Destiny Marques

Your shape looks good and perfectly portioned. Now how would a woman who is more curvy take that same shape and adjust it to fit their body type? Because as with all things - body type and shapes vary. As with my RL self - I'm more on the curvy, athletic, pear-shaped side, which means my waist is smaller and my hip width is naturally wider than my shoulder width, so my avie reflects that. But say you have a woman who is plus sized in RL who may be a pear-shape, hourglass, or apple shape - trying to adjust for their body type may prove more difficult, but not impossible. I think this is where many run into difficulty with trying to make their virtual shape match their RL shape, and things go rather askew from there. Below are examples of smaller and larger pear shapes. As you can see, they do not fit the average straight up and down body type or rectangular, as shown in your picture. I think many of the larger girls want their avies to match the body type in the second pic, but as janetosilio stated, mesh bodies do have their limitations and they often reflect that.

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LOL, apparently not! She is only one of the many female mesh body /shape designers in SL. In fact, the vast majority of shapes (besides the ones that we make ourselves) and bodies for women are created by guess what? Other women, including the very type that he seems so fond of praising.

Wow, Thanks Rhonda! That was so eloquent and beautifully written.

Play that funky music!

It's a clear reflection of the sexist attitudes towards women, that persist in SL - that men supposedly know what's best for us and how we should look. As if we are unable to make that discernment and choice for ourselves. *smh*

LOL, I believe you are right.

That may be so, but I make my shapes/looks for myself, as do most women in RL and SL. If men find it attractive, that's just an arbitrary by-product. Not to attract men specifically.

Yep, that's me! This is me also.

Oh dear, I concur.

I think a lot of girls are attempting to copy this look (not saying you are, just speaking in general). I'm pear shaped, so I tend to be a bit bottom heavy; I suspect a lot of women in SL are, but get a bit heavy handed with the sliders when trying to achieve the "curvy" look. I keep my shoulder width slightly smaller than my thigh width. If I go any larger, my shape tends to look a bit uneven. SL shapes are kind of weird in that the shoulders can look normal from the front, but too small or too big from the back, so I adjust them according to my outfit. As for the breasts issue - I've had better luck with the Hourglass body and setting the breast size to a nice mid range that isn't too large or small and adjusting the buoyancy to reflect the size and weight. It seems a lot of the mesh bodies have plus and minuses about each of them, so the key is finding one that you can get the most benefit from and be happy with.

I hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas!

Thank you very much!

My how times have changed. I remember when modeling schools would charge upwards to 2500 for a "degree". Modeling jobs aren't as plentiful as they used to be in SL and runway work is difficult to come by. I remember when the high-end models could make anywhere from 5000 to 10,000L per week, but that was rare. I'm not sure how much they make now, because I've been out of the fashion loop for a while now. 15,000 is a steep price to pay, unless you are going to provide your students with a steady source of employment upon graduation. That way, they can recoop the cost of their course fees.

It's been basically the same situation for me. Add me if you like.

Hey, what's wrong with talking about vampires? I posted the article in relation to the discussion Pussycat and I were having about people of color "passing" and claiming to be part Indigenous American. So, I thought it would be an interesting read for her.

I really hope that you can find some answers. I suppose we all have a few unsolved mysteries in our families, and not all of them will be resolved. Here is an article that you may be interested in reading: The Genetic Ancestry of African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans across the United States

Of course those chromosomes and genes show up in some degree when dealing with hereditary disorders that are passed down through multiple generations. This is where medical genetic testing comes into play.