Last month, the bloggers here at Talent Management told you all about model Natalia Vodianova’s “it’s better to be skinny than to be fat!” comment. It was the 30 year old’s response to British Vogue’s Calgary Avansino’s question about what message thin models should be sending out, and ever since she made it, an influx of opinionated comments have ensued.

As has been the case across the net, on our modelling agency’s Facebook page, we saw mixed option and debate. One commenter wrote: “Surely it’s more important to be healthy you can be underweight which is just as dangerous as overweight!!!!!” While another wrote: “I totally agree it’s better to be skinny than to be fat. Most girls who potray a curvier image are still loosing weight to be thinner and promoting slim loss products like Kim Kardashian. So, I think Natalie’s just being real and every girl would like to be thinner because it makes you feel better.”

However, in an attempt to defend her comment, the model mother headed to her Facebook page and explained that what she said was taken out of context, and highlighted the point that obesity is a growing issue for which many industries may be to blame.

the model wrote late last month: “I felt angry actually now I think about it. Our industry is scrutinised for giving false image and criteria of beauty and provoking eating disorders however there are other industries that might be even more to blame like food industry that constantly reinventing ways of pushing food on us. Makes people stuff fridges with food, buying pills, millions of books on diets, shopping for the right clothes to hide those extra few pounds, beauty products. I guess some would say that’s what makes our economy go around. Yes, I choose to do more and eat less. Sorry world economy, I am a bad client!”

She also pointed out that her opinion may have come across better had she had a chance to choose her words more carefully: “Again taking into consideration that the format of the event was not a speech by me but interaction with the audience it is clearly been blown out of proportion by some journalist/s to create a scandal. If I was giving a speech I would have chosen my words more carefully of course but considering the format and that so many people came up to me afterwards and told me how happy they were to have laughed and were glad that I was so ‘normal’ and direct at the conference I doubt I offended someone there and if I did I apologise because I surely only meant to highlight a different point of view.”

At Talent Management, an all-inclusive modelling agency representing all shapes and sizes, we can’t help but think Natalia’s words were indeed taken out of context. But as always, comments around weight, especially in the modelling world, are almost certain to create controversy.

What do you think about the issue?