So how would you feel if the first time you met someone you were forced to hand them a business card that listed your name, your address…..and your weight. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the first episode of “More to Love.” They got off on the wrong foot from the minute they walked in the door.
As you know the premise of this show is that it is the plus-sized “Bachelor.” They use the same format where a group of women compete for the attention of a smarmy, arrogant poseur who thinks he’s God’s gift to women. So a group of girls get out of a limo and are introduced to the “Bachelor” (Luke) one by one. As they do a short clip to introduce each girl they list their weight. As though that is the most important characteristic. This is totally ridiculous and basically humiliating. I mean when they have the models /Pilates instructors in other shows do they list them by their IQ”s? “Tiffany is a bartender and kick boxing instructor who has an IQ that almost approaches that of a potted plant.” Give me a break.
Now the first thing they are going to do is eliminate five out of the twenty women after this phony talks to them for about five minutes each. I think you have to be a few fries short of a happy meal to want to go on one of these reality shows but the girls on this show seem worse than most. I mean they are weeping from the get-go. They all seem so emotionally fragile. Why would you expose yourself and your fears and insecurity to America on a show like this? Especially when it is obviously all geared to exploit their size.
Why can’t these girls compete on a regular dating show? None of the girls are even close to being considered morbidly obese. They represent what most of America looks like in the real world and not in the fantasy world of TV producers. Several of them are very sexy and could hold their own against any woman any time. The sexy comes from being self-assured and confident instead of weepy and wimpy. It shouldn’t be that these girls are represented as something exotic or weird. Plus size women are your sister, your mom, you. They make it seem like every plus-sized woman is home weeping about not having a date. Well guess what? There are millions of skinny beyotchs who are home alone without a date. It so often has more to do with your character and personality than your weight. “It’s you, not your chub.”
“Luke the Mook” drops five girls right away and the remaining women move into the mansion to continue being humiliated each and every week. I hate to talk about the politics of it since I am all about the clothes. So I intend to blog about the fashion end of this disaster. Most of the girls wore cocktail dresses of a vaguely chiffon like material.
I liked a few dresses one in particlular a maxi dress worn by Heather (bottom right corner).
I later found out that it was availlable at Dillards unlike several of the other dresses which were unrecognizable as the product of any well known plus designer. Someone has to tell some of these girls that they don’t have to go around with the “girls” hanging out to be sexy. Sometimes less is more...
So look for a weekly update on the fashion aspect of this reality show. I will watch the second episode tonight and I only hope it is an improvement. It almost has to be! Emme is the hostess with the leastest!
I still don’t understand why anyone would want to be on this type of show so I will leave that alone.
Would you ever go on a reality dating show?
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