https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:10:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-536429 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:14:37 +0000 Patty 536429@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"It takes all kinds to make the world go round" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-536375 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:11:24 +0000 teri 536375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've seen this too and she has been doing the corsett training, no doubt. It is in no way natural. In my early 20's I had a 22.5" waist and I looked nowhere like she does.</p> <p>It is not attractive at all. She must be doing fetish modeling </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-536347 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:26:45 +0000 ironkurtin 536347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My goodness. I'm constantly surprised at these subsections of art I didn't even know existed! AG, maybe THIS is how we rectangles/ITs can finally get waists! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-536185 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:33:48 +0000 lyn* 536185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm; I have only come across one person who tight-laced; and I guess this example is more extreme than the usual.</p> <p>Her internal organs just kinda shifted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-536172 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:14:39 +0000 Sveta 536172@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You definitely can have too much of a good thing (or too little in this case). And I am sure the number is wrong here. They say she has 32 in hips and 20in waist - but her hips look at least twice the width of the waist so her waist cannot be more that 16in...<br /> In any case it is not attractive to my eyes and I really hope she does not have serious medical issues because of this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-535948 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:11:10 +0000 catgirl 535948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Steph, I missed your response to this. Whaaaa...? I guess it is indeed like footbinding. Yeaouch! I'm not sure I want to google. But I'm fascinated by the information and by your endless knowledge! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-534029 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:06:58 +0000 mrseccentric 534029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>she's been tight-lacing for years, if her body shape is any indication. here's a link so you can compare</p> <p>!!!! NSFW !!!! (it's not THAT bad, just being on the safe side!)</p> <p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/7sfggo2" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/7sfggo2</a></p> <p>you can see that the shape of her torso is very similar to many of the tighter-laced people (men can do this as well). Interestingly, if you 'train' slowly, with well-fitting and constructed corsets, and keep up with exercise and a good diet the body adjusts and you can be quite active.</p> <p>here's a link to some info on the Empress of Austria<br /> <a href="http://www.staylace.com/gallery/gallery05/sissi/sissi.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.staylace.com/galler...../sissi.htm</a></p> <p> - a famous tight-lacer with a purported 16" waist. Obviously this was a matter of some scandal, the heir to the empire was not incubating in a 16" abdomen!! However, she was also an equine acrobat, doing gymnastics whilst on a horse. Her small waist did not impede her athletic abilities. Indeed, exercise was encouraged among tight-lacers as a way to stay trim but also it supposedly helped to 'expand' the upper rib cage, thus emphasizing the bust. In the painted portrait with her husband, it looks to me as if the Emperor was also wearing a corset.</p> <p>As with any type of dress or body modification, tight-lacing can be subtly and beautifully done. For me it is difficult to see the beauty when it is taken to such extremes, but for many people it is a powerful stimulant. google 'tightlacing' if you are interested in finding more about this - once you are home from work!! steph </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-534013 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:57:41 +0000 ironkurtin 534013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This triggers my "that's wrong" response. I cant even look at it aesthetically because it's so extremely deviant from the norm. I don't understand how she stays upright. </p> <p>As for Scarlett o'Hara, man, I don't know if I'll ever think of her the same way again! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533902 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:29:37 +0000 Sara L. 533902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If that is her natural shape, I feel sorry for her, but I have a hard time believing that she's completely natural. I really have a hard time even looking at those photos. They make me feel sort of ill. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533899 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:27:41 +0000 Anonymous 533899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Before children, my waist used to measure 23 inches, and it NEVER looked like that! I'm only 5 ft. 2 in. tall, but still. I think the photo has been manipulated. Even if it hasn't, I would not want to look like that. Besides looking odd, who would want to pay to have all clothing altered to fit such a figure?</p> <p>If this gal is incapable of gaining weight, as she claims, then she has a health problem and needs to see a doctor. Seriously! I have a daughter who was skinny (but not even close to this!) and I took her to the doctor. The doctor prescribed medicine to increase her appetitie. Worked like a charm. She gained the 15 pounds she needed to get up to a normal weight (she's now 5 ft. 4 in. tall and 115 pounds) and no longer needs to take the medicine. She only takes it when her weight starts to drop. What we figured out was that she was skipping breakfast, etc. due to her college class schedule. I had to sit down and explain the importance of not skipping meals. Now she cooks for herself and makes sure to eat 3x/day. Problem solved. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533879 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:42 +0000 Janet 533879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do not believe a human body has this shape naturally -- internal organs take up room, and what about her lower ribs? I would imagine she's been corseting herself over time to emphasize an already-small waist.</p> <p>Wasn't there a model on America's Next Top Model who had an extremely tiny waist? It looked unusual but not unnatural, IIRC. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533779 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:28:25 +0000 rute 533779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is not even pretty! It's strange and not natural! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533752 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:15:42 +0000 lyn* 533752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Scarlet O'Hara has an 18.5", no?</p> <p>From what I could dig up; it seems like she says it is natural: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/02/06/ioana-spangenberg-waist_n_1257289.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2.....57289.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533729 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:01 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 533729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If she is not altered, and her figure is natural, I feel badly that she has experienced unpleasantness due to her appearance. What a sad thing for anyone.</p> <p>That said, I find it somewhat difficult to imagine that she has not corseted or that she is incapable of gaining weight. At 5'7", 84lb does not seem healthy. I find her figure very odd and difficult to look at. I do hope she has had a medical evaluation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533722 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:02:54 +0000 Amy 533722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel sorry for her. The article indicates she has struggled with being underweight for years and has self-esteem problems.</p> <p> "In Romania it is better to be overweight, because that means you are from a wealthy family...so while my friends were going out and dating, I was sitting at home with Mars bars wishing I could fatten up," she told the paper. </p> <p>What bothers me, though, is this statement:</p> <p>But Spangenberg insists her size and shape are all-natural, and with the encouragement of her German husband Jan, she's turned to the modeling industry to flaunt her skeletal figure. </p> <p>Flaunt + skeletal figure?</p> <p>I'm not sure the author could have chosen words that were any more loaded.</p> <p>The worst thing about that page show up in the comments section. </p> <p>If this model really is grappling with serious self-esteem/image issues, then I sincerely hope she doesn't hear that kind of talk. She'd have to be extremely brave to put herself out there for public scrutiny. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533715 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:39:49 +0000 catgirl 533715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know. It was interesting to see it posted the day we had a discussion about how all women are REAL. Because if this woman is real, imagine how she feels daily. My husband nearly fled when I showed him the video, he was so freaked out. </p> <p>If she is not real (i.e this is the result of some rib removing or whatever) then I don't even know what to think. </p> <p>Where are her vital organs, in her feet? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533423 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:40:27 +0000 HelenInCanada 533423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm very skeptical this story is legit. Either the woman has been photoshopped/camera-angle-trickeried to the max (unacceptable and disturbing hoax if so), OR this poor woman had a few ribs surgically removed (I've heard of that procedure). If it IS natural, she is a medical wonder because I too wonder about her organs.</p> <p>Kind of reminds me of the foot-binding procedures way back to "cripple" a woman's foot into a small size, and the neck-lengthening rings to permanently stretch a woman's neck to incredible heights, seen in some tribes. Hmm. Waist/stomach crippling? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533413 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:33:39 +0000 Transcona Shannon 533413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not healthy and I'm sorry to say, not attractive either. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533376 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:01:01 +0000 Jaime 533376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't even look at that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533373 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:54:56 +0000 lyn* 533373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There is no way that is healthy :p </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533354 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:37:21 +0000 CocoLion 533354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Whoa... 84 pounds, that is very very thin. I am shocked she is getting modeling jobs like that, if I were her agent, I'd ask her to gain some weight. Her pelvis bones are so sadly prominent, it looks like starvation. She says her stomach is very small, she can't eat that much, maybe she has a medical condition that needs attending to.</p> <p>It looks like more than a 12" difference because she is all width and no depth, as in no butt or tummy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533350 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:33:38 +0000 Debora 533350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bella, my thoughts exactly! Where does she put her intestines? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533348 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:31:52 +0000 crazyone 533348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>yeah, I'm usually very careful about calling people "unhealthy" because they are thin, but 84 pounds at 5 ft 7 simply cannot be healthy. And her waist actually looks significantly narrower than 20 inches to me, so I wonder if there's some photoshop going on in the photo. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533347 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:31:15 +0000 MsMaven 533347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow--so bizarre. I've seen her photos before and it is hard to believe that she doesn't have medical problems. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533345 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:30:44 +0000 Mo 533345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I saw this yesterday and swiveled the computer screeen around the show the BF. We both decided it was a visually odd look and not one to aspire to. Although she can't help how she was made any more than I can. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533343 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:30:13 +0000 bella 533343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is very interesting. It looks like her abdomen is not big enough to accommodate all of her internal organs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533340 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:28:51 +0000 Diana 533340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a 12.5" difference between hips and waist (although I'm a good 9" bigger all around!) and I do not have nearly so extreme a shape. </p> <p>She weighs 84 pounds - that CANNOT be healthy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533335 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:25:55 +0000 Tina 533335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This just looks strange to me! Would a 12 inch difference make you look like that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/model-with-20-inch-waist#post-533321 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:13:23 +0000 catgirl 533321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Talk about an hourglass figure...</p> <p><a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/model-natural-20-inch-waist-182500417.html" rel="nofollow">http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion.....00417.html</a> </p>