Comments on: Petite models question

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:41:07 +0000

I am five foot one inch. I am 17 and have always secretly wanted to be a model. My height has hidden those dreams. Only my mom really knows but she doesn’t encourage it. I am also a gymnast, so i have muscle and for the modeling industry i never could figure out if that was a good thing or not. Does anyone know? I feel like i am a beautiful person. Ash blonde hair. Big green eyes. I wouldn’t call my face typical. Kinda different in subtle way. Girls need petite models to feel better bout how they look and feel when they look in the mirror. If they’re were more petite models i bet clothing sales of high priced designers would sky-rocket and most girls would start to look at themselves in a more positive way. It would be a nice change and i hope my generation of women will be able to make petite modeling happen.

By: Livi

Livi — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:04:17 +0000

although I think tall models look very etheral and beautiful on the runway, I think that petite women (such as myself, I am 15 and 5ft3) can look just as good, provided that the clothes are tailored to their needs. I think its possible for petite models to look almost doll like and therefore very beautiful. I always had a secret dream to be a model, maybe not runway, I dont think I am pretty enough for this, and I feel like I cant ever model, even as a one off because of my height. I think if you used petite models it would be inspiratinal to girls like me everywhere.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:04:51 +0000

I’m really glad I came across this site. I’m 5′2″ I have the hourglass shape, but over the past 4 years I’ve put on a lot of weight and struggle with finding shorts and pants that look good on me. Do I still fall under the petite size even though I’m 200 lbs? I keep searching sites for answers. I think if there were more short runway models we could actually see what styles would work for us. I’m totally cute, and I don’t think I look horrible event though I’m really over weight. Thanks for the site and don’t give up on your dream to broaden the eyes of fashion designers/shows. Us short people are “everywhere” and we do wear and buy clothes. lol.

By: Marina

Marina — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:04:05 +0000

If they show a tall woman on the picture, I would not buy and item, because I’d have no idea how it would look on me. Using taller models for petite fashions is a totall turnoff for customers, and I already did not buy about 5 of 8 items on one website, because models were tall and I’m 5′4″. So, if’ it’s a petite site, use shorter models please only. Choosing taller people over shorter is not fair to shorter people anyways.

By: BrutallyUgly

BrutallyUgly — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:10:50 +0000

Im an aspiring model..but im just 5″2..having this unconventional height has been really disappoiinting to me..i have always wanted to be a catwalk model.. but i guess im never gonna get the chance..i think we equally deserve to be a runway model..we are worth a chance!!!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:55:37 +0000

Hi,

i would just like to say thank you so much for giving at least the idea of short models on the runway a chance! really, just because we’re short (im 5′0) doesn’t mean we make the clothing look bad! Actually, i have pretty long legs for someone as short as me. Yet, runway shows don’t give us girls a chance. Thank you!!

- Jen

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:22:34 +0000

It is so stupid that only tall women can be really successful in modeling when it is obvious that shorter women are just as attractive. It’s not the height that matters, it’s the proportions. Kylie Minogue was voted “Best Legs”–she’s only just over 5 feet and beat out all the amazon supermodels and tall actresses like Charlize Theron and Cameron Diaz! Not to mention that Eva Longoria was voted “Best Body” many times. Long legs don’t mean crap–many long legs look like pencils and have no shape. Since it’s obvious that shorter women are just as attractive and can pull off clothes in an equally attractive, yet different, way, why not use them?

Of course they should be THIN though. Short, fat women would not flatter the product.

By: Riz

Riz — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:02:59 +0000

I am just 5 feet, and i would love to be a model. This is a huge issue. Petite people do not look crap in clothes. And thats a fact.

By: Asia Buys

Asia Buys — Fri, 11 May 2007 01:40:03 +0000

I am 5′ even and am an aspiring model. I would love to see some petite runway in the future.

Having done variety runway for local designers, I know for a fact that if the clothing is made proportionately to the model, the end product looks just as good as the clothing designed for taller women. It’s also unfair to limit the runway industry to women 5′11″ – 6′+ as most women these days aren’t that tall. For a while I kept saying how much I had wished I was taller and finally my fiance made a very good point – “it’s because of your height that gives you such a controlable center of gravity, making you more graceful to watch than most taller women.” I don’t know if he’s flatering me or not, but I have know many petite and average height girls who have the most stunning looks and graceful walks I have ever seen and were turned down for runway because they were an inch or two too short. It’s not fair.

Designers have a specific market, and the market responds to how the product is displayed. So, why not display the product more in a more flattering and appropriate way?

I vote for runway modeling to be open to all shapes and sizes, fitting to the designer’s styles. It’ll speak to the public more, not to mention give a lot of girls out there a much better image of themselves, by either seeing models like themselves and those who can strut on stage and finally get acknowledged as beautiful.

By: Nyla Poser

Nyla Poser — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:09:42 +0000

I’m all for having petite models, everywhere, but especially on the runway. I watch the fashion shows on my new HD programming and am appalled at how really unhealthy many of the runway models look. Like walking mannequins really. And someone else mentioned the “walk.” Very very few of those long thin girls have a good walk, IMHO. So many look like horses prancing. A few have the ability to put one foot in front of the other without it looking really weird, but most don’t. A couple have a leg swing that if they were skaters, Dick Button would mark them down.

AS a consumer, I find it really silly looking and a big distraction from looking at the clothes themselves.

I’m 58, 5′3″ and have a womanly figure: not petite and not obese, but can’t ever find anything on the runway that looks like I could wear it in a flattering manner.