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  • Cheryl Tiegs Apologizes For Fat-Shaming Model Ashley Graham

    Cheryl Tiegs has penned an open letter in which she apologizes for insensitive comments she made about Ashley Graham’s cover for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

    Ashley Graham, of course, is the first plus-size model to ever grace the cover and last year was the first to appear in the magazine.

    When asked about her feelings on the unprecedented cover, Cheryl Tiegs said, “I don’t like that we’re talking about full-figured women because it’s glamorizing them, and your waist should be smaller than 35 [inches].”

    That statement caused a firestorm to which Ashley Graham responded with a sort of “whatever” and brushed it right off.

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    Now, Cheryl Tiegs is trying to pedal herself out of the situation.

    Cheryl Tiegs said in her letter that the question she was actually asked “was a generic question, and I said that I did not love it. My answer was based on health concerns because of our nation’s increasing problems with weight linked to diabetes, heart issues and cancer. At no time was I thinking of a specific person.”

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    She continued, “What has ensued is yet another ‘manufactured media feud’ that is needed to feed websites and empty air time. I was not equating beauty to weight or size, but unfortunately that is what the media reported in headlines. I was trying to express my concern over media images and the lack of education in America about healthy choices, thus the reference to the 35-inch waist as a guideline to health.”

    She went on to defend that statement, saying, “I did hear that on Dr. Oz, but it’s also stated on websites such as The Center For Disease Control, Harvard University and The American Diabetes Association.”

    Then came a surprising admission: “And by the way, my waist is 37 inches.”

    Wow. Really, Cheryl Tiegs?

    What do you think about Cheryl Tiegs’ apology?

  • Ashley Graham: Oscars Dress Reveals Ample Cleavage–What Does Cheryl Tiegs Think?

    Ashley Graham likely raised the ire of Cheryl Tiegs on Sunday when she bared lots at the Academy Awards on Sunday. The plus-sized model (and Ashley Graham hates that term) came under fire by Tiegs in recent days when she said Sports Illustrated shouldn’t feature larger women in their swimsuit edition because she feels it isn’t healthy.

    The form-fitting red Bao Tranchi gown featured “a slightly gathered neckline and a large diamond cutout over her chest broken up by strappy cut-outs across her breasts,” People magazine reports.

    In other words–Ashley Graham was hot.

    The designer that created the sexy number is the same one who designed the dazzling white gown Gigi Hadid wore at the American Music Awards.

    It will be interesting in the coming days to learn if Cheryl Tiegs disses Ashley Graham’s Oscars gown.

    Tiegs can say whatever she wants about her outdated opinion of a healthy waistline, but there’s no denying Ashley Graham looked “maaaahhhvelous” at the Oscars on Sunday.

  • Plus-Size Fashion Model: Cheryl Tiegs Says Ashley Graham’s SI Cover Sends Unhealthy Message

    Plus-size fashion model Ashley Graham famously turned the tides this year when she recently graced the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue.

    Ashley Graham is only one of the plus-size fashion models who are bringing about change in the fashion industry and generally how physical beauty is perceived.

    However, former model Cheryl Tiegs, who has done a few Sports Illustrated covers herself in the past, says she doesn’t like the message putting a plus-size fashion model on the cover sends.

    When asked about the cover, Tiegs said, “I don’t like that we’re talking about full-figured women, because it’s glamorizing them, because your waist should be smaller than 35 inches.”

    She added, “That’s what Dr. Oz said, and I’m sticking to it.”

    Ashley Graham is proud of what she has done and how people have rallied behind her.

    In fact, after it was announced that she would grace the cover, Graham posted a pic to Instagram thanking everyone for their support.

    While Ashley Graham may have drawn criticism from Cheryl Tiegs, it likely didn’t get under her skin.

    She said recently, “I had agents tell me, ‘You’ll never get on the cover of magazines. You’ll never be an editorial model. I had agents wave money in my face and say, ‘If you drop some pounds, you can have a lot more of this!’ And not even THAT was something that encouraged me to lose weight!”

    She continued, “The moment I realized I had to be healthy and happy in who I was, that’s when my career took off.”

    By the way, Ashley Graham has a 30″ waist, according to her IMG page, so there’s that.

    What do you think about Cheryl Tiegs’ comments about the fabulous plus-size fashion model Ashley Graham?

  • Cheryl Tiegs: Did Former Supermodel Diss Ashley Graham?

    Cheryl Tiegs has spoken out against Sports Illustrated featuring fuller-figured women in its swimsuit edition. Model Ashley Graham is featured on one of its three covers.

    During a recent interview with E! News, Cheryl Tiegs–a former supermodel–pretty much dissed Graham and others like her.

    “I don’t like that we’re talking about full-figured women because it’s glamorizing them because your waist should be smaller than 35 [inches],” Tiegs, who has modeled for Sports Illustrated numerous times, said. “That’s what Dr. Oz said, and I’m sticking to it. No, I don’t think it’s healthy. Her face is beautiful. Beautiful. But I don’t think it’s healthy in the long run.”

    Ashley Graham hasn’t yet responded to Cheryl Tiegs’ outspoken opinion. She has spoken out, however, about not liking the term “plus-sized model.”

    “I like to call it, like, curvasexalicious,” she told Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday, creating a much better term instead.. “Sizing has gotten frightening. There’s a double 0 now. It’s a little scary on both spectrums of weight. I’m not a promoter of anorexia. I’m not a promoter of obesity. I think we have to promote women to be healthy at every size as long as they’re getting off the couch and moving their body.”

    What’s your take on what Cheryl Tiegs had to say about Ashley Graham and her spread–as well as her cover–in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition?

    Does the 68-year-old not realize people like Graham are likely healthier than the models who starve themselves to stay thin?

    Cheryl Tiegs enjoyed her heyday as a supermodel in the 1970s.

  • Jodie Foster Finally Sells Hollywood Home

    Jodie Foster Finally Sells Hollywood Home

    Jodie Foster first listed her Hollywood home back in June of 2013–for $6.399 million. In September of 2013 she dropped the price to $5.995 million. She still didn’t find a buyer for the 6,000-square-foot Spanish-style home. In the spring of 2014, Foster once again listed the house–with a new agency–for $5.75 million. She finally sold it for what the Wall Street Journal reports as about $5 million.

    Once Jodie Foster’s primary residence, the home was a lot like the very private actress. It featured a surround of lush hedges and an entrance in the back. It has a wall just off the dining room that opens to a beautiful outdoor–very secluded–courtyard. With five bedrooms and six bathrooms, Foster had plenty of room for friends and family to visit, but because of the rather secluded image she portrayed to her public, what took place when the actress lived there is relatively unknown.

    The home was built in 1935, and was previously owned by actress and fashion model Cheryl Tiegs. The identity of the home’s newest owners hasn’t yet been released.

    Conrad Hitchcock of Hilton & Hyland represented the buyers. He didn’t identify the buyers, but noted they loved the home’s “Spanish charm.” He also added that the home requires “very little work.”

    “Jodie has taken immaculate care of it,” he said.

    Forbes reports that Jodie Foster owns a Hollywood mansion that she purchased in 2012 for $11,750,000. It is noted that she wasn’t living in the Spanish-style home at the time of its sale.

    Jodie Foster has long led a fairly reclusive private life. She will long be remembered for outing herself during an emotional speech as she accepted a lifetime achievement award at the 2013 Golden Globes. She married Alexandra Hedison in April of this year.

    Hopefully Jodie Foster and her wife are enjoying the privacy wherever they may be living now that she once enjoyed in her Spanish-style home–not to mention the $5 million she just reeled in from the sale.