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What? #alexandrahorvath
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Two of the 20 finalists had previously been thrown out of pageants after judges found they had false boobs.
False boobs? #journalismfail #alexandrahorvath
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Of course not! Women can naturally balance in stilettos, but can't easily support the weight of a large bosom. It's science.
What? #alexandrahorvath
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Like, so I'm an A cup. I actually really like that. But I can understand (some days more than others) why some women who are "small" feel compelled to get theirs enbiggened, as it were.
But I look down at myself and I think, "sure, full B, if anything, would work out down there." I can't fathom going so much drastically bigger (even to a C, I feel, would be drastic on me); it would render my entire wardrobe useless and also look disproportionate (based on what I'm used to seeing, not based on my actual body shape, I think).
I thought people were afraid of drastic change!
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For instance, while I do sympathize with anyone who dislikes her body, a lot of women I know who say their breasts are unnaturally small or out of proportion are built the way women have been built for centuries. Sometimes that's small everywhere, sometimes it's small on top and large on the bottom. There's nothing abnormal about it, what's abnormal is our current expectation that all women have ample, firm breasts. I absolutely understand how that shitty that contrast feels for many women. But this is why many people don't care for implants - because they reinforce an unrealistic "norm."
As someone with a big chest, I hear a lot of bitterness and anger and envy from other women, whether it's because they're sagging, small, etc, so I understand how painful this issue can be for some people. It's definitely not simple vanity. But I can't help but wonder what the future is - will all real breasts look substandard and unsexy if implants become the only acceptable look? It's not enough to say "well some people like small boobs." Implants aren't just about size, they're about symmetry, shape, firmness, etc - basically, achieving an effect rarely found for long in nature, if found at all.
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Show a group of 20 something men some images of non-surgically enhanced women and see what the comments are, can't imagine they'd be too positive when to most men the "standard" is a full, "perky", half melon shaped implant.
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I was always amazed by how every woman wanted to go very large, even if she was tiny. Most of those women looked fine post-surgery, but I didn't understand the need for huge, slightly disproportionate boobs. I'm very petite and skinny, but have large breasts. Ideally, I wish I was smaller-chest because my breasts would look perfectly lovely on someone 6" taller, but on my frame, they are pretty obvious and seem to invite unwanted attention. I wonder if it's a matter of cultural pressures, the relatively homogenized standard of beauty in Los Angeles or something else. I can't comment on the UK because I'm not intimately aquainted with their cosmetic industry and culture of beauty.
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