I am 5″3 a creative type and studying BA Illustration, in a specialized art school where there are also fashion degrees going on. Having been involved in the artistic industry has really opened my eyes, to how much woman physical attributes are obscured Woman cannot do anything right. We are either flicking through airbrushed images of models in fashion magazines or magazines picking Britney Spears to pieces, only the other week a magazine like heat penalized her for wearing pants on beach, she was just being a normal human being. It does anger me, because I feel that people should not try and look like someone else or why is it important to look taller. Why not be artistic and creative make yourself into an interesting person. Create something unique and different, what if you are talented. That can make someone attractive; it’s not all about physical attributes. Or what about that special twinkle in your eye, or that infectious laugh, camera cannot always capture all these other qualities of an individual,

It’s not about sitting in the corner picking over every calorie. Enjoy life; get out, even if it’s just for a walk. It’s not a crime to enjoy the simple things in life and if people attack you for being normal then toughen up to it until they except you for being a normal human being.

The media just loves to bully people and give ppl hang ups. If you’re to skinny its wrong, if you body shows a slightest sign of cellulite it’s also wrong.

In today’s society people have become so obsessed with perfection, we live in this obscured fantasy word where people cannot except the norm anymore, its really sad that people cannot just let themselves go and enjoy life we have to watch every morsel that enters our mouth with the fear of ‘oh No putting weight’ cause we do not want to look bad for the camera. Loads of beautiful woman in the media between 5” and 5”4 such as:

Shakira (5”1)
Britney Spears (5”4)
Dita Von Teese (5”3)
Amy Winehouse (5”3)
Jessica Simpson (5”3)
Kylie Minogue (5”1)

I could go on for a long time listing celebrities that are small and they look fab.
Obviously it comes down to choice, of the individual…..
Most of it’s an illusion, its amazing what can be done on programmes like Adobe project ‘Photoshop’

(Cynthia, if you answer this in your video, forgive the dumb question – my computer is so old it won’t play videos anymore.)

I have a grandma and cousin both under 5 feet tall (and thin). It is hard. People all but pat you on the head and say they want to put you in their pocket, and such. And it’s hard to buy clothes. Also, short men? They have it tough, really tough. So, I hear ya.

I’m pretty sure it’s not fair to compare height to weight in terms of needing support, though, because short people can’t really hate themselves the same way for not changing themselves to be tall that fat people can self-loathe. That’s not to say that our culture isn’t really shit-headed to short people, but nobody can get away with saying, “You shorties whine a lot – I gained four inches and kept them on for five years, what’s stopping you?” the way some people do with fat.

(thatgirljj – try Talbot’s Petites – their 14P business clothes are basicaly the same as their standards, and if you need a more generous cut they even have Women Petite sizes starting at 12WP. They are definitely the exception, though.)