Winslet in Titanic. (Stills of Kate Winslet in Titanic)

Kate Winslet at the Academy Awards

Kate Winslet was criticized by numerous TV and radio commentators who remarked on how "fat" she was, including one would said that Kate might look good if she'd just "lose another ten pounds," and another who made jokes about her "fat" arms. Have these people been brainwashed, or what? When I first saw Ms. Winslet walk down that magnificent staircase in Titanic, I thought she was one of the most exceptionally beautiful women I'd ever seen! The mere suggestion that this actress is "overweight" is ludicrous. In fact, I think she could stand to gain a few pounds! ;-))

Unfortunately, she succombed to media pressure and lost the weight (and died her hair blonde!).

Sorry, Dolly, but I think you were definitely sexier and more natural before all the plastic surgery and weight loss. I've heard this echoed by many people, so I know I'm not alone in mourning your (and our) loss. We miss the old Dolly! A true feast for the eyes and soul.

This was the only photo I could find of Ricki Lake when she was fat (a still from the movie, "Cry Baby").  I've heard from lots of people who preferred Ricki at her plumpest, as she was in the series, "China Beach," and in the movies "Hairspray" and "Cry Baby."

Oprah

Oprah Winfrey--though she created some wonderful programs on spirituality-- has nonetheless done grevious harm to more fat people than anyone I can think of (though David Letterman, who apparently despises all fat people, doesn't help much either). Ever since she first started on the "Optifast" plan, losing over 60 pounds of weight, and motivating hundreds of thousands of Americans to join her by also going on the liquid fast, she has done far more harm than good. Afterwards, of course, she regained the weight, because, repeat after me: DIETS DON'T WORK, and she wound up heavier than she'd ever been before--along with everyone who followed her. Now she claims that ALL fat people are fat because of "emotional baggage." Nonsense. The actualy figure is that 5% of people are fat due to psychological traumas from their childhood. No more than that. She would have everyone believe that just because that's the reason SHE is fat, that it's the same for everyone. She regularly tells people that genetic pre-dispositions to being fat don't exist. She doesn't acknowledge the damage done to people's metabolisms via dieting. The list goes on and on.

THE FACTS:

95% of the American population is not fat becasue they overeat, but because of genetics and too many years of yo-yo dieting. Oprah, through psychotherapy, a personal fitness trainer, and live-in low calorie chef, managed to finally lose the weight. This is because she falls into that 5% of the populace who can sometimes be successful losing weight, as their weight was initially caused by massive overeating, and stemmed from what Oprah calls "emotional baggage."   Ms. Winfrey believes that since her "weight problem" was due to abuse she suffered as a child, that emotional problems are the true cause of EVERYONE's being fat. She has stated as much on her show. This misperception, fed to her millions of viewers as "truth," continues to make most fat Americans feel like they are failures and somehow lacking in willpower, or psychologically screwed up, because they can't understand: "If Oprah could do it, why can't I?"

Well, the answer is probably that you're an emotionally healthy person, genetically predisposed to be larger than model-thin, who has yo-yo dieted your weight far beyond what it might have been naturally, in a vain attempt to reach an arbitrarily standardized ideal of beauty.

    What you really need to do is this: don't diet, remember that it is possible to be fit AND fat, learn to love and accept yourself exactly as you are, and to be able to discern the truth, which is that fat can be beautiful! Just look at the women on this page! Look in the mirror! Love yourself, no matter what your size.

P.S. Though Oprah's catharsis has been harmful to fat people as a whole, I cannot help but praise her more recent efforts in "Remembering Spirit" which were beautifully done.  Oprah, I think you're a good person, but you mistakenly mislead millions of people when you encouraged them to diet and convinced them that if they were fat it was their "fault."  There is no FAULT attached to being fat!  It is NOT a moral judgement.  It is just an adjective, like "thin" or "pretty" or "pink" or "black" or "white."

And the most famous fat person of all . . .