The World's Biggest Hips

[Jobs4Adults.com]

CURVY Mikel Ruffinelli has the world's biggest hips - measuring a staggering EIGHT feet round. The 39-year-old's waist measures just 40 inches but her 100 inch hips are as so wide she can't fit through doorways and has to buy two seats on planes and trains. Incredibly, the mum-of-four's unusual dimensions are completely natural and Mikel, from Los Angeles, insists she doesn't want to lose weight, believing bigger really is beautiful.



What do you think?

 

[Bocefish]

It's her genes, not her diet. Ya right! Hips don't grow like that, asses do. If she fell over, there's no way she could stand back up on her own, heck, she can't even get up from a chair without help. Her exercise consists of being helped off the couch to wave her arms around for a few seconds until she's exhausted, you go girl! :lol:

 

[SoTxBob]

:shock: :?
curves are great, but this... sorry, no.
when a gut droop fold is big enough to practically cover the mons pubis, thats not curvy.

 

[LaceyRoyce]

I think she's beautiful. I love her body positive attitude...

 

[LaceyRoyce]

This is way off topic, but after seeing the nasty, cruel comments that you guys are posting in this thread I thought I would leave this here:


From a tumblr post I saw on my dash this morning.

You can be body-positive and still have preferences.

You can be a feminist and still love men.

You can be sex-positive without being interested in casual sex.

People seem to forget that the core principle of all of these is as simple as not being an asshole.

No one is asking you to find her attractive. Or to even consider the way she is is healthy.
But there is absolutely no call for comments like 'weeble wobbles'.

This is a human being. A human being who may well read your nasty, cruel, comments.

I realize this is the internet, and its a rough world but you guys are being jerks. If you wouldn't say it to her face, I hope you feel like you have big man balls posting it here..

And if you would say that to her face, well... I hope she'd punch you in the nose.

 

[Shutterbuck]

I think she's beautiful. I love her body positive attitude...

I agree that she has a beautiful face, for sure. I also love that she has a body positive attitude...
However I wish more body positive attitudes would also come with a desire to do something for the benefit of long term health. There's nothing saying that a woman (or a man) can't be pleased with her appearance and still work to attain a healthier figure... a healthier state of being in general. Because someone is happy at 300 lb doesn't mean they can't be happy at 280... or 250.
This woman, happy or not, is 5 years from being bedridden, unable to shower, unable to go to the park with her kids, unable to drive/fly/ride the bus. When she has an injury or serious health threat, paramedics are going to have to knock out the bay window in the living room to get her out of the house... It's a terrifying prospect.
The health and well-being of their children is also at risk. This woman's chubby little daughter says she knows that she doesn't want to follow in her mother's foot steps but is already on the path to obesity. I will grant her that genetics does play a role in this, to a degree... but she can still do something about it.
While I'm in no position to make any judgement on this woman's level of happiness, I still can't help but wonder how many "body positive" larger women out there are truly just too lazy to have done something about their shape before it got out of hand. And I can't help but wonder if it's more of a "I can't do anything about it now so I may as well enjoy it" positive attitude.
I am all for people loving their shape (regardless of their size). But how many people (also regardless of their size) love that shape at the risk of their health?

 

[Bocefish]

I don't think being delusional is sexy. If she was honest with herself and was actually trying to improve her health and independence it would be another matter altogether. Apparently, she's quite content growing larger while having everyone else be responsible to get her fat ass, excuse me, hips, off the couch and wait on her hand and foot. Great role model too. Won't be long before she can't even wipe her own ass, if she even can now. And it's her CHOICE to be that way so I have zero compassion for people who are not willing to help themselves.

 

[bob]

This is way off topic, but after seeing the nasty, cruel comments that you guys are posting in this thread I thought I would leave this here:


From a tumblr post I saw on my dash this morning.

You can be body-positive and still have preferences.

You can be a feminist and still love men.

You can be sex-positive without being interested in casual sex.

People seem to forget that the core principle of all of these is as simple as not being an asshole.

No one is asking you to find her attractive. Or to even consider the way she is is healthy.
But there is absolutely no call for comments like 'weeble wobbles'.

This is a human being. A human being who may well read your nasty, cruel, comments.

I realize this is the internet, and its a rough world but you guys are being jerks. If you wouldn't say it to her face, I hope you feel like you have big man balls posting it here..

And if you would say that to her face, well... I hope she'd punch you in the nose.

yeah, it's a sensitive topic
in fairness....the OP asked for opinions....except for the one you called out, i'd say the other ones so far are just that....boce's is about the scientific end of it....sotx's is a more personal appraisal, and yours is an appreciation for who she is, and how she sees herself

they're all opinions that don't make fun of this woman
i still thought your post was great, tho...it's nice to be reminded that people on the internet are actually real

 

[LaceyRoyce]

This is way off topic, but after seeing the nasty, cruel comments that you guys are posting in this thread I thought I would leave this here:


From a tumblr post I saw on my dash this morning.

You can be body-positive and still have preferences.

You can be a feminist and still love men.

You can be sex-positive without being interested in casual sex.

People seem to forget that the core principle of all of these is as simple as not being an asshole.

No one is asking you to find her attractive. Or to even consider the way she is is healthy.
But there is absolutely no call for comments like 'weeble wobbles'.

This is a human being. A human being who may well read your nasty, cruel, comments.

I realize this is the internet, and its a rough world but you guys are being jerks. If you wouldn't say it to her face, I hope you feel like you have big man balls posting it here..

And if you would say that to her face, well... I hope she'd punch you in the nose.

yeah, it's a sensitive topic
in fairness....the OP asked for opinions....except for the one you called out, i'd say the other ones so far are just that....boce's is about the scientific end of it....sotx's is a more personal appraisal, and yours is an appreciation for who she is, and how she sees herself

they're all opinions that don't make fun of this woman
i still thought your post was great, tho...it's nice to be reminded that people on the internet are actually real

I hear you bob. I was really reacting to the weeble wobble comment, though I still feel like boce could have been... less derogatory, more just ... "hey thats so not healthy!".

I felt like this thread had the potential to go into a really nasty judgmental path... and wanted to make people stop and think before they posted...

*gets off her soap box*

 

[LaceyRoyce]

I don't think being delusional is sexy. If she was honest with herself and was actually trying to improve her health and independence it would be another matter altogether. Apparently, she's quite content growing larger while having everyone else be responsible to get her fat ass, excuse me, hips, off the couch and wait on her hand and foot. Great role model too. Won't be long before she can't even wipe her own ass, if she even can now. And it's her CHOICE to be that way so I have zero compassion for people who are not willing to help themselves.

Well we have a very small youtube window into her life. A few minutes, of whatever that particular producer/director wanted to focus on.

However in that time we did see her living a relatively active lifestyle - playing with her children outdoors, walking outside...

We did not really see much of her diet.

I would argue that we really have no idea what she's doing with her life.

 

[bob]

I felt like this thread had the potential to go into a really nasty judgmental path... and wanted to make people stop and think before they posted...

yep :thumbleft:
that tumblr post was pretty cool

 

[EdgarAllenWhoa]

I don't think being delusional is sexy. If she was honest with herself and was actually trying to improve her health and independence it would be another matter altogether. Apparently, she's quite content growing larger while having everyone else be responsible to get her fat ass, excuse me, hips, off the couch and wait on her hand and foot. Great role model too. Won't be long before she can't even wipe her own ass, if she even can now. And it's her CHOICE to be that way so I have zero compassion for people who are not willing to help themselves.

Well we have a very small youtube window into her life. A few minutes, of whatever that particular producer/director wanted to focus on.

However in that time we did see her living a relatively active lifestyle - playing with her children outdoors, walking outside...

We did not really see much of her diet.

I would argue that we really have no idea what she's doing with her life.

You know what your right...my comment about the "weeble wobble" was completely inappropriate and if you want I'll have it removed ...in fact I'll flag the post myself and have it removed.

But to think that this woman should be praised for her positive body image is 100% WRONG.
She is morbidly obese and is going to put herself in REAL harms way. She is looking at hypertension , type 1/2 Diabetes , cardiovascular and renal issue.
She is not going to be able to hold on to her children with that amount of weight on her frame because in about 5 years she will end up DEAD.

I don't come here to praise Caesar... in her gigantic piano shaped coffin...you want to know the truth I feel sorry for her.
If you watched that entire video she had huge issues with walking to her mini van and climbing up into it, walking through her own house and even performing the simple task of bathing herself. She is 8 feet around...no where in any place on this planet is that healthy.

As a person who has had weight issues myself I feel damn fine with making these comments I was on Apo-Metformin (blood sugar) and blood pressure meds until i worked and shed the 46 pounds off i had to ...I am still looking to get my weight down. I am OFF those meds and happy to be off them because simply put I WAS FAT!

And she is FAT...morbidly obese to be more succinct. But apparently in our society its okay that as North Americans we represent 20% of the planets population and consume 70% of it's resources (that's including food staples). No wonder the rest of the world looks at us like the big fat hogs that go face down in the trough. Currently in the United States the number 1 health issue is .....OBESITY.And not just in our generation but the younger generations who are immobile and over eating at an alarming rate. Look at the numbers...the simple stats are right there for all of us to face....we are a fat nation that is immobile.

Now do I like those skinny bags of bones that "grace us" on those ridiculous Fashion magazines of course not! They aren't even real themselves with all the Photoshopping and airbrushing that occurs not to mention the rest of the nonsense of what the feminine form should look. I have nieces and I don't want them to have a tarnished body image of themselves from those Skeletors..and me personally I love women with curves!

But the flip side of it should we really be praising people for being enormous? Or being involved in the Hot Dog Eating Champions League (yes...its a league...not kidding) Going on youtube with the goal of reaching 500pounds to raise money for themselves ...NO its the freaking other side of that skinny, bag of bones bitch coin. There's the difference between curves and obesity and that point is staring at you right in the face in this thread.

And you know what I don't have any trouble with saying "NO I don't find her attractive" and you know why...because its just my opinion which is what this thread was all about...opinions.And your going to find more people like me that think she is un attractive and in some ways simply sad and needs help.

I am not trying to rip you a new one or anything like that. But, if you are really going to step down off you soap box then have her start using it as stepper to do a decent 30 min aerobic work out a day. So that her kids can hug her instead of a gravestone.

 

[bob]

You know what your right...my comment about the "weeble wobble" was completely inappropriate and if you want I'll have it removed ...in fact I'll flag the post myself and have it removed.

But to think that this woman should be praised for her positive body image is 100% WRONG.
She is morbidly obese and is going to put herself in REAL harms way. She is looking at hypertension , type 1/2 Diabetes , cardiovascular and renal issue.
She is not going to be able to hold on to her children with that amount of weight on her frame because in about 5 years she will end up DEAD.

I don't come here to praise Caesar... in her gigantic piano shaped coffin...you want to know the truth I feel sorry for her.
If you watched that entire video she had huge issues with walking to her mini van and climbing up into it, walking through her own house and even performing the simple task of bathing herself. She is 8 feet around...no where in any place on this planet is that healthy.

As a person who has had weight issues myself I feel damn fine with making these comments I was on Apo-Metformin (blood sugar) and blood pressure meds until i worked and shed the 46 pounds off i had to ...I am still looking to get my weight down. I am OFF those meds and happy to be off them because simply put I WAS FAT!

And she is FAT...morbidly obese to be more succinct. But apparently in our society its okay that as North Americans we represent 20% of the planets population and consume 70% of it's resources (that's including food staples). No wonder the rest of the world looks at us like the big fat hogs that go face down in the trough. Currently in the United States the number 1 health issue is .....OBESITY.And not just in our generation but the younger generations who are immobile and over eating at an alarming rate. Look at the numbers...the simple stats are right there for all of us to face....we are a fat nation that is immobile.

Now do I like those skinny bags of bones that "grace us" on those ridiculous Fashion magazines of course not! They aren't even real themselves with all the Photoshopping and airbrushing that occurs not to mention the rest of the nonsense of what the feminine form should look. I have nieces and I don't want them to have a tarnished body image of themselves from those Skeletors..and me personally I love women with curves!

But the flip side of it should we really be praising people for being enormous? Or being involved in the Hot Dog Eating Champions League (yes...its a league...not kidding) Going on youtube with the goal of reaching 500pounds to raise money for themselves ...NO its the freaking other side of that skinny, bag of bones bitch coin. There's the difference between curves and obesity and that point is staring at you right in the face in this thread.

And you know what I don't have any trouble with saying "NO I don't find her attractive" and you know why...because its just my opinion which is what this thread was all about...opinions.And your going to find more people like me that think she is un attractive and in some ways simply sad and needs help.

I am not trying to rip you a new one or anything like that. But, if you are really going to step down off you soap box then have her start using it as stepper to do a decent 30 min aerobic work out a day. So that her kids can hug her instead of a gravestone.

i hear this arguement....and it's a good one
and i'd guess it's a concern you could voice to her face, and she wouldn't be offended
because -as a culture- there's an attitude about life in that arguement that most of us would probably benefit from

she might benefit too....but that's not the point

i'd be interested to see how she addressed your concerns as a spokesman for her life....i'm a big believer in the impact our attitude towards life has in our physical and emotional health...and if her attitude accepts all the risks and still chooses the life she's living, then my personal feelings become relevant to the only person they're designed for....me....and my attitude towards them will get to work on my physical and emotional well being.

my dad was overweight....not obese, but big enough that the fabled golf after retirement was murdered by his weight, via his sciatic nerve.....modern medicine gave him hope in the form of nutrition, excercise, and pills.......

after about a year, he said "screw it....if can't eat the way i want, it's not worth living".....he was told the risks, and accepted them.....he got another 15 years of what made him happy to be alive until the shit hit the fan......

and when it did...it wasn't pretty....but i had accepted his choice, and even found a certain amount of respect for it....talking about that was the door to being there until the end, without rancor for "throwing his life away", or private pity "for being so stupid".....or whatever it is that so many people do when their loved ones are dying

like i said....a sensitive topic
:twocents-02cents:

 

[curvyredhead]

In 5 years she is going to be DEAD?


Well gee...

I better get to work on showing my vagina to as many people as possible, since clearly I don't have much time either.

On that note...let me roll myself out of the thread

 

[Rose]

I have officially lost any hope left I had for men after reading this thread....

 

[AmberCutie]

I have officially lost any hope left I had for men after reading this thread....

Why?

 

[JickyJuly]

After being pregnant, I can say that carrying weight that is so concentrated to one area gets painful. She may feel beautiful, but she HAS to be in physical distress.

 

[southsamurai]

steps up on soap box

ok, im a fat dude, this is a fact. always have been always will be. and i like bein big. until my back quit working right i was not just big, but big, strong AND healthy. the least ive carried since high school was about 265. at that point i could still run, jog, wrestle, fight, work out 3 or 4 hours a day, and do my job carrying other people around from bed to wheelchair and such. i was still a fat dude. yes it is true that obesity is usually found alongside a serious lack of cardio vascular health, it doesnt have to be the case.

i never blame someone for what they do or do not find attractive. i myself have an upper limit of bigness that i dig sexually myself, as well as a lower limit of skinniness. the assumption that a fat person is fat because they are lazy and shove their face full of whatever they can reach is not just insulting, its idiotic. diet, exercise and nutrition are just parts of what set up our body fat percentage. genetics, chemicals in the environment, brain chemistry, body chemistry, and others play significant roles as well. for me to get down to under 10 percent body fat i would have to take in less than 1000 calories a day and burn nearly 3000 through exercise. (so said the nutritionist, physical therapist and doctor that were involved in my rehab) my base metabolism is just slow. my genetic line comes from people that were used to bitterly cold winters with scarce food supplies. so we put on fat fast, and burn it slowly. we do the same with muscle.

now, i know that a guy with my bulk, hairiness and baldness is not everyone's cup of tea. but im damn handsome. i have broad shoulders, amazing lips and a lush soft beard. even after 6 years of near inactivity im still only 90 odd pounds over my ideal weight (medically, not my personal preference) and my heart is in damn good shape for a smoker. no sign of diabetes at all, and only slightly high cholesterol/triglyceride levels (which btw EVERYONE in my family has regardless of their age, diet, or weight)

assuming that that lady's hips are huge because all she does is sit on her ass is just dumb. around this area i can find any number of african american women with the same body type at various weights. i can find plenty of hispanic and causcasians as well, though that specific type seems to be more common among folk of african descent. i personally know one lady that is 5'6, 140 lbs and strong as an ox, but has 50 inch hips.her arms are fit and muscular, her calves tight and her stomach just soft enough to be fun, but her hips? lots of extra fat there. last i talked to her she still worked 60 hours a week as a nurse's aide in a facility.

so basically make sure you have some useful data before you make an assumption about an individual. wide load? weeble wobble? hippo hips? i can easily forgive an ignorant kid for saying such things but an adult really should behave better. (yes i know btw that only one of those insults was actually used on this forum)

 

[Rose]

I have officially lost any hope left I had for men after reading this thread....

Why?

Edit: Nevermind, southsamurai said it a lot better than I can.

 

[AmberCutie]

You know what your right...my comment about the "weeble wobble" was completely inappropriate and if you want I'll have it removed ...in fact I'll flag the post myself and have it removed.

Removed, thanks for the flag.

But the flip side of it should we really be praising people for being enormous? Or being involved in the Hot Dog Eating Champions League (yes...its a league...not kidding) Going on youtube with the goal of reaching 500pounds to raise money for themselves ...NO its the freaking other side of that skinny, bag of bones bitch coin. There's the difference between curves and obesity and that point is staring at you right in the face in this thread.

And you know what I don't have any trouble with saying "NO I don't find her attractive" and you know why...because its just my opinion which is what this thread was all about...opinions.And your going to find more people like me that think she is un attractive and in some ways simply sad and needs help.

To the bolded section - no. It shouldn't be praised.

But there is a difference between acceptance and praise. While I don't believe that choosing an exceptionally unhealthy lifestyle that is an inconvenience for yourself AND those around you should be praised, if these obese folks decide they don't care about the health problems and the inconvenience, we still need to treat them like human beings.

That said, it is completely acceptable to NOT find it attractive. Just like it's completely acceptable to NOT find blondes attractive, or even giant fake boobies. People can choose what they think is attractive or not. I think all most people ask is that you're not a dick about it, and that it doesn't need to be brought to someone's attention when you find something unattractive on them (you can think it to yourself, or be honest if directly asked, though.)

So if anything should be praised, it should be the effort that an obese person is putting in to being as healthy as they can be, instead of just having a mentality of "yeah I'm fat, so what? Deal with it."

 

[Nordling]

Agree, Amber. Although if they do have an attitude of being happy with whatever their body is like, we don't need to make jokes, criticize, or make random vulgar, hurtful comments--especially when it's someone we don't even know. Maybe the best policy is the old cliche, "if you can't say something nice..."

 

[LaceyRoyce]

Body positive simply means loving your body. Where-ever it is at.
And loving other peoples body (not necessarily finding them attractive) wherever they are at.

It does not mean saying that they are attractive.
It does not mean praising their bad decisions.
It does not mean saying they are healthy.
It does not mean they should not commit to change for their health, or for self esteem.

It just means we learn to love ourselves and others. Not just for whats "inside them" but for the beauty that comes in all shapes and sizes.

I'm appreciate that you thought your 'weeble wobble' comment was inapropriate edgar, but your post after that was quite cruel also. You made nasty comparisons, put downs... why?? Why is that necessary.

To be clear: I praised her BODY POSITIVE attitude, and I said I found her beautiful. I will also respect her right to make choices for her own life.

THE ONLY helpful opinion you presented in that diatribe of cruelty was the following:
"You don't find her attractive, personally" - TOTALLY ok!
"You don't believe she should be praised for making unhealthy choices" - Also totally ok!

There are ways to be constructive, uplifiting, helpful..to people with health and body issues.
Then there is what you just said.

I hope she never reads it.
A little bit of kindess is what this world needs...


I have been obese.
I've been dangerously thin.
I'm slightly overweight right now (by 9lbs apparently)
I know that I was much MUCH more able to commit to healthy decisions, lifestyle choices (both mentally and physically) when I accepted and loved my body, and myself - where I was at at that moment.

That is what Body Positive means.

 

[Bocefish]

To me, it's not a gender issue at all. Being 8 feet around and over 400 pounds is probably sexy to some people into that. It's her inability to even get off the couch without help and the other issues she requires assistance with. The fact that she's fine with that and continues to eat a 3000 calorie a day diet without making an effort to improve herself is what I have a problem with. That and the example she's setting for her kids. If she's honestly interested in being more self-sufficient and making real efforts to do so, then I take back everything I said.

 

[Shaun__]

I was in a model's room once and she started explaining to us, for several minutes, how a certain body type is disliked by women in general and her in particular. It happened to be my body type. She had never seen me, so it was not being directed at me. Still it was unpleasant to say the least, and I would not want to do that to other people. I may slip up every so often, but I try not to say what I find unattractive. It just seems so unnecessary.

 

[LadyLuna]

I was in a model's room once and she started explaining to us, for several minutes, how a certain body type is disliked by women in general and her in particular. It happened to be my body type. She had never seen me, so it was not being directed at me. Still it was unpleasant to say the least, and I would not want to do that to other people. I may slip up every so often, but I try not to say what I find unattractive. It just seems so unnecessary.

I may have been guilty of this, but it's usually because a gentleman has asked the question. This should not excuse my behavior.

 

[bob]

I have officially lost any hope left I had for men after reading this thread....

Why?

Edit: Nevermind, southsamurai said it a lot better than I can.

heh...i wish i'd save my response to your original post.....but this works too
southsamurai....a male....has made your point in this thread

there's hope for us all in that

 

[bob]

I was in a model's room once and she started explaining to us, for several minutes, how a certain body type is disliked by women in general and her in particular. It happened to be my body type. She had never seen me, so it was not being directed at me. Still it was unpleasant to say the least, and I would not want to do that to other people. I may slip up every so often, but I try not to say what I find unattractive. It just seems so unnecessary.

I may have been guilty of this, but it's usually because a gentleman has asked the question. This should not excuse my behavior.

when a gentleman asks something....maybe it's allow to become personal?
just a guess

 

[Rose]

there's hope for us all in that

Not really. I'm just more willing to tolerate some of you more than others and not be a ginormo bitch about it.

It's like asking me to be nice to my brother's wife. Not something that I want to do at all, but I'll do it anyways.... Though I will concede that just as there are plenty of men willing to make stupid and rude remarks about people's body shapes, there are just as many women who will do the same thing. You just won't find me eager to associate with either side.

 

[bob]

there's hope for us all in that

Not really. I'm just more willing to tolerate some of you more than others and not be a ginormo bitch about it.

It's like asking me to be nice to my brother's wife. Not something that I want to do at all, but I'll do it anyways.... Though I will concede that just as there are plenty of men willing to make stupid and rude remarks about people's body shapes, there are just as many women who will do the same thing. You just won't find me eager to associate with either side.

fair enough
my point was only that there's probably some guys that don't fit your matrix....just as there are some women who fit either

 

[VeronicaChaos]

Here's the full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/mikel-ruffinelli-worlds-largest-hips_n_2526338.html

One thing that really bothers me is that she herself is shaming skinny girls, quote:

"Men don’t fancy skinny girls, they like an hourglass figure."

She also admits to eating 3,000 calories a day.

Feel free to disagree with me, I don't really care what people do to themselves. But at this point she has four kids that have to help her off the couch and are worried about her. I really don't think that's fair to them. Nor is it a good role model. She has to have specialized chairs and beds and refuses to lose weight. IMO, regardless of what anyone (including her husband) thinks about her body, there's something kind of fucked up about that. I'm all for embracing your body and variety is what makes the world go round, but this really goes beyond that. And it's ridiculous for her to talk shit on skinny woman.

I feel like she's taking this idea of positive body image and trying to use it to justify her own body, but she's completely missing the point.