Beth Ditto Breaks Barriers And Makes It Look HAWT
Beth Ditto has managed to become a beauty and a fashion icon while refusing to accept the conventions.
Her sincere rebellion has caught the attention of the world and the likes of designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and, now, Alexander McQueen - for whom the above photos were created.
Speaking with Black Book, Beth offers some refreshing insights.
Do people tell you all the time that you’ve really opened their minds to broader definitions of beauty?
Girls in general have really nice things to say—especially big girls. It’s mostly men who aren’t as open. I think men fear me sometimes. I played in Greece last summer and, I swear, when I went into the crowd, people actually ran away from me. But things like that make me really happy. You make a decision: if you are going to participate in the music industry and put yourself out there, you have to know that it’s all full of shit.
There is a lot of power in the shock of being unashamed. A friend told me that flaunting a big girl body in a punk-rock way is kind of a libertine thrill, like a drug.
It’s kind of like a drug… it’s a performance. It’s funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day—your body—can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It’s like carrying an art piece around with you all the time.
Are you rubbing people’s noses in their own prejudices?
I don’t really care about other people’s prejudices. I don’t take things super personally, unless it’s someone I really respect. It’s really about making an art piece out of what you’ve been handed. It is about being resourceful. When all you have is an ugly sweater-vest, cut it up and make a really cool skirt out of it! When all you have are these really hateful people, cut them up and make something funny out of them.
You’ve called gay men out in the fashion world for turning women into size 0 paper dolls.
It’s not the fault of gay men. That’s a symptom of the problem… As kids, we’re not allowed to express ourselves, because we’re put in these binary boxes of what our gender is supposed to be.
Cardboard is so boring anyway!
Get, it Beth!
[Images via Black Book.]
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it's her attitude and confidence that make her fabulous! I adore her.
I thought this was Mimi from the Drew Carey Show!!! Style Icon…are you fucking kidding me?? This is nothing more than a fat, nasty circus clown. She is a complete joke!! An obese heffer!!
Beth's weight isn't healthy and I wouldn't encourage people to strive to look like her, but I would encourage people to take a page out of her book and love themselves rather than being ashamed that they aren't a size 0 waif thin skeletor. Kudos to Beth for kicking the trend and loving her body!
Kinda off topic, but personally, I think that some gay men (generally, not specifically) like women to be size 0 dolls because they look less like their mothers that way.
What gay men doesn't cringe when he pictures his mother's vagina?
So these guys design clothes that make women look like benign little boys and trees and sticks and saplings…. ANYTHING to make the gay man forget that his momma had tits and ass. He'd prefer to see us disappear altogether.
Kinda sad, when you think of it. Not all gay men fall into this category, but it's something to ponder.
first pic. looks like george costanza's mother! awful! and ugly!
There is an easy way to find out your gender look in you pants.
i seriously almost barfed. she's so disgustingly fat and the clown outfit doesn't help.
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Oh sweetie - way to be "over the top and fierce" and all that….but you REALLY need to exercise and watch what you eat to be a role model for young people. I'm not saying STARVE like some of those famous women out there - but get healthy or you're walking a fine line to your death bed.
What the hell is HAWT about that girl!?!? You are blind Perez. She is pasty ass white with orange hair and black lipstick. That is just scary looking!
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Re: Brainiac – you're a gay fish
I normally like her, but she looks hiddeous in those pictures!!!
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Who the hell took those uber fugly photos???
They look like my dead gandma took them with one of those throw away cameras……………..
Re: Brainiac – you sound more like homer than lisa, good try though
hyper-skinny models are mannequins, they make the clothes look better (so they sell better, an important point) but naked, these chicks tend to look like lindsay lohan (these days) or nicole richie (before motherhood): coke snorting, chain smoking, emaciated bags of bones
marilyn monroe or kate winslet (circa "titanic") beat kate "snorts" moss or keira "where's my tits?" knightley any day; notice how monroe and winslet both had full figures, without being fat, and they both looked spectacular
I am sorry. I am still not into this. She needs to drop a few stone.
i see her in no way as a fashion icon
It's the "Susan Boyle Effect." Fat and ugly is all the rage these days.
It's not that she's big, but she's not cute..those photos are disgusting.
LOVE the couch
I LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV THIS WOMAN!!!
She is a gr8 REAL artist.
Is this the tranny version of Mrs. Constanza from Seinfeld?
Good god in heaven, what evil is this before me?
FASHION ICON???? AHAAHAH so gross
Re: ammmber –
If that means I'm a lesbian, you're right.
It was a gay guy, actually, who originally gave me that as his theory… does it make any sense to the gay guys reading this?
Re: maxie pad –
Yah, I actually agree with most of what you said, but the thing is, SOME of us feel that the clothes DON'T look better on skinny models. Might as well use clothes-hangers, in my opinion.
But some skinny bag of bones? UGH. The clothes don't even get a glance from me.
hiya maxie pad
I mean, put Salma Hayek in an evening gown, and I might take a look at it.
P.S. Fellow Simpsons fan?
Beth Ditto is a goddess! These people with the weak comments just don't get it and I bet they're all very ordinary.
Sick! It's okay for Beth Ditto to be obese, but you will mock Oprah and others for their weight struggles? Get over yourself, Perez. You know what's actually sad? Even though Perez has lost weight, he still looks fat. You're one of those forever, fatties. Guess the outside DOES reflect the inside!
Re: Vulgar Smurf – don't talk about your mom dude it's rude!
Re: Cinner – why r u here bitch!!! fuck off tramp!
Re: Joolie40 – your mom, you hooters hooker cock sucking bitch
i love beth , not for the way she looks but her personality she's never said a mean word or tried to put others down, so I'll do it for her beth will be better than most of you spoiled stupid trash americans anyday!!!
Re: starlettxx – how dare you have that avatar hooker
Re: maxie pad – yeah tell that bitch off
she seems like a really strong woman.
Beth Ditto rocks. I'm a sz 6 and still think i'm fat. Love a person that is so secure and confortable with herself. all you haters…
oh, and Susan Boyle has the voice of an angel. You know, we all look different, get over it already.
Are you fucking kidding me? This is hot? Only from an eccentric gay dude. Coming from a straight man, this is probably one of the least hottest things I have ever seen. This is anti-sexy. She looks like a circus clown.
Re: Brainiac – natch
Re: Ultraworld – DITTO
wow, she seems to be loved here!..lol
NAS-T
I love how Perez says K-fed is a marshmallow man but Ditto Dorito is so edgy and awesome cause she weighs two tons.
What a two faced bitch Perez is.
Re: erickaenvy – heck no big people like me and my family dont want to die sore knowing we could of ate a piece of cake the night b4 lol its a joke yup i'm kind of a big girl myself SO WATCH UR FUCKING MOUTH i bet u were raised better or have retarded parents x] yup i'm laughing my off bc of u ur so stupid
This woman is so disgusting. A poster gir for fat slags the world over! I nearly threw up the other morning when I saw a billboard with her naked on a magazine cover. Is this how skinny fashion editors feel better about themselves!!! Who'd want to live in that lard dumpling of a body??? GO ON A DIET FATSO!!
She is bloody fat and fat is effing unhealthy.Still she is nicer than that common turd ass exhibitionist Gaga who should eff back to her hole wherever she came from.
Bravo! Thank you for saying those things! It reflects the truly beautiful person inside as well as out. I think the photos are all that they are meant to be. They are ART. They are TRUTH. Her truth. She puts herself out there and it's amazing. Wake up people!
If your stomach is obstructing the view of your feet, spandex/latex is not your friend!
I know my limits, Ms. Ditto should know hers….and for the love of god, keep it out my fashion magazines!
i get that shes proud she's not a size 0, but she's not healthy and her image is not going to give OBESE, yes obese, not overweight, girls the right impression. they need to work on loosing some weight, because the health problems come on fast if they dont.
SHE IS SERIOUSLY HOT. I would honestly tap that. im so gay for her. and i dont like chicks or fat people!
i'll start a blog site called parishellztown when you know fashion… until then leave fashion to us designers and stylists and stick to your ego-crazed blog site
She seemed really sweet on SNL and appreciative of the applause - AND she really sang live.
TRASHlee SImpson.
Hawt. She looks like a dead whale.
um, ok.
Are you on something?? She is disgusting!!
M A K E I T S T O P
Perez, you are such a shallow hypocrite.
WTF?!! This Chick is a mess , where in the hell is she pretty? or even stylish? the pig is a beast and should be put down. She looks like an idiot, a road side freak show. Perez you are no better yourself since Im on the subject of messes, your weight loss just accentuates your big banana head, Cubano apestoso!
Good on her that she is beaming full of confidence - I think she has an artistic outlook on life which is evident by her outfit/hair - indeed she is a different type of beauty.
wow shes's DISGUSTINGLY fat !!! who could ever love a fat person; gross !!!
wow shes's DISGUSTINGLY fat !!! who could ever love a fat person; gross !!!
Re: West Coast Bitch –
you shouldn't have to be sorry for being honest. mario can get over it
She is so fucking unattractive, not to mention unhealthy looking, Perez!! Why are you always so far up her ass?!
I EFFIN LOVE IT!
I'VE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF THE GOSSIP FOR SO LONG!
ANYONE WHO DIFFERS CAN KICK ROCKS AND SUCK MANGOS!
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Wtf? To think that this has actually be photoshopped.. hate to think what the original photos look like…
ew, she's more than ugly.
I came back a second time , to give it another chance..but ..I cannot for the life of me find any logical explanation for this human life force. I undertstand that Perez has a "Pato" crush on this Chalupa loving singer , but if he is going to use his gay to straight points he should save it for like Richard Simmons or something..this Woman who ever she might be is a walking disaster..an unhealthy depiction of a plus size person.
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HER FIERCENESS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE!!!
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KISSES BETH DARLING!!!
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Not Cute
why are you celebrating her for being fat, but making fun of k-fed in the post below?
ewwwwwww fuck that, it looks like you in drag nasty, nasty, nasty!
Truly hideous!
If it's so hot, why did you have to lose weight on your Coke diet, Mario?