No,No…not cute♥

It’s tacky on anyone.

It can be sexy but still tacky on skinny (not normal, not lean, but SKINNY) women in Sports Illustrated because there isn’t sh*t sagging, rolling and what not.

This looks like they’re trying to mock big women.

this is why you dont feed fat people after midnight…..you wind up wit shit like this!!

i dont know what the hell they supposed to be but i’m happy they had the confidence to do that and be comfortable in their own skin

monique shoulda kept the island name private now the stalkers gon be out there with their cameras

QUESTION: WOULD THESE WOMEN EVER PAINT THEMSELVES JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT AND TAKE A PHOTO? HEEEEELL NAW!

SO WHY ARE THEY DOING IT FOR MONIQUE? LET’S BE REAL WITH IT…MONIQUE PRODUCES FAKE FORCED CONFIDENCE. HELL, YOU CAN’T GET THE TYPICAL SLAMMIN SKINNY CHICK TO SLAP SOME PAINT ON ‘EM FOR A PHOTO.

THAT GIRL IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT WHY IS HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU

CAN COVER YOUR TITTIES AND REST YOUR ARM ON YOU BELLY AT THE

SAME TIME????

THIS SHIT IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!

I love MoNique and everything but this is wayyyyyyyy to far!!!!!!! I am a big woman myself and there is a difference in being proud of who you are and just turning youself in to a mockery. I feel the thing is you can be sexy as a big woman but you don’t have to be tasteless and classless.

Monique needs to really stop! She’s fat, we get it she doesnt need to keep reminding us all the got damn time. That whole fat shit is her gimick.

HELL !!!!!!!!!!!!no mo need to stop that shit looks nasty as fuck. Fat women say im big and proud no they just to long fat and they cant do nothing bout it. i tell you one thing keep your fucking clothes on NO matter what

Ew…*smh* It just ain’t right.

I think Mo looks fly..

Photoshop. PHOTOSHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EWWWWWWWWW CL PAY FOR MY BROKEN COMPUTER FOR MAKING ME VOMIT LOL

THAT IS A HOT ASS MESS!!!!!! why did she do that shit???? gross

I don’t think the pic is that bad after the initial shock. Mo actually doesn’t look that bad either.

I see most of the comments are pretty harsh and although I am in total agreement that health should be a #1 priority, it irks me when people just immediatley berate and belittle overweight people. Truth be told most of ya’ll are probably “one biscuit away”! lol I don’t think Mo is encouraging people to be overweight, but I see of it more as empowering them. You first have to be “okay” with where you are before you can get to that point of change. You have to think that you are worth something, have that self-love…once you have that you will truly WANT to take care of yourself and “get right”.
I think “big girls” are like the only group that it’s still okay to demean. I think it’s great what the ladies did, but that’s only IF they really wanted to do it.

I’m all about being comfortable with yourself until you get where you want to be. Prime example, I went to Hedonism with my girlfriends. My size 18 self was the first one to get naked, while my smaller girlfriends watched in amazement that I was so comfortable with my body. Even the guys were giving me props. Bottom line, it’s about loving yourself and doing the best that you can to take care of your body.

too too sexy

ok,this is absolutely not ok at ALL!this is nasty

but even if they were skinny,this still wouldnt be okay but half of ya’ll would be praising it saying how hot it is

Well regardless of what some of you think of big girls or rather BBW’s Big Beautiful Women, there are me n who prefer them! Somewhere in the land of cyber space are a few BB lovers licking their lips,lol

OKAY MONIQUE YOU’VE GONE TOO FAR
with the big is beautiful campaign! there is nothing wrong with loving yourself but the bottom line is if you are 50-100 pounds over weight thats unhealthy and shows a lack of self control. God made people in all colors and sizes but its safe to say non of us were born obese I’m not hating on the self confidence but stop sending the message that you can be grossly over weight and healthy.

There sure are alot of health gurus up in this piece today.I just wanna ask who the f*ck told you that a woman has to be a size 0-8 to be healthy?If you dont like it dont watch it.Believe it or not ,there are plus sized women who have confidence and feel good about themselves. If this had been top Model with all them toothpicks doing photo shoots I doubt that you would be talking as much shyt!

Monique wrong as hell for this 1

i cannot believe this… glad they didnt pick me when i auditoned.

That’s just wrong

I DONT KNOW WHAT MONIQUE IS TRYING TO PROVE..

BUT THIS REALLY ISNT CUTE

I thing Monique has really taken this fat thing too far it is good she is tring to make large women feel good about themselves but it is also about health. Being that big is not healthy and please do not have big women pose naked any more it just not cute.

Big does not necessarily equal unhealthy, just as skinny does not necessarily equal healthy.
Unhealthy comes in all sizes, I think that is what people fail to realize. For all of you that are not overweight…do you smoke? drink? eat right? exercise? You may not be “big”, but you could easily be at risks for some of the same diseases. I have a girlfriend that is tiny…BUT she has eaten Burger King daily for about the last 10 years and all she drinks is soda. Wouldn’t you know, now she has high cholesterol.
Really, like an earlier poster said, ya’ll really think ya’ll some health gurus up in this joint.

…………….

Its obviously an attempt to look sophisticated and of course to be considered as “art” but it comes off really sloppy, [hate to use this word but] ghetto, and laughable. The photographer and the concept didn’t come together, they took the idea and ran with it. This literally looks like I got all my big cousins and aunties, brought them to the carnival and stripped them naked to take a $20 photoshoot ROFLMAO.

The fat rolls and the saggy middle-aged breasts everywhere its so “are you serious?” looking and…

OMG I can’t stop looking at the photo. Its not because I want to though. lol

Also, I don’t think Monique has ever said that it is “healthy” to be big. In fact, in her last competition, I believe they had a segment where they showed the girls working out and she encouraged them to take at least 30 minutes a day and do some type of activity.
Her whole thing, is to just be comfortable in your skin and love you. She is the voice for all the “big girls” who for so long have just been the “butt of the joke”. Unfortunately though this picture didn’t help. LOL

mONIQUE looks aight but everybody else hell naw imma big girl but hell naw!

Then under the picture has the nerve to say ‘Click Image for bigger size’..it dont get any bigger than that. Any more and my screen is going to blow up in my damn face..

Now that my ignorant moment is out the way..

I understand what monic is trying to do and she could have done it in a more classy way. to put paint on a smaller curvy woman is different from spray painting our more full figurred individuals. It shows that these woman were willin to step out on a limp…(a very strong one at that).

Which leads to..moniques severe hateration for skinny girls. We are the way we are…Im a healthy girl. I have a sexy body…I take care of myself..why cant bigger woman do the same? I dont believe that you can be “addicted” to food…I dont believe in eating to heal your wounds…I believe in self fuckin control….

My point? i’m not sure…just got off of work and felt like talkn…

Monique ima tell you one mo gen’….STOP IT.

Awwwww Dawn P I thought you were gettin somewhere with that…awww..damn…nobody said anything without adding a little mean negative at the end..*sigh* i feel bad for large women…

Love Mo’ but darn that is a little too much for the eyes.

I’m glad they did it, not that I’m feeling the paint, but anybody who is plus size and willing to go naked for the whole world to see deserves a kudos, and I know the CL is an opinionated bunch and EVERYONE has gotta say about what the “fat chicks” could do to lose weight but it’s not always easy as it seems. By the way, just because your big doesn’t mean you’re unhealthy, I rather see these chicks than some girl, who looks like she’s starving her self. BTW, I don’t think Mo’Nique is misrepresenting at all, she’s not saying go out an eat a whole buffet, what she is saying the the reality of life is that EVERYONE will not be thin or even “thick”, love you no matter what, because if you have self esteem issues at a size 18, you’ll still have issues at a size 8.

They don’t look bad to me at all. I applaud them, I’d never have the courage.

whoa! *crickets chirpin* :-s well, their confidence is a good thing, perhaps?

OK…now I know some big girls that can look cuter than what they look like…THAT IS NOT CUTE!!….I love Monique but Come on MO!!!

MONSTERS!!!! They look like some damn monsters…..And if you are reading this Mo…Please give these girls some better respect than this…They are beautiful and you know that…But for them to be nude like this you could have made it a lot more tasteful.

I’m the first to say Big Girl power, but there is a fine line between confidence/nastiness, everybody should know their limits…That’s all imma say about these pictures.

I have had mixed feelings about Mo for a minute….Her mouth is just filthy…Like a little too filthy…but hey I dont have to live with her and I dont HAVE to go see her stand up……Although I am not obese or even overweight, I look in the mirror and see a fat girl…my own insecurities….I think its wrong to do this….Mo is quoted saying these women cried and laughed…….they prob cried cuz they really didnt want to do it…IDK….I just think its mean.

How come a lot of you are clowning big women for being nude but when it’s someone skinny or someone who has a nice body, you all wanna congratulate that female and think there’s nothing wrong with nudity? That’s a damn shame. You people seriously need to make up your mind. Fat sistas pose nude for the same reason skinny sistas do…attention.

Now I think posing nude is wack and unnecessary even if it’s “classy” because it just shows how much attention a woman wants from men and or females. So all I have to say about this is that they look stank and just plain stupid. But they shouldn’t be clowned for posing nude if it’s just because they don’t have the perfect body.

Love me some Mo, but yeah they definitely got played. I wonder how many gallons they used.

Kudos to them for their bravery.

I’ve got mad luv for Mo’nique but this pic looks CRAZY as heck. What were they thinking. I’m all for being proud of your bodies but this just is CRAZY as I stated before. CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY!

I give shouts out to Mo and ALL the women!!! Rep for us big girls Mo!! That took a lot of guts!

Ok, I am all for empowerment of the Big Girls, but this is wrong on so many levels, I can’t even entertain supporting them.

Monique is fucked up…It was wrong of her to persuade these women to do this photoshoot…These are beautiful women and they could have showed off their beauty in another way…And I totally agree with Larissa from Charm School…She was there for the check and she needs to attend the next season…And if ya’ll remember how she was acting on Charm School when they had Dara model that dress…Same thing…The dress was unflattering and it was embarassing for her…

Like Nappy Roots said:
Awnaw! Hell naw! Man
Y’all done up and done it

What in Jesus name was MO thinking? This is not art! This painting is horrible and scary as hell! Sorry but the one with the fruit bowl in her head looks like a dayum fool!

I agree with post #101, skinny doesn’t necessarily mean healthy. I have some skinny friends that eat fast food almost everyday. Some are just lucky that what they eat doesn’t show on their body, ppl have different metabolisms. But the insides of those ppl must be fucked up though.

But nobody pays attention to that, often ppl think that when you’re thin, you have a pass to eat whatever you want and then feel the right to tell a fat person to stop eating. Like one of the posts mentioned, some ppl are 1 hamburger away before they start gaining weight and become fat.

Healthy is not just fiiting the size that society wants you to fit, but the size that fits you and is most healthy for your body type and lifestyle. And also, b-careful what u say about a person’s look, cuz one day it might be you in the same position of that person.

im not really a big big girl or anything and i support them reppin what they have and being comfortable with themselves, but nooooo. just NO! they DID get played in this…shame shame!

Monique is definitly pushing it! Dancing like Beyonce was cute! This posing in the nude is just straight nasty! There is nothing wrong with being proud of yourself and feeling beautiful but this is straight disgusting! Hell some people that are in shape should not have their a** crack all up in the pictures. She needs to stop! Enough is enough. Them girlz should join Dr.Ians 50 million pound challenge I am sure if they all could stand to loose 1k between the whole group! Real talk! LOL

SOME OF YOU ALL ARE MAKING THE MOST IGNORANT STATEMENTS…. A PIC HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HEALTH OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN… IT WAS TASTEFULLY DONE AND IT WAS OUTSIDE THE BOX…
MY BEST FRIEND WEIGHS 115 POUNDS AND HAS HIGH CHOLESTROL AMONG OTHER THINGS SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?… I KNOW WOMEN OF LARGER SIZES THAT WORK OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS, EAT SENSIBLY, AND ARE HEALTHY SO YOU ALL NEED TO GO KICK ROCKS WITH SOME OF THESE COMMENTS!!! IF YOU DONT LIKE IT JUST SAY THAT DONT TRY TO SAY OH ITS HEALTH THIS AND IT IS NEGATIVE AND STUFF… WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE POSING FOR PLAYBOY, SEX TAPES, ETC.

I am drawing the line here______________________Please no more!!!!
I love u Monique, but damn

They look like beasts of burden

uuuuuuuuuuuggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh disgusting

Missting said: MY BEST FRIEND WEIGHS 115 POUNDS AND HAS HIGH CHOLESTROL AMONG OTHER THINGS SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?…

I’m 140 5′5 1/2, which is a good weight for my height, but I too have high cholesterol.

Umm Im not a small woman myself but this is just disgusting it looks like they made a run for the buffet table and trip over several buckets of paint….

Im no health expert but obesity is destroying our race and this pic is promoting obesity. These women need to lose weight period no exceptions.

And I dont understand Monique she got all that money and she dont want to do anything about her weight problem no way in the world I could be rich and obese!

Thats my 2cents so let the darts fly as they must but yall know Im right..

@69

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These women probably thought it was a good idea. It probably was a good idea
But come on, in order to change the way society thinks about larger figured women is not to have them do some “pseudo” art shit and call it avant garde,

THIS IS LIKE THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok Mo’nique watch the lawsuits start to roll in when the ldies you “bamboozled” into doing this see how negative the public react. And omigoodness if there was any alcohol served….they can claim “under the influence”…..

The girls have pretty faces but if your BODY MASS INDEX is over 24.9 you are overweight and it is not healthy. I don’t care if you eat only at subway it is unhealthy.
And a BMI under 18.9 is also unhealthy. So it goes either way.

FRANCHY I agree wit u & I’m a small girl,I agree with everyone who says ‘unhealthy’comes in all shapes & sizes,I just think that as human beings we’re very quick to judge,but hey,we r only human..Hope some of the people commenting xtremely negatively did the same thing regarding Garcelle bcoz truthfully,isn’t it da same thing?

I just don’t like it!!!!! But I am glad they are comfortable in their skin…..still don’t like it though.

Now….Monique is really good at dressing her figure up to look really nice.

She should have taken that into consideration when deiciding to use bodypaint as clothing. Not a good choice here.

In my opinion, only the lady on the right side of the sofa achieved the artistic look. The show, or Monique need to sample and visualize a little better before they just up and do something like this.

Like a said…..only 1 person achieved the artsy look.

Consult Tyra, Kimora or Misses Jaye. They’ve used this stuff before and probably would have been honest with yall.

ok wtf is really going lolol aint nuffin wrong wiff big peeps i love me a teddy bear man but this is over the top, look at the hog in the front. monique need to quit we have excepted her fat ass now she has gone over board ………… i remind you aint nuffin wrong wiff big folks but thats a whole lot of washing if they wash lolololololol there has got to be a stinch in the room wiff all dat meat . ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Man, I’m hungrier than a mug!

ok first off i’m all for the whole “free yourself” blah blah blah but there are boundaries. they’re there for a reason. i’m a big girl myself but something’s just not right about this picture. paint + nude fat chicks = NO!! maybe it’s just me but it just doesn’t go together.

YOU KNOW WHAT, IN HER QUEST TO MAKE FAT ACCEPTABLE, MONIQUE HAS PLAYED THESE WOMEN. THEY LOOK LIKE SOME DAMN FOOLS. JUST DISGUSTING. FAT IS NASTY LOOKING, AND THESE WOMEN, SAD TO SAY, LOOK LIKE BEACHED WHALES WHO HAS WASHED UP TO SHORE. IT’S NOT HEALTHY TO BE A BIG TUB OF GOO!

MONIQUE NEED TO HONESTLY GIVE IT UP AND CALL JENNY CRAIG AND LOSE SOME WEIGHT. SHE WANT PEOPLE TO ACCEPT FAT SO MUCH, THAT’S WHY SHE LOVES BEYONCE, CAUSE SHE FEELS THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE EMBRACE BEYONCE, AND SHE’S NOT STICK THIN, THAT HER FAT ASS HAVE A CHANCE, ALWAYS TRYING TO PROVE FAT PEOPLE CAN DO WHAT THIN PEOPLE CAN; SO WHAT! STILL FAT, AND NASTY LOOKING, AND THAT SHIT WILL NEVER CHANGE.

DAMN, I FEEL VERY BLUNT TODAY.

::shakes head::

just cuz you CAN do everything that skinny b*tches can doesn’t mean you should.

I actually like the picture. It’s interesting and I think Monique looks beautiful

I think shes portraying their comfort in their skin…at least its not all bear but tasteful..it is interesting

if it were tyras’ models im sure every1 would have said they’re gorgeous and artistic..

we’ll see how proud they are when they catch a damn heart attack…

If they were Tyra’s models they wouldn’t look like Jabba the Hutt’s offspring, either. There is NOTHING attractive about a bunch of overweight broads who can’t even see their own damn feet when they look down.

Monique is really getting on my nerves. She pretends to be all about self empowerment etc. That’s a joke! She’s just trying to make a buck helping exploit women on reality T.V. That Charm School crap is a joke. She’s just as ignorant as the girls she’s trying to mold. And this whole “skinny bitches” this and “skinny bitches” that is getting played.

WE GET IT, YOUR FAT AND YOU’VE RUN OUT OF JOKES (as evidenced at the BET awards) SO NOW YOR A REALITY T.V. PROFFESIONAL.

BTW, these are all beautiful women (monique included)

Props….I love Mo’.

About 35% of adults over age 20 are overweight and for children under 11 it’s about 20% with the numbers increasing. I mean how many people cook at home anymore? Everything is fast food with trans fat, etc.
So, like it or not, America as a whole is getting fatter and eventually a person within a “normal” weight range will be in the minority. So the debate over obesity is a larger issue than the ladies in this picture and I feel like people just took this opportunity to pick on them and dog them for “not having self control” when I’m sure nobody on this board knows them personally to even make that statement.

The issue at hand was the tastefulness of the pic. Only a few ladies actually pulled off the “look” they were going for, but if they were comfortable with doing the pic, then cool. Who am I to judge?
Look back at old European paintings and you will see the women depicted (nude by the way) were not stick thin. They would be considered “cows” by today’s standards I’m sure. It’ just interesting how perceptions evolve over the years.
That’s my last 2 cents on that issue…

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT A WHOLE LOTTA PAINT WAS USED.

What the hell are they doing, they went way to far

Now damn thats a bit much, now yall some brave sistas lol power to yah lol