Why there should be a Fat Girl in Every Fashion Week...

I am not small, I am not thin. Well, yeah, I used to be, like a decade ago. But for now, I'm a proud owner of this 70 kilogram body trapped in a 4'10" frame.

I used to hide away in baggy clothes and loose materials in those "denial" stages..in those "in-between moments". But I got a good shaking and stirring when I read, watched, and became inspired by the legion of curvy women all over the US and Europe expressing body positive attitudes. I figured 'hey, these women are way bigger than me but they look good, they feel sexy and they love themselves!'. That's when I embraced my love for my plus-size figure and eventually began dressing up according to my size.

This is why I have to be in the Philippine Fashion Week. This is precisely why Oxygen has to select me to become their Correspondent to this momentous event.

Oxygen has my vision of accepting people irregardless of their sizes. I am loving their jackets and I even fit one in a Large size, as opposed to my usual selection of XLs and XXLs. Their items flatter even my most stubborn bulge. Plus, a lot of their items are in black and gray--- my most favorite color (or lack of it!).

Oxygen for me understands the need to recognize the fact that beyond Large sizes, there are also those that comes in XLs and XXLs. True, I am not to saying that I favor obesity or something. I still believe in being healthy. No one is sexy unless he or she has her blood pressure in check. But a lot of our men and women here in the country have little options when it comes to dressing in style. Women would either stick to the usual Tshirts and baggy pants combo or an ensemble of ill-fitting styles that only women in the family way appreciates. I mean, seriously, no curvy girl wants to be asked what trimester she is in and what's her baby gonna be when she's not even pregnant! A lot of times when I want to shop for jeans I end up empty handed after hours of looking for great finds. Ladies jeans usually end up at 32. If you want the bigger sizes, you will have to pay for it. Heck, I even have the impression that no stylish curvy girl is poor because she has to pay extra for each extra fabric in her clothes.

That is why there has to be a fat woman on the Philippine Fashion Week to voice out the concern that designers must acknowledge the existence of this segment of our society. That we too have the right to dress nicely. That we deserve to breathe and feel style the same way that smaller women and men does.