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by nushk » Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:42 am
ha ha. love this topic.
ok in all seriousness, jpatokal got it spot on. genes and food have got to do with it. most (at least, chinese) local girls have genes that predetermined them to be slim. out of these, some have genes that make them extremely thin - I know several girls like this and they have absolutely healthy appetites, are not bulimic etc, and they *want to put on weight. but they cannot. they have even sought medical advice, but it's their genes. their thinness is, in all honesty, ugly. but this only makes up 1% of the local female population here. or less.
then there is the 'normal' slim girls here, and there are many of them. some of them have genes that gave them that body (they have a *very healthy appetite, but they dont' really put on weight) but I think what goes unnoticed here is that many other local girls without these genes have to deal with this weight issue their entire lives. if you think the pressure to be skinny is bad in the US, try growing up with a average-sized body in singapore. because there are already so many women who are naturally petite and slim, many average sized and curvy women suffer from low self-esteem, go to slimming centres (so many around!), take diet pills, and some, develop eating disorders. this is much more common than many people would suspect.. as taking a stroll along orchard road you only see the pretty and slim young girls, but there are many more women who struggle with their bodies and their self confidence issues tied to it.
there are of course local women who are naturally heavier - their genes locked them in that way. my friend, tried as she might - all sort of diet, exercise, healthy lliving, etc, would not lose weight, and to this day she remains curvy. she, too, went through many self-confidence issues in college where almost all her female classmates were tall and skinny. and yes, she is local chinese.
I'm all for the fashion industry to move towards healthy fit bodies instead of size negative 2 or negative 4 types. but do remember too, that many of these girls are also born 'lucky' in that they are just skinny without having to do much exercise or dieting. can't fault them for that.