the age of 15 and 24 and like a model is crippling. That applies to both men and women. Even when most of us were between those ages, most of us did not look like the people in the magazines and on the screen. And yet, we feel that we should. I never understood that at all.

When I was a high school kid, I was a 6' 2" boy, skinny as a rail at under 150 lb. I wished to look more like an athlete for a short while, but then realized that I was that skinny kid and that was that. So, I went with what was. As soon as I stopped wishing to be someone I was not destined to be, everything got a lot better. My high school girlfriend didn't care that I was tall, skinny and gawky. She didn't care, so why should I? None of my friends cared, so why should I?

Now, I'm almost 72 years old. Now, I'm about 5' 11" tall and weigh about 190 lb. I have a small potbelly and noticeable man boobs. That's what I look like. Nobody seems to care about that, so neither do I. Changing my body shape would involve a helluva lot of work, and I'd still be 72 years old and not an Adonis. Nobody else cares, so why should I?

I'm surrounded by people who don't match society's vision of perfection. So freaking what? I don't care. It doesn't matter one bit.

She was considered too big and had BOOBS. BTW, this season's Project Runway will have models of a different size every week.