Kylie Minogue is Proud of Her Curves
Some of you may have noticed lately that Kylie Minogue has put on a few pounds, giving her a healthier look. She apparently decided to address that fact last week in Cannes. Kylie was quoted saying that she loves her new, fuller figure and enjoys having “curves in the right places”.
She added, “I love having curves - forget these skinny girls. I love feeling feminine and womanly - being curvy in all the right places is part of that.”
I’m glad she has a positive body image, but what is up with all the skinny bashing lately? If people want to be thin, I say, let them! And vice versa.
Who’s next, I wonder?
82 Responses to “Kylie Minogue is Proud of Her Curves”
By Linda on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Kylie is looking good. Although, her face was prettier when she was skinnier - cheekbones!! But after all she’s been through, she probably has more important things to worry about than being thin.
By Emily on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She looks great!!! And I like her hair a lot!!! It makes
her look very sweet.
By soho on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I HATE THIS WHOLE ‘IM PROUD OF MY CURVES’ when it is coming from women who are actually skinny just not skeletal. not everyone is lucky enough to curve in the ‘right’ places..
By Claire on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She survived cancer and how (great!) she looks now is a secondary issue. She used to be very very skinny but had a good body shape - which shows now again. Her current size is probably still far under average women of these days.
By apricotmuffins on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She’s talking about the overly skinny girls. Kylie is still very very slim, just not skeletal.
By nina on May 31, 2007 | Reply
curves?..wtf
By AA on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She looks absolutyle awesome! I never really liked her appearance, but now she is beautiful!
By Gypsy on May 31, 2007 | Reply
What curves?!
By Just Me on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I would hardly call her full-figured but she looks lovely and healthy.
By Miss M on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I personally think Kylie had a bit too much botox. I’ve seen some close-ups of her and she looks like a plastic doll.
By dieta on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I agree, I hate those skinny girls saying “i am proud of my curves” as soon as they put on a few pounds and don’t look skeletal anymore… Kylie is still very thin, and she is the last one I think about when speaking about a curvy woman…
By Brenda G on May 31, 2007 | Reply
kylie is very pettite and used to be a UK4-UK6(US0-US2) she is now UK8(US4) and supposedly has curves??
i think she looks fabulous, a bit more meat makes her look even more sexy, her cheekbones are still there and good makeup will highlight them
but i dont think going past a UK10 would suit some one so pettite so i hope she maintains this wieght, which i think she will easily because her previous before the cancer was really strict
By Tucker on May 31, 2007 | Reply
shes another celeb who’s appeal I just dont understand. and I guess in like england she’s a HUGE star, so yeah, anyway
By Ellie on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She does have curves, but they are only slight in the hip and breast areas. Either way, she’s still skinny.
By PState216 on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Those are curves? What the??
By FD on May 31, 2007 | Reply
wow… if those are courves… an average woman must look like a whale to her…
By fliss on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I hate it how some people think fat = curves. Curves are about having a waist, bust etc and a femine shape. You see overweight people that don’t have a feminie shape and also really slim women who have great curves (like Halle Berry). Even though Kylie is petite she has a tiny waist and a butt so she is pretty curvy.
By fliss on May 31, 2007 | Reply
sorry *feminine shape
and I think she look great (considering she has overdone it on the botox)
By Elle on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I agree with fliss.
You can have curves while being thin and while being heavier, but a lot of overweight people don’t seem to have them. I think it has more to do with the way your body type is and the way it is built.
Anywho, Kylie looks good! It’s great that she feels secure in her body, more people should!!
By Christine on May 31, 2007 | Reply
How funny. She hardly qualifies as curvy. She probably still weighs 25 lbs less than your average woman.
By ln on May 31, 2007 | Reply
she is the only person i have ever seen that looks good in high waisted pants! wow!
By Kikilicious on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Not all women that are thin are or have an eating disorder. She might have always been thinner, so for her she now has curves….I do see that she is not a stick and she has a shape. I myself am slim but im very curvy, its possible. Curves are not exclusive for heavier women.
By Anon on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Miss M. I was thinking the same thing. hahaha.
Curves? Huh? She’s pulling off those unflattering high waisted pants that only look good on girls with no curves.
Anyway, the fact that she has to come out and make a public statement about how she loves the pounds she put on is sad - to me it just says, I’m insecure and I need the world to tell me that they love my curves too.
By Katie on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I agree with Fliss too its something that really annoys me.
Did anyone see her exhibition at the V&A in London? She is TINY but unlike other stars (ahem nicole richie ahem) she is in proportion and has amazing curves.
Viva Kylie she is amazing
By Fray on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I agree with those who’ve said that curves are NOT fat, but rather a certain body shape. And yes, they are totally sexy when not hidden under rolls of flab. Kylie looks amazing.
And I, too, am sick of the skinny bashing. When it comes from thin celebs, it sounds too much like a desperate attempt to gain popularity and distance themselves from all of the current criticism about Hollywood and weight. When it comes from heavy people, it’s just sour grapes and jealousy.
By Kittah on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Imagine if she said “Forget the overweight girls!” - that would be so offensive to alot of people. But bashing skinny girls is OK?
By Kittah on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Ps. She is still quite slim. Just look at the style and colours that she’s wearing. It would make almost anyone look chunky.
By Jodi on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I’m just so sick of the word “curves”, used to mean whatever, wherever, however.
By Amie on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She looks fab!!
By Claire on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Flis: That’s exactly what I meant. She had curves even before - that’s the body shape not being fat/skinny.
By What!!? on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Curves? Are you joking? She’s probably a size 3. She’s tiny. I get really annoyed when I hear about celebs who “embrace their curves”… their size 3 curves… Give me a break.
By SuperModelSuzie on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Having extra pounds doesn’t always mean they produce curves in all the right places.
By misstiffie on May 31, 2007 | Reply
i agree that kylie is one of the far and few women who can get away with high waisted pants. she’s amazing. and her with curves = still skinny hahahah…
By missy on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She’s tiny, certainly not curvy. Someone like Marilyn Monroe is curvy….and Kylie’s body is nothing like hers.
By sarah on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Well she did have cancer. Maybe she’s just happy to be alive and has realized that being thin isn’t the most important thing in her life. She’s by no means too curvy. She looks like a real woman.
By Holly J on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I agree with What…lets be real hear. 95% fo these girls/women on here are way below the average weight of women.As for the skinny bashing…well, I think people are just sick of seeing so many already thin girls feel fat because they’re are emaciated below 100 pound women, running about now in hollywood, making everyone who is already thin feel ‘average or fat’. I relate. I wear a size 1, and while I know I’m not fat, when I get around people who are under 100 pounds, I feel very average or not thin…I am probably not explaining it well, but I think its easy for people in hollywood to 4get how thin they are, because there are so many women now who are skin and bone and they are being made into Fashion Icons….ex Nicole Richie, Hillary Duff when she was thinner
By Holly J on May 31, 2007 | Reply
oh, and I agree with Kikilicious…NOT ALL THIN GIRLS HAVE ED’S. I think its really messed up how people assume if your thin that you puke or don’t eat…its rude and prejudice…just like assuming all people who are overwieght shove food into their face all day.
By kim on May 31, 2007 | Reply
she doesn’t look skeletal, but i don’t see any “curves”
By weeee on May 31, 2007 | Reply
i love her outfit.
She looks great, definately thin but I wouldn’t say skinnyyy.
By angelbaby on May 31, 2007 | Reply
kylie is definitely not curvy. she seems to go straight up and down. but the trousers make her hips look a tad bigger. oh well who cares, she always seems to dress great and is v. slim. Lucky her.
By Angie on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I am sick of celebs suddenly praising CURVY bodies, just because they binge and gain some weight. So instead of saying, ’shit I gained weight and I can’t wait to get skinny again’ they try and pretend like they wanted to gain the weight.
Umm…no…lets face it, NO celeb WANTS to gain any weight. What a hypocrite. She was underweight for years. I give it a couple months before she is back to her previous size.
By trix are for kids on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She’s definitely curvy. Her waist is small compared to her hips. You can be small and still curvy–I am. What ISN’T curvy is huge women with measurements like 40-38-40. Sorry, that’s not curvy. That’s just fat.
By carmen on May 31, 2007 | Reply
what curves? she has gained 5pounds or less if she has indeed gained any weight. Kylie has always been petite and sound really stupid coming out with comments like the ones she’s made.
By karmalife on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I think she looks great- the definition of “curvy” has obviously changed over the last few years so who knows what she means. She’s just defending herself, I suppose, for not being the rail she probably feels the pressure to be (even though she looks perfect to me)…
By Abby on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I think she just appreciates her body now because it helped her fight cancer and why abuse it anymore by not feeding it? she is just realizing now what all women should-that she should just love ourselves for who we are. but it will never happen.
By ashley on May 31, 2007 | Reply
i hate when skinny girls say they’re “proud of their curves”, didn’t jessica alba say that too?
By Tinks on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Well said abby!! I think kylie does look a little better these days - before the cancer she was super skinny - was really actually quite bony, although she has always had an amazing butt!!! I dont quite agree with her saying she ‘loves her new curves’ or whatever - all celebs seem to say this, then they get really skinny again - i.e - geri halliwell!! When she recovered from her ED’s and got to a normal size, she said how sexy she felt etc etc but now shes getting emaciated again and ‘apparently’ wont stop until she looks like victoria beckham - what a great role model she is for her baby daughter!!
By jed on May 31, 2007 | Reply
nina, on May 31st, 2007 at 6:05 am Said:
curves?..wtf
On her hips. On her thighs. Curves that were not there a few months ago.
And it looks great on her.
If a woman weighs 105, she does not have to go to 150 to add curves. 115-120 can make a really fine difference.
By Joelle on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I don’t like her outfit.
By Elastic Waist on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Kylie always looks beautiful, and I think the fact that she is championing women with curves rocks! She’s a real class act.
By LaLa on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Click on my name for a recent photo of kylie that shows her actually looking chubbier.
By emma on May 31, 2007 | Reply
curves? curves i cry! what curves! she’s a uk size 6 at most
By Woods on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Technically, everyone has curves…unless you are some sort of geometric abstractions.
Yeah, the whole super-skinny bashing ticks me off. I love my body, too, even if it lacks much muscle or fat. I am bonier than most people, but I eat healthy and love my life. It is just as bad to insult someone who is very skinny as someone who is larger. I have some beautiful, confident larger friends who are smokin’ hot and they maintain pretty healthy lifestyles too. Healthy and happy is not measured in sheer numbers.
By Persephone on May 31, 2007 | Reply
fliss, on May 31st, 2007 at 7:51 am Said:
I hate it how some people think fat = curves. Curves are about having a waist, bust etc and a feminine shape. You see overweight people that don’t have a feminine shape and also really slim women who have great curves (like Halle Berry).
Exactly. Curves don’t eqal fat. Straight up and down is still straight up and down. It’s just a colmn instead of a stick.
Kylie is slightly curvy even though she is a slim woman.
By Persephone on May 31, 2007 | Reply
my U button got stuck ha! ha!
By mimi on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Kylie used to be skinny, now that she has put on weight I think it looks good on her. And to all of you who say she has no curves, come on, pls! She definitely has some really nice curves, in spite of being slender. After all you don’t necessarily have to be fat or even average to be curvy - curves have little to do with your weight, it’s the shape of your body mainly. Of course you can’t have curves if you are emaciated, but one can be thin and still curvy -like Jessica Alba.
By Turbo on May 31, 2007 | Reply
Okay. I’m old school but when someone uses the term ‘curvy’ or ‘curves’, I envision a Sophia or a Marilyn, someone with a little meat on their bones but not a lot of fat.
You can be on the lean side and still have curves if your waist to hip measurement is significant, but based on that picture, she doesn’t seem to have nary a bend in her road let alone curve.
By Lilith on May 31, 2007 | Reply
“I hate it how some people think fat = curves. Curves are about having a waist, bust etc and a femine shape.”
So true! And Turbo’s right about Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe and Raquel Welch. The feminine ideal, the shape that triggers hardwired desires in the male brain, is a shape with and 80% or less waist-to-hip ratio. If women have a wide hip structure, they can put on some fat around the waist and and still have those curves. It all totally depends on bone structure and where you put on fat.
Hey, if we all put on fat only on our breasts, there’d be no problem, would there
!
By AZ on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She has curves? Where?
This is bullshit. Just like Jessica Alba talking about men loving her curvaceous ass. Bullshit.
By lambman on May 31, 2007 | Reply
she’s pretty and talented…but is in no way curvey. She’s always been really, really skinny. I honestly can’t think of a single girl skinnier than Kylie that doesn’t look unhealthy.
By hez on May 31, 2007 | Reply
I hate those pants and those shirts, but I really hate that she looks so darn cute in them… I think she looks great now, but I don’t get why she can’t love her curves and not hate on the skinnies. I’m minimallly curvy, but if I get more than that, I look more plump than zaftig. I’m just not blessed like Kate Winslet (who never looks the least bit plump) or Beyonce. Also, to the poster who said 40-38-40 isn’t curvy, I have to agree. That’s kind of like being a board- don’t most women have at least a ten inch gap between their waist and hips? However, I don’t think 40-28-40 would necessarily be fat or unattractive.
By elle on May 31, 2007 | Reply
She looks good but I wouldn’t call her curvy. Monica Bellucci is curvy, Kylie - not so much.
By jas on Jun 1, 2007 | Reply
omg she’s not curvy, that is sad and ridiculous. i heard she used to weigh 38kg (she’s only about 5ft1) so she’d weigh 45kg at the most now.
By MJ on Jun 1, 2007 | Reply
Is “curvy” the new fat nowadays? I think she has a great ass, boobs and taille.
And she’s my height. If you gain 1 kg, it’s more obvious when you’re that small than when you’re 1,70 m
By MJ on Jun 1, 2007 | Reply
Oh.. and she’s the first on who mom pants look terrific
By Miss on Jun 1, 2007 | Reply
It cracks me up how the media calls Jessica Alba curvy because she has a butt…curvey is Jennifer Lopez or Salma Hayak. Its a woman that has an hourglass figure and it’s typical enthic woman because asian and white woman don’t normally have a small waist and rounded hips. Kylie has a nice body and she does have curves but i wouldn’t say she is curvy.
By des on Jun 1, 2007 | Reply
Kylie is still a “skinny girl” to most people. She ain’t that curvy.
By apricotmuffins on Jun 1, 2007 | Reply
im with all the other sentiments that very slim girls can have curves too. I know plenty of girls who are the same height as me and practically dissapear when they turn sideways, but have hips and boobs because they havent starved themselves to get that way, theyre just naturally very willowy.
marylin monroe, if she were posted on here anonymously would probably get called a fat pig and told to loose weight. but i still think she’s the architypal curvy girl, exactly the figure most men go crazy over.
By saintdevil on Jun 1, 2007 | Reply
It is always the same old story: As soon as a celebrity gains weight, she suddenly discovers that “curves are great”, “everyone should be happy with their bodies” and bla bla bla.
Hypocrite!
By Camille on Jun 1, 2007 | Reply
Well, I think they are bashing the super skinniness to show girls that they don’t have to be super thin. They are trying to give a girl some confidence and esteem.
By NOT STICK THIN on Jun 1, 2007 | Reply
WHAT CURVES? I THINK THAT IS PRETTY FUNNY. SHE NEVER HAD A SHAPE A DAY IN HER LIFE.
By Sacharomyces cerevisiae on Jun 2, 2007 | Reply
kylie is a wise woman-and it has nothing to do with cancer. she came out of the experience as air-headed as before. If she were to discover the true meaining of life as another commenter said she would have steered clear of botox and started yoga or something. I believe she is sage in a stree-wise manner. probably she cannot follow the strict diet and/or the appetite suppresants being in a fragile health. she has indeed gained weight and in an unflattering manner-mainly in her legs-here it doesnt show so well. so she started saying this bulls*it about curves and stuff. you know she will try pretty soon to get rid of her biggish thighs. she is so transparent and an idiot
By Meli on Jun 2, 2007 | Reply
“Forget these skinny girls”? Um, Kylie, you are one of those skinny girls. Just because you have some T&A now doesn’t exclude you! Jeeze!
By Stola on Jun 3, 2007 | Reply
Kylie may not be the ‘curviest’ celeb, but I admire and respect any formerly-skinny woman who can say she’s proud to have gained some weight and happy with her newfound figure. It’s all about feeling comfortable in your own skin.
And to all you bloggers who say she’s still ‘rail thin’ and has ‘no curves’ … I believe you’ve been too de-sensitized by the average obese American population!
By this is why i have few female friends on Jun 3, 2007 | Reply
there are far more interesting things about us as woman than our fucking bodies. i’m so BORED of hearing woman pick apart every body part. too big, too little, too fucking BORING!!! stop already ladies. WHO CARES!!!!
By renee on Jun 4, 2007 | Reply
I agree with Stola. event hough it was prolly not a big weight gain at all, its great she’s happy with it!!!
By Bopp on Jun 5, 2007 | Reply
Gorgeous! Lpve her!
By sarah on Jun 17, 2007 | Reply
look back at pix of Kylie over her whole career and u will c how skinny she has always been-she has gained weight lately since she was ill but considering she has always been skinny she can’t really slate skinny girls just coz she has got bit chubby!! No offence but her frame is very small she looked better skinny
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By Lilly on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply
She just apear have “some” curve and “Bum” in fotoshot..in computer pics…she is very skynny,her legs is not big,she realy want be a Brazilian woman….hahahaha….
By Lilly on Feb 23, 2008 | Reply
haha..size 8 is consider petite? she is very skynny..botox face..just good look in magazine cause obsvious they take all inperfections and put as well more meat in all celebs..ahahah I love the Paparazzis..they catch those celebs fakes….haaha I very happy for that…..celebs are fake and liar…like these kylie…horrible look skinny….
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