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Glamour magazine stories: 9 news summaries

 Plus-Size Models Hurt Self-Esteem, Too

Sorry, Glamour: A model's size doesn't matter to an overweight woman

Oct 16, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Never mind the hoopla surrounding Glamour’s decision to grace its pages with plus-size models—looking at any model will damage an overweight woman’s self-esteem. Meanwhile, underweight women's self-esteem climbs no matter the size of the model they’re looking at, New York reports, citing... More »

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fashion • weight • body image • Glamour magazine • Jay-ZTV • women's issues • models • Lizzi Miller • magazines

Shuttering Mags, Conde Nast Turns to ... Online Dating?

Publishing giant makes 'very bizarre' venture into new business

Oct 13, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - OK, so Gourmet wasn't working out, seven staffers at Glamour were just given the boot, and the remaining mags in Conde Nast's stable are slashing up to 25% of their budgets. But obviously the time is ripe for Conde Nast to launch…an online dating site, the More »

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online dating • Conde Nast • Glamour magazine • magazine industry • Gourmet • GQ magazine • magazines

 Glamour Goes 
 Plus-Size, 
 Nude Again 

Six full-figured models will join beloved Lizzi Miller in the buff

Sep 1, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Inspired by the outpouring of enthusiasm (and press, no doubt) over the appearance of plus-size model Lizzi Miller—pooch and all—in its September issue, Glamour will feature a bevy of nude plus-size models in a November spread, insiders tell the New York Post. Miller will be back,... More »

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entertainment • weight • model • body image • Glamour magazine • fashion industry • women's issues • models • Lizzi Miller

 'Real' Model: I 
 Didn't Like the Pic 

But even though it's
'not the most flattering,' it is 'real'

Aug 24, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world is still in love with Lizzi Miller, the plus-size model recently featured on Glamour’s page 194—but Miller herself wasn’t a fan of the belly-baring photograph when she first saw it. The 5’11”, 180-pound Miller tells Today, “I’m just like every... More »

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model • Glamour magazine • fashion industry • Lizzi Miller

(Newser) - In showing that it has the stomach to use plus-sized models in its pages, Glamour has provoked a torrent of positive reader reaction, blogger Margaret notes on Jezebel. A photo of a woman with a bit of a gut hanging over her underwear accompanied a story in the September issue,... More »

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entertainment • weight • body image • Glamour magazine • women's issues • models • Cindi Leive • Lizzi Miller

 Airbrush's Bristles Get 
 Prickly for Fashion Mags 

Readers demand more realistic photos

May 28, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - After years of digital enhancements that make today’s celebrities look more alien than human, a movement is under way to make fashion photography more realistic, the New York Times reports. Leading by example is photographer Peter Lindbergh, responsible for a series of un-retouched celebs on the cover of French... More »

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fashion • photography • magazine • celebrity • Photoshop • Glamour magazine • magazine industry • Elle • Jay-ZTV • Peter Lindbergh

 Paris: I'm Practically Celibate 

Heiress insists her bedpost notches are few

Jan 7, 09 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - She made one of the most famous sex tapes of our time, but Paris Hilton has “only ever done it with a couple of people,” the heiress tells Glamour magazine, the Sun reports. Other than video co-star Rick Salomon, who made the cut? “People make up stories,... More »

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Paris Hilton • sex • celebrity • sex tape • Glamour magazine

Working Moms, Conservatives Question Palin

Fellow multitaskers wonder about VP pick's judgment, values

Sep 2, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's candidacy adds a twist to a familiar "mommy wars" debate: Most social conservatives argue that the mother of five, one a special-needs infant, can handle the heat of the nation's second-highest job, while liberal working women by and large disagree. "You can juggle a BlackBerry and... More »

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pregnancy • women • working mothers • Glamour magazine • Sarah Palin

Obama Camp Wields Steely Secret Weapon: Mrs. O

Michelle Obama seen as campaign 'closer'

Feb 14, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Outspoken and gutsy but sometimes sarcastic and condescending, Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, is playing a central role in his campaign as it builds toward a final showdown. Known as "The Closer" behind the scenes, the 44-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer puts steel into the campaign while Obama stays above the fray,... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Harvard • Princeton • Craig Robinson • Glamour magazine • Valerie Jarrett

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