Do you think UK size 12 is fat???

Question

In the news recently, 6/10 women think size zero is attractive, according to a new survey. The poll found that the majority of British women find the look desirable.The survey also found that almost all women (97%) believe size 12 is "fat".The same number would rather have friends who are fatter than them, and 76% admit they are jealous of slimmer friends.

Now the question is....do you think that size 12 is fat? Would you feel great if you were skinnier than your friends and what do you think your ideal size would be that you call slim?

Answer 1

NO.



The poxy fashion media do'es!

Answer 2

No I certainly do not think size 12 is fat at all. Size 12 is actually quite slim & very womanly. Size 0 is absolutely disgusting & size 6 & 8 are too small also - I think it looks extremeley unattractive & most men I know think so as well. They do not like 'the bag of bones' look. They would much prefer to have some meat on the bone if you know what I mean. It would be nice to be as slim as your freinds providing they were a healthy size. If they were a size 0, 6 or 8 I would not want to be the same size as them. I think the ideal size is size 10 but size 12 is nice also. I am pregnant at the moment so am huge (in a nice way) but hope to get back to a size 10 after the baby has been born but I'm not going to make it a major priority, there are more important things in life than worrying about what size you are. As long as you are happy in yourself then that's what counts. Real beauty comes from within.

Answer 3

At 5ft11 and 75kg no one would ever call me fat. Tall, slim, racing snake, beanpole maybe but never fat. Yet I'm a 12/14 so according to that research I'm fat. To be honest I would much rather be a 12 than a zero anyday. Zero just says it all really.



It is funny really that the average British woman is now a size 14 and yet everyone things the skin and bones look is attractive. The fashion media have a lot to say for this. Especially when 6/10 men prefer a woman to have curves to a skeleton.



For me the ideal shape would be boobs about the same size as hips and waist suitably smaller than both. When waistline is bigger than hips you know you have a problem

Answer 4

No, those survey results are just ridiculous.



A size 12 isn't even remotely fat, unless the measurements: 36 inch bust, 28 inch waist and 38 inch hips are considered to be fat! Depending on height and build it may vary as to how slim it looks, but it will NEVER be fat.



My ideal size would be meaurements 36-25-37, which is a size 12 bust, size 8 waist and size 10 hips lol.



HTH : )

Answer 5

No, i may only be young but size zero models look disgusting especially when they don't eat in order to keep that look. People who are naturally size zero can't do anything about it, and i feel sorry for them. Size 12 is NOT fat. I'm still only a teen and my ideal size would be size 8, right now I'm 8/10, and i really don't mind. It shouldn't matter how fat or skinny your friends are, those shallow people should know that freinds love you for who you are on the inside not the outside, and you should love them like that too.

Answer 6

I am a size 10 trying to get to a 12.

Answer 7

oh my word, there is nothing wrong with being a size 12 even a size 14, im a size 10 and my weight yoyos between size 6 8 10 i think size 6 is disgusting this is the weight i dropped to after giving birth to my first child, i then went to a healthy 8 then a 10 when i fell pregnant after that birth my weight plumited again and i hated being skin and bone so unattractive i went up to a 10/12 and that is what i am today i have curves and men love it! My sister used to be a 14 and she looked so healthy and stunning shes now a 12 aswell the perfect size for her, size 12 is not fat its curvy and thats what we should have in models! my friends are size 12 and some size 10, they are happy with who they are, who wants to be stick thin its gross!

Be happy with who you are not how the world wants to portray you!

Answer 8

In the UK yeah,because they seem to be so slim and a size 0 attractive gross!! A woman should have some meat on her or curves that is what looks sexy and how you carry yourself of course. Size 10-12 is like a medium build I would not consider that fat and your height with weight makes a big difference!! What I would call slim is a size 4-8.

Answer 9

There is a lot of factors involved in this question. It all depends on your height and bone structure. I am five foot one-half inch, and weigh about 98-105. I can wear a size 2,4 and sometimes a 6 depending on what it is, and how it is made. At my height, I would be FAT FAT FAT IF I wore a size 12. However, on a woman five foot, ten inches or more with a medium bone structure she wouldn't be fat. Guess it all hinges on what you call fat? I sure don't want to look like Nicole Ritchie. Basically, I do consider a size 12 kind of fat. I am skinnier than any of my friends, and I love it. I think my ideal size is a four petite. If I ever get to 105 pounds I cut back on high calorie foods for a few days, and I can lose the extra weight easily. A size 0 makes me look sick and anorexic.

Answer 10

a size 12 is fine and very average in size for the UK. Infact most common is a size 14. Don't be trapped into believing you are fat. you are not. And a size zero is nit attractive at all. many I've seen look ill.



Most men like to see a curvy figure not a load of skin and bone.

Answer 11

I think I read somewhere that size 16 is the UK average. So then that would make size 12 not fat at all lol.



Here is a link I just found - looks like size 16 is the average:

http://www.blurtit.com/q531550.html



So that makes a 12 look 'thinnish' don't you think ;)

Answer 12

size 12 is definitely not fat & size 0 is definitely not normal. Personally i think most people are never happy with what size they are, there will always be people out there who wish they could lose a couple of inches here and there. size 12 is a good healthy average weight.

Answer 13

I bet they asked all the skinny girls that question. No, size 12 is a good size. Most of my male friends think that size 12 people look normal while anyone skinnier than that looks unhealthy. (they're not saying that just to make me feel better either)

Also if you feel good as you are then who cares what the stupid media say. They contradict themselves all the time

Answer 14

size 12 not fat at all, i personally think all this size zero rubbish is just stupid i am a size 12-14 got to admit i would like to be a 10 but that's just because i have a big fat behind!

Answer 15

I hated that article the moment I read it. Size 12 is no way fat. I'm a size 12-14 and I look great and more imortantly, I feel great!

Answer 16

From a mans perspective, size 12 is better than size 0!!!

Answer 17

No a size 12 isn't fat

Answer 18

Size 12 is fine.

Answer 19

I would feel fat if I was a 12 but that's just me personally........Other woman look great as a size 12

Answer 20

NO WAY !!!



I am a size 10 and wish I could have bigger boobs and be more shapley.

The average size in the UK is 16 !!

Marylin Monroe was a size 16 and people longed for her figure....



I'm sure you are fine. Size 0 is wrong and no men really like that.

Answer 21

Size 0 is zero brainer. Size 12 is just right.

Answer 22

Size 12 is great from a mans point of view... I love something to get hold of!!

Answer 23

NO! Please, please don't think that a size 12 is fat. You know it's not. I'd like to know what kind of girls they surveyed - was it school girls, teenagers in general. How does anyone think that that look is desirable???? I would love to know who published those figures, cos yet again it's another negative response for those girls out there who are not so sure! These survey people need to be hung, drawn & quartered - the swines!

Answer 24

Ive always been a 10 but recently have gone up to a 12 and my clothes just dont sit right and im conscious of my extra bit of me. Im working on reducing it but at the moment theres more of me too love

Answer 25

When I was eighteen, I was a size 6 and would have given my eye teeth to be a size 12 - which I now am.

Answer 26

Size 12 is fine!!!



I would not want to be a size zero, what and look like a pre adolescent teenager, with no hips and no bust, no curves, nah not for me.

Answer 27

No I would say size 14 is normal size 12 is skinny.

Answer 28

I don't get the whole fat thin obsession that people have going on. Of course to be too fat isn't good for your health, but neither is to be too thin. People are built differently, different bone structure, heights, all sorts of variables contribute to weight differences between individuals. I personally don't think very thin is an attractive look, and as you get older it gets even less so. You will look drawn and haggard. Its said after a certain age you have to choose between your face and your figure, I think I choose my face.

Answer 29

Size 12 is not fat.

Answer 30

i actually think size twelve is quite skinny, im a 12/14 top and 14/16 bottems and im happy as i am but some people wont stop untill they get to size zero , i think its really unhealthy...

Answer 31

Size 12 is perfect for a woman !!!



But do I know I'm only a man :(

Answer 32

size 12 is not fat its average in the uk im a size 12 and i do not look fat .

Answer 33

I read the same report, what a load of rubbish, I think size 12 is just about right i.m 5,5. I spent most of my teens worrying about this kind of crap and forgot just to enjoy myself. These people are just crazy!

Answer 34

Hell NO. I like my women to be healthy.



Here's something I've never said to anyone:

I've slept with a couple of "skinny" girls and it's actually uncomfortable. Bones sticking out can actually hurt a little especially in the heat of the moment. I really don't like women who look like skeletons and could snap at any moment.



SIZE 12 WOMEN YOU ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL.

Answer 35

no size 0 is stupid and dangerous size 12 is more nateral.... hang on why am replying to a Q like this

Answer 36

size 12 is not fat!!!

and size zero is NOT attractive!!!!

all my family are size 6-8 and i love em! i am not jealous of them!

Answer 37

wow did you say size 12 is fat or am i hearing things ,I'm a 12 i think i look great .

Answer 38

I didnt think so when I was a size 12. now im size 10 i think 12 is not as attractive. but obviously not obese. actually it depends on a person. i heard Charlotte Church claimed she was a size 12, but she was mega fat at that time. I think it's about the way you look; if there's nothing hanging over and sticking out you're fit, otherwise you're not.

Answer 39

You have issues.



I don't see weight as a problem as long as I am a healthy weight (depends on body mass).



You're being vacuumed in like the rest of the insecure girls.



Work on your self esteem instead of believing some poxy statistics.

Answer 40

size 12 is lovely...

Answer 41

Hell no, size 12 is a healthy size.

Answer 42

no i don't my friend is a size 12 and she looks great

Answer 43

A woman is only starting to become shapely at that size. The start of real woman sizes.

Answer 44

no i would say it's an average size for a woman living in england.

Answer 45

no at least its not size 0! size zero is the worst weight!

Answer 46

who were these 6/10 women...prepubescent dimwits I guess...x



size 12 is nice

Answer 47

No - its just right. From a mans point of view.

Answer 48

If you're 6'4" it's too thin, if you're 4'3" it's a bit podgy, if you're 5'6" (about average) no, it's fine.

Answer 49

Maybe. My mum is size 8 and she's quite ok. not too fat, not anorexic kind of thin too.

Answer 50

as a guy i think size twelve is nice

Answer 51

i think size 12 AU is fat.....



i am skinnier than some of my friends but i don't think it makes me feel like i am better than them.... but i do think size 8-10 (Australian) is slim

Answer 52

It is fine! healthy and normal!

Answer 53

No not at all

Answer 54

NO way - its all rubbish

Answer 55

No size 12 is not fat,But it,s bigger than i would like to be..

Answer 56

It depends how tall you are

Answer 57

Nup...