Full-figured Female wins America's Next Top Model

Imagine our surprise when we tuned in to America’s Next Top Model (a Tyra Banks vehicle), only to see Whitney, a “full-figured” model, take the prize.

It’s quite an accomplishment for the show, since Tyra got all kind of flack for being size-positive on the Tyra Banks Show, her daytime talk show, but not supporting full-figured models enough on America’s Next Top Model. So finally Tyra reconciled her two TV pursuits a bit better. Thick girls will immediately notice that Whitney is not actually “plus-sized” by any stretch of the imagination. She’s pretty normal. Even Tyra herself, said: “She’s not big, J. [Alexander, a judge]! This is the modeling industry — she’s considered big, but walking down the street, she’s just a hot chick.” But then Paulina Porizkova [a former supermodel] stated: “[Whitney] should not be called ‘plus-sized’ or ‘full-figured.’ [She] should just be called ‘beautiful.’ ” Yeah, that's what we're talking about.