Fat and rich: Preferred by 3 out of 4 American women
Filed under: News
Ladies: would you rather have Jennifer Aniston's body, or a million bucks?
If the results from a new poll by Women's Day magazine and AOL Body are any indication, three out of four women would prefer to be wealthy...instead of healthy. This was in spite of the fact that 30 percent admitted feeling "uncomfortable or ashamed" about their bodies, and 37 percent said they wished they could "be thinner."
So...it'd be great to look like a celeb, but it'd be better to be loaded? I guess that makes sense -- when you're rich, everyone is basically required to say you look great, even if it isn't true. And with that kind of money you could buy an endless supply of fancy-shmancy body-shaping undergarments that might fool the casual onlooker into thinking you had a beach bod -- but wouldn't it feel better knowing you had the physique of a movie star?
I guess not. Regardless, you can read the entire poll for yourself in the February 12 issue of Women's Day, which is available in newsstands starting January 22.
Sarah 1-23-2008 @ 2:38PM
If you had a million dollars, you could pay to have a personal chef make you and your family delicious healthy meals and then get thin too... and have your family be healthy also... just a thought.
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liz 1-23-2008 @ 3:40PM
It’s sad these people haven’t realized yet that the people who said they would rather have money are smarter. If you actually think about this instead of jumping to the conclusion that if you’re rich you can't be healthy, you'll find that it makes more sense to be rich. 1. You can hire a personal trainer. 2. You can pay for healthy foods and exercise equipment. 3. And if that doesn’t' work than you could just get liposuction. Also, what if you’re already healthy/skinny? You would obviously choose being rich. So don't automatically assume that those who would want to be rich are choosing to be unhealthy! ~LIZ~
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Dawn 1-24-2008 @ 3:08AM
Anniston doesn't have that great a body. She also needs a nose job. Her nose is too wide when you see her in person and even wider on the screen.
The best bodies are those of ballerinas.
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roxy 1-24-2008 @ 5:58PM
I'd pick skinny. Because then you look hot, feel good, become a trophy wife for an old rich guy, and while you're waiting for him to die you sleep with the pool boy!
It's a great plan.
Though actually, when it all comes down to it, who would reach a point in their lives where they would have to choose between being "rich or skinny" anyway?
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pam 4-20-2008 @ 8:44PM
I ll take her youth but her Clutch Cargo Face she can keep... lol
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Linda 1-22-2008 @ 2:09PM
Definitely skinny!! Feeling good about yourself can be the best motivator to work hard, play hard, and have a happy life. Money cannot buy happiness!
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Walter Lorell 1-22-2008 @ 3:48PM
Money indeed can buy happiness. The themes of most of your articles are noteworthy examples of the Hitlerian Big Lie!
I am searching for other web browsers which will spare me with having to put up with the garbage written by and for AOL
Kasie 1-22-2008 @ 4:34PM
I totally agree with this comment. No amount of money can give you a healthy body, unless of course you are a movie star, but then again we are talking about people who start from nothing. Skinny or wealthy. I would be miserable having money if everything I tried to purchase didn't fit.
Kasie
Kristie 1-22-2008 @ 4:42PM
Definitely, money CANNOT buy hapiness! But, as a naturally thin girl myself, I would have to say that those celebs and all their money bought their little fake bodies! :)
Brian 1-22-2008 @ 4:51PM
That's not true. Of course money can buy happiness you idiot.
ayana 1-22-2008 @ 8:51PM
Hell, if I were rich I could buy myself a body like Jennifer Anniston's!
tony 1-23-2008 @ 6:56PM
As a guy do i wouldn't mind having jennifer aniston's body... lol
---those who say money cannot buy happiness do not know where to shop.
Mark Manozzi 1-22-2008 @ 2:11PM
A REAL woman doesn't need to worry about her "body image"....... because a real man loves her for who she is, not what she looks like.
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marciaw7117 1-23-2008 @ 4:37AM
I agree with you 100%. If only my bf did. He hurt me so the other night when he said, we will have sex again when i lose 30 lbs. we've been together 9 months and have had sex 3 times. i hear him and rosey in the shower daily.
J.B 1-22-2008 @ 3:22PM
You got the right idea a nd I totaly agree with you and I am a male and it applies the other way around to. We males are fat to at times
gladysmed129 1-22-2008 @ 9:09PM
Thank you Mark, I wish all men thought like you do. You are cool.
MissThang 1-22-2008 @ 3:46PM
Actually...recent photos of Jennifer Anniston look like she has put on (gasp!!) about 8-10 pounds.... She is not as emaciated as she normally is.
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kathy 1-22-2008 @ 2:24PM
if your rich enough you can pay someone to help you get skinny and be your own personal trainer so money talks ..with $$$$$ you can be/do anything
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thomas 1-22-2008 @ 3:30PM
to thin no good,,,to fat no good,,,somewhere in the middle the BEST,,,love thomas
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Jane 1-22-2008 @ 2:31PM
Why the hell would anybody feel better by having the body of a celeb? THEY don't even "have" those bodies. It's their money and occupation that forces them to be that thin. What a shallow jerk you are, that you think celeb bodies, most of which are either too skinny or surgically enhanced, is something all women should strive for. So women should stop trying to have careers and make money, just worry about your looks, ladies! Do work hard to look like Brad Pitt? I'm sorry you're terrified of real women, but I guess that's a problem you have to deal with. You should also get your facts straight, because being overweight is not the only aspect concerning health. If the person was slightly overweight, rather than obese, yet still lead a healthy life, didn't carry too much weight in the midsection, ate healthy, and exercised, they can actually be healthy. I bet if this question was directed to men, there's no way you would expect them to choose looks over money. So superficial.
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