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Model Lara Stone: 'People Still Call Me Fat'

Supermodel recalls her struggle to fit in a size 0 world

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 23, 2009 8:40 AM CST

(Newser) – At 5’10” and a size 4, Lara Stone isn’t exactly poster girl for the obesity epidemic, yet that’s exactly what some call her, thanks to her position as one of the largest—er, curviest—supermodels out there. “What they say is ‘curvy,’ but you know they mean 'fat,' ” Stone tells Vogue. After trying, unsuccessfully, to lose weight with diet, exercise, and pills, Stone found herself in rehab last year after she turned to alcohol to cope.

Nowadays, Stone is sober and feeling better about herself. “People still tell me I’m fat, but when I look in the mirror, that’s not what I see,” she says, and many designers and magazine editors agree. Her star is rising, thanks in part to the fact that she actually has breasts, which simply make some clothes look better on her. “Sometimes I’ll call in a piece, it will arrive, and I’ll think, Why did I think I liked that?” one editor says. “Then I’ll remember, Oh, because Lara wore it.”

Lara Stone attends the 90 years of Vogue covers at Hotel Crillon on October 1, 2009 in Paris, France.
Lara Stone attends the 90 years of Vogue covers at Hotel Crillon on October 1, 2009 in Paris, France.   (Getty Images)
Designer Alexander Wang and model Lara Stone attend 'The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009 in New York City.
Designer Alexander Wang and model Lara Stone attend 'The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009 in New York City.   (Getty Images)
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COMMENTS
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JesusLovesSomeOfYou
Dec 24, 2009 2:55 AM CST
Shit, you people hate it when I'm right.
paul123
Dec 23, 2009 9:13 AM CST
she looks great to me.
JGirl
Dec 23, 2009 6:53 AM CST
i think you'd have to at least have hips to be considered fat. i'd be more concerned about being pigeon toed if i were her.

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