Weddings: Easier to be Thin

Weddings are always an important part of life. They are glorified and everyone thinks of them as the most beautiful things in the world. Yet what some people may not realize is that the wedding industry just like the media industry is geared towards thin/skinny women.

TLC is famous for all of their wedding shows such as, Four Weddings, and their many different Say Yes to the Dress. The typical Say Yes to the Dress episode is about thin women and in a normal episode does not show plus size. As you can see in the picture off to the left the woman there is beautiful, in a equally gorgeous dress, yet she is ridiculously thin. This is also the first photo that pops up when Googled or on TLC's website for the show.

Although they do not try to hide the other side of reality, TLC makes a separate Say Yes to the Dress called Big Bliss. Yet in the picture off to the right the woman looks almost angry, as does the consultant next to her, as where in the other picture he is as happy as can be. What TLC looks like thy are trying to do is say thin is the only true beauty. There should not be such a divide in the way that the media looks at thin brides compared to plus size ones. There are differences in every person but that should not lead to a separation and negative look on the size of a waist line.