Fraternity puts on Plus-Sized Beauty Pageant at WKU.

[AlphaFrog]

I think it's more like size 8 is 2" bigger (just an ex. - I don't know the actual scale) than 6, and 10 is 2" bigger than 8...I don't think the scale all of a sudden starts jumping at a certain point. There's still enough graduation among overweight people to warrant using the same scale all the way up. You don't go from slightly overweight to whale with few steps in between.

[UGAalum94]

Oh, I understand how one gains weight maybe too well.

What I was trying to account for was how if it's hard to find clothes that fit in standard regular sizes, do some of the people that I see in public find normal looking clothes if the biggest size in 32?

I'm thinking of people I think are more than 32 inches bigger around than a size 16.

Maybe it is custom clothing.

[AlphaFrog]

PLUS 14W 16W 18W 20W 22W 24W 26W 28W 30W 32W
Chest 41 42 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57
Waist 33 34 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49
Low Hip 44 45 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60


Above is Fashion Bug's "Plus" sizing chart. (Sorry it's not in line, but you get the point) It's all in inches. 60" is pretty large.


MISSES 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Chest 33 1/2 34 35 36 37 1/2 39 40 1/2
Waist 25 1/2 26 27 28 29 1/2 31 32 1/2
Low Hip 36 1/2 37 38 39 40 1/2 42 43 1/2


Above is the Misses. It does appear that the scale does get a little bit bigger when you get into the plus sizes.

[tld221]

and the inches have to go up not only in the waist, but everywhere else...

ok, im sure you (collective you, not AF) already know that.

[UGAalum94]

Thanks AlphaFrog, that explains a lot.

In somewhat related post to the real topic of this thread, did anyone notice that all the pictures, except for one, are head and shoulder shots of the contestants? That seemed unusual since you didn't get one of all of them on stage.

The women are beautiful!