One righteous BIG woman, Mo'nique is becoming quite famous, with her own show on Oxygen, and is out to change the way America looks at women and beauty.

We watched the first beauty pageant for Fabulous-And-Thick (F.A.T.) women, produced and hosted by her, last night. It was NOT your ordinary pageant. There was a lot of emotional work, makeovers, etc. as the contestants were all regular women who'd never been in the "fashion" world before. They were beautiful and proud of themselves, some for the very first time in their lives, no matter their sizes. The only complaint I had was they were all fairly tall and there are many, in real life, who are Short-and-Thick!

IMO, they were brave and beautiful and Mo'nique is outrageously outspoken, righteous, and wonderful for what she is doing for women of all sizes. She is right in the face of the trad. fashion world of no tits, no ass, no hips.

Remember when it used to be considered beautiful for a woman to have an hour-glass figure? Fercrissakes, Marilyn Monroe was a 36D and wore a size 12!! She'd be fat by fashion industry standards, today! So would most of the beautiful actresses in the old movies.

kat