Spoken Word/Movement Piece on Petite Issues

I submitted this video for YouTube's Life in a Day.

Media Just Don't Care About Us...

(the video is the short form of the following post)

Seriously, even supermodel Coco Rocha thinks I'm an idiot for wanting to increase petite awareness!!!   I recently posted something on her official Facebook page asking her about body image issues and height and her reply was this:


That's not really related to my issue. What I'm concerned about is the external pressure applied on already slender girls to slim down their bodies even further to a dangerous and unnatural level. As far as I know, no one can actually "pressure" a shorter girl to grow an extra 6 inches

I replied to her about how shorter celebrities aren't referred to as "beautiful/glamourous/elegant," but "cute."  Her reply was:

Everyone has a tough time finding clothes to fit. You should see me trying to find a pair of jeans that don't look like capri's! Every girl is different and fiscally its not practical to produce a million variations of each piece of clothing... if it was, it would be done because at the end of the day, businesses are out to sell clothes, make money.



"As far as celebrities being considered "cute" if they are shorter - I don't agree. I've seen "beautiful" and "glamorous" actresses like Scarlett Johanson and Selma Hayak and they are both over 6 inches shorter than me. If, as you say, some shorter women don't feel attractive, well hey, plenty of medium height and tall ladies feel the same

I did write back about how petite designers COULD have a large market if only people would talk about them.  No reply since then.  In fact, my posts have since been deleted from Facebook.  I also think she/her people took me off her fan page.


Of course, what would you expect from someone who is super-tall?  Why can't someone like Eva Longoria, Jada Pinkett Smith or Reese Witherspoon say SOMETHING??!!!!!  I've tried so hard to get media to talk, but as someone who isn't a celebrity, it's tough.  I've even spoken with magazine editors at Fashion Week, and while they "say" that they'll talk about petite issues, they NEVER DO (except to illustrate how petite people should dress once every few issues.  And even then, there's only ONE shape of petite).

Remember this video from 2007?

Sadly, nothing much has changed.  :(  They don't want to listen to me!!!

EPIC FAIL, ANTM!!!!!

So Nicole, the "petite" model who is 5'7" is the winner of Cycle 13. While the so-called "fashionistas" are raving about how she's one of the best winners ever, I (and probably most petite activists out there) believe that Tyra and her people FAILED. Why bother choosing a winner who could is somewhere between model-petite (which is 5'7" or shorter) and standard? And she isn't even the shortest ANTM winner in history (the shortest was Eva Pigford, who is just under 5'7"). It just shows that ANTM wants people to believe that the only type of modelling is the fashion kind. In addition, throughout the entire cycle, there was NO MENTION of petite designers or even petite-friendly designers AT ALL. Shouldn't Tyra's people have done some research? Because it looks like they didn't. Maybe they should actually explain to the public why they didn't. Really, all they did was put out a casting call for short-for-model girls. EPIC FAIL, Tyra/ANTM!

Petite Rant Video I found on YouTube

I found this video on YouTube the other day when I was doing a search on petite-related videos. I wish there were more people out there actually making videos about petite-related issues - it's the only way to get the world to listen to us.

Readers, have YOU thought of making videos?