Does being beautiful mean being thin? Ji Weijia, a woman from Hebei who gained Internet fame for being an attractive woman on the plumper side has sparked off a debate on whether beauty is linked to weight.The 19-year-old lass first shot to fame when pictures of her went viral on Chinese social media networking site Weibo in July this year.
It all started with a post by a male Weibo user, who posted pictures of her along with the comment "upon seeing a pretty girl that happens to be too fat, should I go after her?"The post garnered thousands of comments - some expressing support and agreement with his opinion, and others slamming him for being superficial and buying into the concept that being beautiful means being thin."If you love her, you should do something to endear yourself to her, and then she will naturally lose weight for you," said one comment by a Chinese netizen. "What's wrong with being fat? Fat women are angels that have been sent down from heaven above," said another.
A news article on kkly.com (translated by sinopathic.com) summarised the discussion: "In today's society whereby people are trying to lose weight as a way to become beautiful, a very beautiful girl weighing 100kg has suddenly emerged in the public consciousness; it is she that is the reason many an obese woman can now raise her head and be proud. Continuing now for a series of days, this 100kg beauty has been awarded many a lavish title such as "most beautiful fatty", "100 kg goddess", and "fat goddess" among others.
"In a twist to the story, she decided to lose weight. And in yet another twist, some reports say how her story came into the media spotlight is a publicity stunt to promote her appearance on a weight loss variety show.
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