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Demi Lovato

**Demi Lovato** (born 20 August 1992) is an American actress and singer. Lovato began her career acting on the children's show Barney and Friends. She gained further fame with the Disney projects Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2, as well the series Sonny With a Chance. Since then, Lovato has focused more on her musical career, recording eight albums; Lovato's progression and eventual break from Disney and her teen image can be traced through her work, as her most recent album Revamped is a remix album of rock versions of her pop songs.

Lovato is an outspoken reformist. She has stated her weight was often a point of conflict with Disney management and, later, with her management team at the start of her music career: "I felt like the line just kept getting moved- they'd say 'oh, you're doing great, but you know, our stars are usually a bit heavier by this point in their careers, so if you could just gain a little more...' People say that there are unspoken industry standards linking weight and level of fame, but in my case at least, I feel like it very much was spoken, and pretty frequently at that. So I really just got sick of it, and once I reached 500, I decided to put my foot down and cut out anyone who would continue to nag me to go further. And you know what, it worked out! I'm glad to see more and more women in show business going down the reformist route- I'm vocal about sharing my story because I think that trend indicates that a lot of women do want to find a weight at which they're comfortable rather than sticking to the traditional 'as big as possible' standard, and if I can provide just one more example of being successful while not being absolutely the largest, maybe that'll inspire a couple more women to be their true selves."
Molly Shannon

**Molly Shannon** (born 16 September 1964) is an American actor. Shannon is best known for her time on Saturday Night Live, where she performed from 1996-2001. Shannon famously created the character of Mary Katherine Gallagher there, and later performed the character in the film Superstar!. Beyond SNL, she has starred in films like Never Been Kissed, the Wet Hot American Summer series, Evan Almighty, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and has done voice work in Osmosis Jones and the Hotel Transylvania series. Shannon also did TV shows like Pushing Daisies and Enlightened. In 2022, Shannon released her memoir Hello Molly!
Beth Broderick

**Beth Broderick** (born 24 February 1959) is an American actress. Broderick's first major role was in the film Stealing Home, with further appearances in Bonfire of the Vanities, Man of the Year, and Fools Rush In. Her TV credits include Married with Children, Supernatural, and her most well known role: Zelda Spellman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Like most of the Sabrina alums, Broderick is a traditionalist, and credits the show with a significant portion of her weight gain. "It was a great show, but the catering especially was to die for! I couldn't keep up with Melissa and Caroline, but I left the show about 200 lbs larger than when I started!"
Keira Knightley

## Kiera Knightley

**Keira Knightley** (born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. Born to acting parents, Knightley worked in commercials and TV until landing a minor role in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Her breakthrough role in the sports film Bend It Like Beckham came shortly after. She has since gained further fame with her role in the Pirates of the Caribbean series and for various period pieces such as Atonement, as well as her Oscar nominated role in Pride and Prejudice.

Knightley initially was a strong traditionalist, becoming the “heaviest mobile woman” twice and maxing out at 738 lbs. However, Knightley eventually revealed that her rapid rise to stardom had left her with PTSD, which caused her to take a break from acting for a few years and to drop to the low 700s. Since her return, she has focused on smaller roles and no longer pressures herself to gain. Knightley stated, "I'm not losing weight, but I don't want to put that kind of pressure on myself again. I'm happy to gain, but at my own pace."
Quinta Brunson

**Quinta Brunson** (born 12 December 1989) is an American actress and writer. She is most notable for creating and starring in the hit show Abbott Elementary. She has also acted in Miracle Workers and iZombie. Brunson is the first African-American woman to be nominated for three comedy Emmys in one year.

Brunson subscribes to the reformist ideology, though she has noted this in large part due to medical reasons. Due to her short stature, Brunson carries her weight very visibly and is at risk of immobility at a lower weight than most women. As she stated in a 2022 interview, "I'm 450 lbs, and I look twice as big! In some ways that's a blessing, but from a sheer numbers standpoint, I've had multiple doctors advise me that if I tried to push for the 500s or 600s, my frame couldn't support me even if I was on a strict HBOL regimen. So I personally can't risk it, but I respect other people's choices, whatever their reasoning."
Kelly Clarkson

**Kelly Brianne** (born 24 April 1982), known professionally as **Kelly Clarkson**, is an American singer. Her career began with her win in the first American Idol singing competition. Her debut album Thankful saw success off the back of songs such as 'A Moment Like This' and 'Miss Independent', though her breakthrough came with her next album (Breakaway) which included the hits 'Since U Been Gone,' 'Because of You,' 'Behind These Hazel Eyes,' and 'Walk Away.' She has continued her musical success with a total of 10 studio albums to date.
History of BBWorld Part XIII

It is difficult to describe any definitive trends of the last ten years given that recency is a blinding force to hindsight, but there are some items which should be noted due to their relevance to the ongoing evolution of the feminine beauty ideal. First, given that 2019 saw the first 800-lb claimant to the HMW title (Zendaya), it is safe to conclude that the traditional beauty ideal will remain ingrained in the global zeitgeist for years to come. In contrast, though, recent studies indicate that the weight of the average American female celebrity peaked in the mid-1990s and has displayed a slow downward trend since then. This affirms that the reformed beauty ideal has indeed taken a strong hold in popular culture, though it remains to be seen whether this downward trend will continue until eventually stabilizing (once an equilibrium distribution of “personal ideal” sizes are achieved) or whether it will be disrupted by new attitudes toward feminine beauty in the meantime.

Additionally, it is clear that social media, for better or for worse, will play a large role in the future development of the feminine beauty ideal. Studies on the mental health of young women who frequently use social media have presented mixed results. On the one hand, those who are continually exposed to content promoting “perfect womanhood” and the ways to achieve it report feelings of despair and hopelessness due to the difficulty or infeasibility of attaining the massive sizes this content shows as “ideal.” On the other hand, those who are instead exposed to content promoting “self-glorification” and how to foster acceptance of oneself report greater confidence and contentedness; as such, this indicates that the reformed beauty ideal is more sustainable from a mental health perspective, though it again remains to be seen whether this is enough of a driving force to push further societal adoption of this newer beauty standard or whether further unforeseen developments will be required.

Finally, the 2020 United States census presented a continuation of the trends of the past decades; male and female life expectancy increased once more to 79, and the average woman stood 5’5” and weighed 242 lbs. This presents some interesting possibilities- if the average female celebrity’s weight continues to trend down over the years as the average woman’s weight continues to trend up, will there eventually be a point at which the two cross over? Will both groups eventually settle into the same weight distribution, thus resulting in a sort of “true equality” between the common and the elite never before seen in the area of feminine beauty? Regardless of how all these previously-presented trends progress, it is safe to say that the feminine beauty ideal will continue to evolve and inspire further study for many years to come.
Elizabeth Banks

**Elizabeth Irene Mitchell** (born 10 Feburary 1974), better known by her stage name **Elizabeth Banks**, is an American actress. Banks began acting with a role in the independent film Surrender Dorothy and has since had an extensive career including films such as Slither, Love and Mercy, The Hunger Games films, Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, and What to Expect When You're Expecting. Banks has also worked in voice acting with The Lego Movie and its sequel, and has directed films like Pitch Perfect 2 and Cocaine Bear. She additionally had a stint hosting the game show Press Your Luck.
Eva Longoria

**Eva Longoria** (born 15 March 1975) is an American actor. Longoria's breakout occurred on The Young and The Restless, where she spent two years in a starring role; this helped launch her into her most well-known role on Desperate Housewives, which ran for eight seasons. Since then, Longoria has starred in films like Over Her Dead Body and Lowriders, while remaining in TV by acting in the sitcom Telenova and producing Devious Maids. Longoria has also made her directorial debut with Flamin' Hot.
Ronda Rousey

Rousey in 2015 at 274 lbs

**Ronda Jean Rousey** (born 1 February 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, and former judoka and mixed martial artist. She is known for her time in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and WWE.

Rousey began her mixed martial arts (MMA) career with King of the Cage in 2011. She soon joined Strikeforce, becoming their last Women's Bantamweight Champion until its acquisition by UFC. Rousey was part of the company's first-ever female fight at UFC 157, was their inaugural Women's Bantamweight Champion, and held the record for most UFC title defenses (6) by a female, until being surpassed by Valentina Shevchenko in 2022. Rousey retired from MMA in 2016 and was the first female fighter inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2018.

Rousey began a career in professional wrestling in 2018, signing with WWE, and debuted at WrestleMania 34. She won the Raw Women's Lightweight Championship at that year's SummerSlam and headlined WWE's only all-women's pay-per-view Evolution, in which she defended the title. Rousey lost the title in the first-ever women's WrestleMania main event at WrestleMania 35. Rousey returned at the 2022 Royal Rumble, winning the women's Royal Rumble match. That year, she would win the SmackDown Women's Lightweight Championship twice, making her an overall three-time women's world champion in WWE. She became the eighth Women's Triple Crown Champion when she won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with Shayna Baszler. Rousey and Baszler also unified the WWE and NXT Women's Tag Team Championships.
Jodie Benson

## Jodi Benson

**Jodie Benson** (born 10 October 1961) is an American actress, singer, and voice actress. Benson began working on Broadway in the musicals Smile and Marilyn: An American Fable. She is most famous as the voice of Ariel, the titular heroine of Disney's animated The Little Mermaid. Benson has voiced all iterations of the character in film, TV, and video games. Benson has also voiced characters in the film Flubber and the TV series Pirates of Dark Water. She appeared onscreen in Disney's Enchanted.

Benson began as a traditionalist, but as her career has largely revolved around her voice, she eventually moved to more reformist ideals. She has stated that she has no interest in being the heaviest mobile woman, but is happy to continue to act, sing, and maintain her weight on her own terms.
Alyssa Milano

**Alyssa Milano** (born 19 December 1972) is an American actor. She is best known for her work on such TV shows as Who's The Boss, Melrose Place, My Name is Earl, and Charmed.

Milano is a traditionalist, and as a result found herself in an intense rivalry with Charmed co-star Shannen Doherty during her time on the show: "I took a lot of pride in my size, and I guess that unnerved Shannen." The two often used weigh-ins during filming to settle their arguments, but as a result of the behind-the-scenes disruptions, Doherty was replaced in the fourth season by Rose McGowan. "Rose and I got along much more like sisters. She knew a lot about best practices with regard to gaining and was happy to help other people, which was a breath of fresh air after those first few seasons."
Chloe Fineman

**Chloe Fineman** (born 20 July 1988) is an American actor. Fineman is best known for her work on Saturday Night Live, where her tenure began in 2019. She is also known on social media for her front-facing camera impressions of celebrities. Outside of SNL, Fineman has had roles in Jane the Virgin, Grown-ish, and Twisted Metal.
Katy Perry

Perry in 2010 at 363 lbs, in an outfit from the “California Gurls” music video

**Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson** (born 25 October 1984), known professionally as **Katy Perry**, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. She is known for her influence on modern pop music and her camp style, being dubbed the "Queen of Camp" by Vogue and Rolling Stone.

Perry is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 143 million records worldwide. She has the most U.S. diamond certified singles for any female artist (4). All of her studio albums released under Capitol have individually surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. She has nine U.S. number one singles, three U.S. number one albums and has received various accolades, including a Billboard Spotlight Award (currently the only female artist to have one), four Guinness World Records, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award. Perry has been included in the annual Forbes lists of highest-earning women in music from 2011 to 2019.
Christina Aguilera

**Christina Aguilera** (born 18 December 1980) is an American singer. Aguilera is famous for her four-octave vocal range, and use of melisma (moving a single syllable through multiple notes in succession). She began her career as a teen idol, with hits such as 'Genie in a Bottle', 'I Turn To You', and 'What A Girl Wants.' However, Aguilera was unhappy with her lack of control and subsequently moved through different approaches on following albums. She scored several hits such as 'Beautiful', 'Dirrty', 'Ain't No Other Man,' and 'Not Myself Tonight.'

Aguilera is a traditionalist and sees her weight as a status symbol. She has often been seen as a rival to fellow pop singer Britney Spears and has overtaken Spears to become the “heaviest mobile woman” on one occasion. Aguilera took the title on two other occasions, with her highest titleholding weight being 740 lbs; she has continued to perform and gain since.
Kate McKinnon

**Kate McKinnon** (born 6 January 1984) is an American actress. McKinnon is most famous for her decade-long tenure on Saturday Night Live, during which she created multiple well-known characters and performed dozens of celebrity impressions. After leaving SNL, McKinnon starred in various films and TV shows, including Yesterday, Ghostbusters (2016), Office Christmas Party, Barbie, and the miniseries Joe Vs. Carole.
Bonnie Hunt

**Bonnie Hunt** (born September 22, 1961) is an American actress. She has starred in films like Rain Man, Jerry Maguire, The Green Mile, Jumanji, and the Beethoven and Cheaper By The Dozen franchises. Hunt has also worked on TV, hosting her own talk show and having three sitcoms based around her, and done voice work for Disney.
Ariel Winter

**Ariel Winter** (born 28 January 1998) is an American actress. Winter is best known for her role as Alex on the TV show Modern Family, which ran from 2009 to 2020. She began her career with small roles in shows like Monk and ER. Winter has also developed an extensive resume in animation, doing voice work for the TV shows Phineas and Ferb, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Sofia the First, and the animated film Mr. Peabody and Sherman.

Like most of the Modern Family cast, Winter is a traditionalist. During the show's run, significant focus was placed on her size, especially at a comparatively short height of 5'1"; however, Winter revealed in interviews that she maintains her mobility through a strict regimen of exercise and pharmaceutical augmentation.
Liv Morgan

Morgan in 2022 at 252 lbs

**Gionna Daddio** (born 8 June 1994) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name **Liv Morgan**. She is a former one-time SmackDown Women's Champion and a former two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Raquel Rodriguez.

In 2014, Daddio signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to the WWE Performance Center, later appearing in developmental brand NXT under the Liv Morgan name. She was promoted to the main roster in 2017 and was paired with Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan to form the stable The Riott Squad. After the stable disbanded in 2019, she became a singles competitor. After a few months of her singles run, she reunited with the returning Riott. They performed together until Riott's release in 2021. In 2022, Daddio won the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match and cashed in the same night, defeating Ronda Rousey to win the SmackDown Women's Lightweight Championship, the first title in her wrestling career. In 2023, she formed a team with Raquel Rodriguez and they have since won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship a record-tying two times as a team; the pair has generated publicity due to their drastic size contrast (with Rodriguez being the only active female WWE wrestler above 500 lbs, versus Morgan's sub-300-lb weight) and has inspired further team-ups between lightweight- and heavyweight-division wrestlers.

Daddio is known for having a cheerful personality while also having a dark side, which has helped her become one of the biggest stars in professional wrestling today. As her popularity increased, Daddio became a more vocal supporter of the reformist movement. When asked about her size in one interview, she replied, “To be honest, it’s not my biggest worry at the moment. I mean, I already got this big ol' booty right here. My fans love me the way I am. How fat do I need to get? I wanna still be able to put on a great match, ya know?”
Rhea Ripley

**Demi Bennett** (born 11 October 1996) is an Australian professional wrestler performing under the name **Rhea Ripley**. Ripley wrestled on the independent scene for multiple years before being tapped for WWE's Mae Young Classic tournament. After her performance, she joined the company's NXT UK brand, where she was the first Women's Champion. She would eventually move to the main NXT Brand (also winning their Women's Championship) and having her first Wrestlemania match with Charlotte Flair.

Ripley was eventually drafted to the main roster where she won the RAW and Smackdown Women's Championships as well as the Women's Tag Titles with Nikki Cross. Ripley would go on to join the Judgement Day stable, win the 2023 Women's Royal Rumble, and become the first Women's World Champion.

Ripley considers herself a traditionalist, an attitude rare among athletes, as her workout style focuses on maximizing both muscle and fat in order to enforce a size advantage while maintaining mobility; as a result, though she is relatively less agile than other wrestlers, as one of the largest in the WWE heavyweight division she has leveraged her greater strength to physically dominate her opponents.
Jane Fonda

**Jane Fonda** (born 21 December 1937) Is an American actor. Fonda is the daughter of actor Henry Fonda and began her career on Broadway, where she won a Tony for There Was a Little Girl. Fonda would transition to film with Tail Story and would make films like Barbella, Period of Adjustment, and Sunday in New York, as well as 9 to 5. She would be nominated for an Oscar in 1969 and would win two in the 1970s. She would also win an Emmy for the TV film The Dollmaker and, after a hiatus, resumed acting in the 2000s with Monster In Law and the TV series Grace and Frankie.

Fonda is a traditionalist and was at one point the heaviest mobile woman at 639 lbs. However, Fonda also preached "exercise to maintain size" and released a series of workout tapes designed for women of higher weights. While she would never regain the title in her later years, Fonda stated that she was pleased that so many women were able to live healthier lives because of her efforts.
Lita

**Amy Dumas** (born 14 April 1975) is an American professional wrestler working under the name **Lita**. Lita's career began with stints in Mexico and ECW before signing with the WWE in 1999. Dumas was initially paired with Esse Rios but broke away to join the Hardy Boyz, where she achieved her greatest success. Lita would become renowned for her high flying wrestling style and would win the WWE Women's Championship four times. She also had the first Women's Title match on the main even of Monday Night Raw in the Attitude Era. Lita would turn heel and partner with Edge for months prior to retirement.

She has since returned to WWE periodically and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014. Most recently, she entered into a storyline with Becky Lynch, first as opponents, then winning the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles together.
Rachel Dratch

**Rachel Dratch** (born 22 February 1966) is an American actor. She is best known for her time on Saturday Night Live from 1999-2006. Dratch became famous for her 'Debbie Downer' character and has returned to SNL as a guest performer to play Senator Amy Klobuchar. Dratch has also worked on The King of Queens, Monk, and films like Sisters. She has also worked on Broadway.

Though multiple former SNL castmembers reported weight gain during their time on the show due to the stressful environment, Dratch ironically gained more weight after leaving the show, though she has not commented on the reason for this.
Amy Adams

**Amy Adams** (born 30 August 1974) is an American actress. Adams began in diner theatre and continued working various roles until starring in Catch Me If You Can. Despite a year of unemployment afterwards, Adams rebounded with her breakthrough role in Junebug. Since then she has starred in a variety of films including Disney's Enchanted; the dramas Vice, The Fighter, and Big Eyes; and the sci-fi film Arrival. Adams also played Lois Lane in the DCEU series of films.

Adams considers herself a traditionalist, but admits she is a slow gainer. She attributes this to "genetics and [her] focus on [her] work."
Jodie Whitaker

## Jodie Whittaker

**Jodie Whittaker** (born 17 June 1982) is a British actress. Whittaker is best known for her role as the 13th Doctor in the long running sci-fi TV show Doctor Who. She has also starred in shows like Broadchurch, Black Mirror, and Time, as well as the film Attack the Block.

Whittaker's performance as the 13th Doctor saw some criticism, likely compounded by her status as a traditionalist; a commonly reported complaint was the discrepancy in size between her and previous (male) Doctors. Though some of this criticism was dismissed as chauvinist backlash to the first female Doctor, further debate was sparked on the merits of "conservation of mass" when recasting TV characters, with some opinion pieces using this as an argument for why the role should have gone to a reformist whose size would have more closely approximated that of the previous male stars to take the role.
Gates McFadden

**Cheryl Gates McFadden** (born 2 March 1949) is an American actress and choreographer. McFadden is most famous for her role as Beverly Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its films and spin-offs. McFadden has also choreographed various projects for Jim Henson Studios, including Labyrinth and Dreamchild. She distinguishes her work by using the name Gates for acting and Cheryl for choreography.

McFadden briefly left Star Trek: TNG after season 2 due to her concerns about how the work had slowed her weight gain. She was persuaded to return midway through the 3rd season, and like co-star Marina Sirtis, would return to more active gaining after the show ended.
Rita Moreno

**Rita Moreno** ( born **Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano**, 11 December 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress and singer. Moreno began her career with bit parts in classic musicals like Singing in the Rain and The King and I before landing the role of Anita in West Side Story. Moreno would win an Oscar for the role, making her the first Latin-American woman to do so. Moreno has also done acclaimed television work with such shows as The Electric Company, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Jane the Virgin, and the 2017 relaunch of One Day At A Time. She is an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner and has received the Triple Crown of Acting (lead actress award in Academy, Emmy, and Tony Awards).

Like many at the start of her career, Moreno was a traditionalist. At the time of her Oscar win, she weighed over 500 lbs. However, Moreno found the weight did not necessarily lead to better roles. She stated in recent years, "After I won the Oscar, I thought I'd get less stereotypical roles. But that didn't happen. And I was trying so hard to act and gain, but I just thought, 'what's the point?' So I took a seven year break from Hollywood; I didn't lose weight, but I didn't try to gain ever again. I didn't want to be held to anything but my talent."

Currently, Moreno is still working in Hollywood, and has been at 550 lbs for years.
Marina Sirtis

**Marina Sirtis** (born 29 March 1955) is a British actress. Sirtis is most famous for her role as Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation; she starred in seven seasons, four movies, and a variety of Trek properties. She is also known for her voice work in Gargoyles. Outside of these roles, Sirtis starred in films like Waxwork II and Spectres as well as TV shows like Stargate.

Sirtis is a traditionalist, though her weight was largely stagnant during her 'Trek' years. However, both she and co-star Gates McFadden found gaining much easier after the show ended: "[The show] was a lot of fun, but there was always so much work and pressure to maintain the legacy we had. I think once that was all over and we got closure, [gaining] became another way for me to connect with Gates, given that we were moving on to our own projects at that point. Neither of us really do it for the work anymore, but it's fun to get together every so often to see how much we've each grown!"
Jill Biden

**Jill Biden** (born 3 June 1951) is an American educator and the 46th First Lady of the United States. Biden attended the University of Delaware for her bachelors and doctorate; she is currently a professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College. She married future president Joe Biden in 1977 and is one of the few women to be both Second and First Lady.

Biden identifies as a traditionalist. However, in conjunction with Michelle Obama's efforts, she has promoted programs to support women's health: "While I believe weight can be an empowering symbol, it is never more important then someone's wellbeing. It is important that women have not only the freedom to gain, but also the ability to do so without causing themselves harm- physically, emotionally, or otherwise."
Asuka

**Kanako Urai** (born 26 September 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler performing under the name **Asuka**. Asuka spent much of her career in Japan's AtoZ promotion until her retirement in 2006. Asuka would return to the ring for various promotions like NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling and Smash. She would sign with WWE in 2015 as the first female Japanese wrestler in the organization in decades. Asuka began on the NXT brand, during which time she held a 914-day undefeated streak (with 510 days spent as NXT Women's Heavyweight Champion). During this time, she was drafted to RAW, where her streak was finally ended at Wrestlemania during a heavyweight bout against Charlotte Flair.

Though her streak had ended, Asuka continued to build her legacy, winning the RAW and Smackdown titles multiple times; she also won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships with three different partners. Asuka is also a Women's Triple Crown Winner (holding the NXT, Smackdown, and RAW Women's Titles) and a Grand Slam Champion (winning the aforementioned titles, the Women's Tag Titles, and the Women's Royal Rumble).
Elizabeth of Russia

Portrait of Elizabeth of Russia by Vigilius Eriksen, 1753

**Elizabeth** or **Elizaveta Petrovna** (29 December 1709 – 5 January 1762) was the Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular Russian monarchs because of her decision not to execute a single person during her reign, her numerous construction projects, and her strong opposition to Prussian policies.
Brenda Song

**Brenda Song** (born 27 March 1988) is an American actor. She is best known for her work as a child actress, including shows on NIckelodeon (100 Deeds for Eddie McDowell) and Disney (Fudge), and also did voice work for the series Amphibia. Song would eventually transition to adult roles with the films The Social Network and Angry Angel, as well as the sitcoms New Girl and Dads.
Sadie Sink

**Sadie Sink** (born 16 April 2002) is an American actress. Sink began acting in the theatre, eventually landing roles in Annie and The Audience. Sink is most famous for her role in Stranger Things and has also starred in the Fear Street films and The Whale, all of which gained her critical acclaim.

As the popularity of Stranger Things grew, the media speculated that Sink and co-star Millie Bobbie Brown had developed a rivalry with regard to who could put on weight more quickly. Neither commented on the matter for some time, but eventually Sink revealed in late 2021 that while they did have a rivalry, it was "a friendly one," with both women motivating each other to gain via "only a semi-serious competition."
Amanitore

Forensic facial reconstruction of Amanitore

**Amanitore** (c. 25 BC – c. 40 AD) was a Kandake (or queen regnant) of the ancient Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë, which is also referred to as Nubia in many ancient sources.

She was notable for being one of the last great Kush builders; the quantity of construction that was completed during her reign indicates that this was the most prosperous time in Meroitic history.
Cheri Oteri

**Cheri Oteri** (born 19 September 1965) is an American actor. Oteri is best known for her time on Saturday Night Live, where she performed from 1995-2000 and become an accomplished impressionist. She has also starred in films like Scary Movie, Inspector Gadget, and Liar Liar and does voice work for the animated series Sit Down, Shut Up.
Eartha Kitt

**Eartha Kitt** (17 January 1927 – 25 December 2008) was an American singer and actor. Kitt began her career on Broadway in Carib Song in 1945. She would have six 'top thirty' entries on the US charts in the 1950s, including "I Want to Be Evil" and "Uska Dara". Kitt would also have UK Top Ten hits like "Under the Bridges of Paris". Her most famous songs include "C'est Si Bon" and the original Christmas song "Santa, Baby". As an actress, Kitt is remembered for her time as the second Catwoman on the 1960s Batman series and her voice role in the Emperor's New Groove franchise for Disney. Kitt was at one point the "heaviest mobile woman," weighing in at 586 lbs in 1966.

Her career path would change during a White House luncheon where she criticized the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson to First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. Kitt's US career suffered as a result, and she instead performed in Europe and Asia for much of the next decade. It is also believed that the incident created a feud between Kitt and Johnson (who was much smaller than Kitt at the time). Over that decade, both women would gain almost in opposition to each other, though their feud was never stated openly (and only hinted at by their contemporaries years later). By the end of her career, Kitt had exceeded 640 lbs.
Angela Kinsey

**Angela Kinsey** (born 25 June 1971) is an American actor. Kinsey is most famous for her role in The Office, on which she appeared for the entirety of its run. She has also starred in the sitcoms Your Family Or Mine and Haters Back Off, as well as the film Tall Girl and its sequel.

Kinsey has been one of the more vocal actors to comment on the controversy arising from Mindy Kaling's attempts to spread reformism while seemingly not following the philosophy herself: "Mindy was on [The Office] from the beginning, and at first, she was pretty quiet about it, since we were all just trying to get the show off the ground. But as we got more successful, she definitely started promoting the idea more often- I heard the spiel a fair few times, given that I was heavier then her at the time. Eventually, I had to tell her I wasn't interested in hearing about it anymore, and to be fair, she backed off. Of course, then she started to put on more weight herself, though she said she was just 'finding her ideal size.' I didn't want to bring it up again, but I know that people like Catherine [Tate] didn't have a good experience with her because of that. I don't care what your philosophy is- I've been friends with Jenna [Fischer] since the show ended, for example- but I don't know, it just seems like there's something shady about what Mindy was doing."
History of BBWorld

(adapted from *Weight as Worth: A Historical Perspective on the Feminine Beauty Ideal* by Dr. Hesta W. Uzoma)

Part I: Beauty at the Start of History

Part II: Class and Beauty- A Persistent Pairing

Part III: Weight as Worth (to the State)

Part IV: Weight as Worth (to the Empire)

Part V: Class and Beauty- Beginning of the End

Part VI: Class and Beauty- A Messy Separation

Part VII: The Advent of Augmentation

Part VIII: The American Crucible of Innovation

Part IX: The Augmentation Revolution

Part X: Weight as Worth (At a Cost)

Part XI: Weight as Worth (But to Who?)

Part XII: The New Beauty

Part XIII: Onward and Upward?
Elizabeth Mitchell

**Elizabeth Mitchell** (born 27 March 1970) is an American actor. Mitchell began her career on the stage before finding film roles in Gia and Frequency. She has also worked on the TV series Lost, ER, and House MD. She is best known for her roles as the Snow Queen on Once Upon A Time and Mrs. Clause in the Santa Clause franchise.

It is believed that being in both the Santa Clause films and being exposed to OUAT's infamous 'weight-gain spell' (a phenomenon where many of OUAT's female stars and guests put on significant weight during their time on the show) caused Mitchell's weight to skyrocket; she is one of the show's largest alumni.
Kaley Cuoco

**Kaley Cuoco** (born 30 November 1985) is an American actor. She is best known for her appearances on TV, including 8 Simple Rules, Charmed, The Flight Attendant, and the Big Bang Theory. Her film work includes To Be Fat Like Me, and The Hollow, as well as voice work on Harley Quinn.

Cuoco joined Charmed for its final season and as such did not experience the turmoil of the early years. She has stated that her costars were "nothing but professional and warm" to her.
Alexa Bliss

Bliss in 2022 at 335 lbs, as part of a promotional photoshoot for WWE 2K22

**Alexis Cabrera** (née **Kaufman**; born 9 August 1991) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name **Alexa Bliss**.

In 2013, Bliss signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to their developmental brand NXT. She made her main roster debut on the SmackDown brand in 2016, later becoming a two-time SmackDown Women's Middleweight Champion and the first woman to hold the title twice. Bliss then transferred to the Raw brand in 2017, where she went on to become a three-time Raw Women's Middleweight Champion, with her initial reign making her the first woman to win both the Raw and SmackDown Women's titles. She and Nikki Cross are the first two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, making Bliss the second Women's Triple Crown Champion. In 2018, she won both the second women's Money in the Bank ladder match and first women's Elimination Chamber match.

Bliss was a main cast member on the reality television series Total Divas and appeared as a contestant on the ninth season of the competition series The Masked Singer. As of May 2023, she is on maternity leave from WWE; in the interim, analysts have been speculating whether she will return at her pre-pregnancy weight or use the opportunity to bulk up into the upper echelon of the middleweight division (or even move up a class to heavyweight).
Barbara Hershey

**Barbara Lynn Herzstein** (born 5 February 1948) is an American actor working under the name **Barbara Hershey**. Hershey began her career with the TV show Gidget and often starred in Westerns and comedies. She would eventually win an Emmy and Golden Globe for the TV miniseries A Killing in a Small Town and an Oscar nomination for The Portrait of a Lady. Hershey also starred in The Last Temptation of Christ and Falling Down. More recently, she has appeared in Black Swan, the Insidious film series, and the TV series Once Upon A Time.

Hershey, like most OUAT actors, has said little about the show's infamous 'weight-gain spell' (the trend where many of the female stars and guests put on significant weight during their time on OUAT). Though she began her career as a traditionalist, Hershey had been a reformist for a couple decades by the time of her appearance on OUAT; even so, she seemed to have visibly gained during her time on the show. Though she has not confirmed her weight, Hershey is believed to be just over 500 lbs.
Candice LeRae

**Candice Dawson** (born 29 September 1985) is an American professional wrestler performing under the name **Candice LeRae**. LeRae has worked various promotions in her career, including Combat Zone Wrestling, Total Non-Stop Action, and Shimmer. However, she is best known for her time in WWE's NXT brand beginning after her appearance in the Mae Young Classic.

LeRae worked much of her time as a babyface, where she often supported husband Johnny Garganno. LeRae and Garganno would eventually turn heel and form The Way, along with Austin Theory and Indi Hartwell. During this time, LeRae and Hartwell became NXT Women's Tag Team Champions. LeRae would later leave WWE, but returned in 2023.
Jennifer Love Hewitt

**Jennifer Love Hewitt** (born 21 February 1979) is an American actor. Hewitt began her career as a child actor with Kids Incorporated but found her breakout role on Party of Five. She gained further fame for her role in the horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, as well as the teen comedy Can't Hardly Wait. As a adult, Hewitt starred in Ghost Whisperer, the Client List, 9-1-1, and Criminal Minds.
Heidi Gardner

**Heidi Gardner** (born 27 July 1983) is an American actor. Gardner is best known for her work on Saturday Night Live, where she has been an actor and writer since 2017; she has also worked on TV shows like Superstore, Veep, and Shrinking. Gardner has also done voice work for shows like American Dad! and Mike Tyson Mysteries and the film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
Gisele Bündchen

**Gisele Bündchen** (born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian model. Bündchen worked with Victoria's Secret for seven years and appeared on over 1200 magazine covers. She has been one of the highest paid models in the world since 2001. Bündchen has done some small acting roles in films like Taxi and has worked with charity organizations like Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross. She was also married to American football player Tom Brady from 2009 to 2022.

Bündchen is additionally notable for being the “heaviest mobile woman” twice, dethroning Britney Spears on two occasions, at 712 and 714 lbs. Bündchen continues to act and gain, but she has slowed in the last few years, largely due to focusing her family with ex-husband Brady.
Jenny Slate

**Jenny Slate** (born 25 March 1982) is an American actor. She is best known for her roles on the TV shows Bob's Burgers, Parks and Recreation, and House of Lies, as well as for her creation of the children's book and film Marcel The Shell with Shoes On. Slate has also appeared in the films Venom and Everything Everywhere All At Once, and has done voice work for The Lorax and Zootopia.
Maureen O'Hara

**Maureen O'Hara** (17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was an Irish-born American actor. O'Hara made her mark in various westerns and adventure films from the 1940s to the 1960s. Her career began with Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn, followed by The Hunchback of Notre Dame. O'Hara began to find her stride working with director John Ford, starting with How Green Was My Valley, and actor John Wayne, with whom she made films like Rio Grande, Mclintock!, and Big Jake. She also starred in the Christmas favorite Miracle on 34th Street and the family film The Parent Trap.

O'Hara was one of the prominent traditionalists of mid-century Hollywood, often stating that she enjoyed gaining as much as acting. She is often held as one of the greats of Hollywood for both her acting prowess and dedication to her size.
Mekia Cox

**Mekia Cox** (born 18 November 1981) is an American actor. Cox is best known for her TV roles, with appearances in 90210, Chicago Med, The Rookie, and Once Upon A Time. She has also danced in Michael Jackson's This is It.

Cox has not publicly spoken on OUAT's infamous 'weight-gain spell' (a phenomenon where many of OUAT's female stars and guests put on significant weight during their time on the show). Cox joined during the seventh season (before which many of the original cast left, resulting in a significant reduction in weight gain for the remaining cast members) and only became a main character halfway through the season; as a result, it is believed that she only gained 15-20 lbs during her time on the show.
Lady Six Sky

Forensic facial reconstruction of Lady Six Sky

**Lady Six Sky** (c. 660 – 741), also known as **Lady Wac Chanil Ahau** or **Wak Chanil Ajaw**, was a Maya queen of Naranjo who was born in Dos Pilas. She lived in Naranjo from 682 to her death (or shortly before her death) in 741; she likely served as de facto ruler of the city for the entirety of that time period, though she was technically regent to her son K'ak' Tiliw Chan Chaak from 693 onward.

She is notable for having the longest-lasting claim to the “world’s heaviest woman” title (448 years).
Mae Whitman

**Mae Whitman** (born 9 June 1988) is an American actress and voice actor. Whitman is the daughter of voice actor Pat Musick and began doing voiceover at the age of two; her onscreen career began later with roles in When a Man Loves a Woman and Independence Day. Whitman guest starred on various TV shows including Friends, Law and Order, and Arrested Development before landing starring roles in Parenthood, Good Girls, and films like The DUFF.

Whitman also has an extensive voice career, as she has provided voice work for the Tinkerbell films, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Owl House, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Jake Long: American Dragon.
Janeane Garofalo

**Janeane Garofalo** (born 28 September 1964) is an American actor. She began working in the 1990s as a cast member of The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and Saturday Night Live. Since then, she has starred in over fifty movies, including Wet Hot American Summer, The Truth about Cats and Dogs, and Mystery Men. Garofalo has also starred on 24 and Ideal.
Lucille Ball

**Lucille Ball** (6 August 1911 – 26 April 1989) was an American actor. Ball is most well known for her sitcom I Love Lucy, which was one of the seminal examples establishing the genre. She also appeared in the later sitcoms The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life With Lucy. Outside of TV, Ball also starred on Broadway in the show Wildcats. She also ran Desilu Productions, which produced TV classics like Mission: Impossible and Star Trek.

Ball was well known for pushing the envelope on her shows. She was the first woman to explicitly monitor her weight gain on TV (with her progress being noted from week to week) and was the first woman to run her own production company. To this day, Ball is held as a legend in the industry.
Lady Gaga

**Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta** (born 28 March 1986) is an American singer and actor working under the name **Lady Gaga**. Gaga began her music career after dropping out of college; she initially worked as a songwriter before her debut album The Fame was released. It contained the hits 'Just Dance' and 'Poker Face' which launched Gaga's career. This was later combined with the Fame Monster EP, which added the hits 'Bad Romance', 'Telephone' (which featured Beyonce), and 'Alejandro'. Gaga has since released five more albums, venturing into electronic rock (Born This Way), soft rock (Joanne), and jazz (Cheek To Cheek).

Gaga would also venture into acting, taking roles on American Horror Story and the film A Star is Born, to which she contributed the Oscar-winning song 'Shallow'. Gaga would become the first woman to win an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Grammy in one year.
Meghan Ory

**Meghan Ory** (born 20 August 1982) is a Canadian actor. Ory began her career with guest spots in shows like The Crow: Stairway to Heaven before landing her first regular role in Higher Ground. This led to a number of appearances and roles on Canadian and American TV shows like Dark Angel and Vampire High. Ory is best known for her role on Once Upon A Time, which ran for seven seasons. She currently works on Hallmark's Chesapeake Shores.

Ory has not spoken on OUAT's infamous 'weight-gain spell' (a phenomenon where many of OUAT's female stars and guests put on significant weight during their time on the show), though she has spoken positively of her general experience on the show.
Iyo Sky

**Masami Odate** (born 8 May 1990) is a Japanese professional wrestler performing under the name **Iyo Sky**. Sky is best known in Japan for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom (aka Stardom) where she captured various titles and was the recipient of Tokyo Sports Joshi Puroresu Grand Prizes for three years straight.

In North America, Sky worked with NXT under the name **Io Shirai** and would win the NXT Women's Title and Women's Tag Team Title; she held the NXT Women's Title for 304 days. Sky left NXT with an injury but returned at Summerslam to form Damage CTRL with Bayley and Dakota Kai. Since joining the main roster, Sky has won the WWE Women's Tag Title (with Kai) and the 2023 Women's Money in the Bank, and has cashed in to become WWE Women's Champion.
Boy Meets World/Girl Meets World

**Boy Meets World** is an American sitcom that aired from 1993-2003 on ABC. The show focused on Cory Matthews, a teenage boy growing up in Philadelphia, and the challenges he and his friends meet as they become adults. A sequel series, Girl Meets World, was created in 2014 for The Disney Channel, and focused on Cory and his wife Topanga's daughter Riley and her friends meeting similar challenges in the modern day. Much of the original cast returned across the series' run.

Both shows were praised for their intelligent and realistic commentary on the challenges of growing up, touching on issues like alcoholism, parent and child relationships, marriage, cyber bullying, and death. They were also praised for being open environments for actors to learn about weight gain and how they felt about it. BMW star Danielle Fishel has stated her time on the show, "gave me a lot of perception on how weight could affect you growing up. I tried and failed a few times before I figured myself out, but everyone always made it clear that was ok." Fishell helped that attitude carry over to GMW, mentoring stars Sabrina Carpenter and Rowan Blanchard as they tried different weight paths.

The cast of the show(s) included:

Betsy Randle (Amy Matthews)Cheryl Texiera (Katy Hart)Danielle Fishel (Topanga Lawrence/Matthews)Maitland Ward (Rachel McGuire)Rowan Blanchard (RIley Matthews)Sabrina Carpenter (Maya Hart)Trina McGee (Angela Moore)Fishel and Blanchard at the GMW priemereTexiera and Carpenter at a promo shootFishel, Blanchard, and Carpenter on a day off from filimingBlanchard and Carpenter, season 2 promo