Keira Knightley arrives in Venice looking thinner than ever...

[Crankyshank]

I think she looks fine. I love the dress.

Oh I agree - the dress is gorgeous and a great color for her.

 

[WDWAurora]

Looks pretty normal for her. Some women are just small.

Still amazed everytime somebody thinks it's OK to go on about how thin people are and how they look sick. If somebody was to go on about how some celeb gained a lot of weight, and was one Twinkie away from a coronary, people would be crying foul big time.

Amen.

 

[JunieJay]

They key for me is has the celebrity always been thin? Keira has. Nicole Ritchie, not. She was almost a little bit plump when she was on The Simple Life the first couple of years...her weight loss was drastic, and she did look sick. I would also probably notice if Keira Knightly got plump. Its when there is a drastic change that I take notice.

 

[cardaway]

I think the issue is that in Hollywood if you are a size 2 you are considered fat. A lot of actresses starve themselves to stay too thin, which is just as unhealthy as being over weight. Then you have young girls and woman who strive to look like the actresses, and are very unhealthy and under weight.

I do believe some woman are natually thin, but I think they are in the minority. There needs to be a reality check regarding women in movies, and magazines. It would be better to see healthy weights versus under weight.

First of I think that is quite an exaggeration. Plenty of women over size 2 that are not consiudered fat by anybody.

Secondy I think the problem is with people thinking people are underweight when they might just be healthy, thin people who happen to eat right and work out on a regular basis.

 

[elgerber]

I think she looks much healthier there, than she did in this photo...

http://img.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/news/060717/keira_knightley.jpg

 

[cardaway]

with the amount of nasty comments directed towards overweight people on this board, I would hardly make the leap to say that making fun of thin is ok but fat isn't

While I admit I don't see every thread, I have never seen a nasty comment about overweight people go through without somebody speaking up.

 

[palmtreegirl]

I think she looks great!

 

[meloneyb21]

She looks ok to me.....forget her...have you seen Renee Zellwegger lately?

 

[momof2inPA]

Renee' Zellweger looks a lot cuter than Keira Knightley. I wish I had that grey cotton dress. I don't think either one looks too, too thin.

 

[Aurora63]

I agree that the first photo looks a little strange, but if you look closley, you'll see that the nail polish is the same, the bracelet and ring is the same as well, so it's definetly her.

Personally, I don't think it's 'shocking.' She looks pretty healthy to me, thin but healthy.

 

[Oreo Cookie]

First of I think that is quite an exaggeration. Plenty of women over size 2 that are not consiudered fat by anybody.

Secondy I think the problem is with people thinking people are underweight when they might just be healthy, thin people who happen to eat right and work out on a regular basis.

I don't mean the general public, but the powers that be in Hollywood have been known to tell women that they need to lose weight, and these women are size 2 and 4.

I had watched a show recently, and I wish I could recall the name, and on it they were talking about the pressure to be thin in the entertainment industry. One of the people they interviewed was Jennifer Love Hewitt and she said that when you walk into a room as a size 2, you are the fat person in the room. Not my words, but hers. Think about that mentality.

I don't think it is acceptable to make rude comments about people over weight, nor is it acceptable to make rude comments about thin people, or those under weight. I just think we need to admit that it is unhealthy to be over/under weight.

 

[missypie]

At Kiera's age I weighed about 95 lbs (I'm 5'5"). When I got out of law school at age 27, I weighed 98. I ate whatever I wanted and never worked out. I was just a natural bone. (It was great while it lasted....) I joined a health club and started working out with weights and quickly gained 10 lbs....I had been literal skin and bone...no muscle.

DD11 is like I was, only she is a gymnast, so she has muscles stuck on the bone. Ever so often, one of the coaches will ask her if she eats, what she eats, etc. She eats like a horse...it's just a super speedy metabolism.

 

[Bichon Barb]

It's OK because nobody aspires to be fat?

Great example of exactly what I was posting about. What makes it OK to even joke about thin people when it's accepted that it would be wrong to do the same about those that are fat or gained weight?

Who said it's okay to make fun of thin or fat people?

Many of us are interested in what the celebrities are doing. Look at all the mags out there like People and In Touch, etc. Even YOU opened this thread Cardaway.

 

[mrsv98]

I think she looks a lot better than she did at the POTC III premeire, that was scary!

I think she is naturally thin and at times gets really skinny.

I do like the dress too

 

[ChrisFL]

Im gonna burn for this one, but she looks in the first pic....like a bobblehead doll!

 

[JunieJay]

I don't mean the general public, but the powers that be in Hollywood have been known to tell women that they need to lose weight, and these women are size 2 and 4.

I had watched a show recently, and I wish I could recall the name, and on it they were talking about the pressure to be thin in the entertainment industry. One of the people they interviewed was Jennifer Love Hewitt and she said that when you walk into a room as a size 2, you are the fat person in the room. Not my words, but hers. Think about that mentality.

I don't think it is acceptable to make rude comments about people over weight, nor is it acceptable to make rude comments about thin people, or those under weight. I just think we need to admit that it is unhealthy to be over/under weight.

What you are saying IS true. Anything over a size 2 in Hollywood is considered "plus size" or bigger boned. I'll never forget the way they carried on about J-Lo when she was in the media all the time. How big she was, how curvy she was. We saw J-Lo when she was in Washington once, and let me tell you, there isn't one thing big, plus size or curvy about this woman. She's a size 8 at most. Same with Kate Winslet, the media is always talking about how big she is....she'd look very small next to the average American woman, no doubt. Its annoying. I'd much rather see women of all shapes and sizes in the movies and on TV, to me its all about confidence and style. You either have it, or you don't, regardless of whether you are a size 2 or a 22.

 

[JulyGirl]

I think she looks fine. She is a thin girl anyways. I have a friend who is tiny like that. People often accuse her of eating disorders, but it is in her genes. She can eat, and eat and never gains weight. If she is busy and is not eating enough, she drops weight fast. Some folks are just like this, just as obesity runs in families.

 

[Oreo Cookie]

What you are saying IS true. Anything over a size 2 in Hollywood is considered "plus size" or bigger boned. I'll never forget the way they carried on about J-Lo when she was in the media all the time. How big she was, how curvy she was. We saw J-Lo when she was in Washington once, and let me tell you, there isn't one thing big, plus size or curvy about this woman. She's a size 8 at most. Same with Kate Winslet, the media is always talking about how big she is....she'd look very small next to the average American woman, no doubt. Its annoying. I'd much rather see women of all shapes and sizes in the movies and on TV, to me its all about confidence and style. You either have it, or you don't, regardless of whether you are a size 2 or a 22.

You are so right, and it has gotten so ridiculous. It's very, very sad, and it is causing many young girls to have self image problems. Pick-up magazines and everyone is air brushed to be perfect, it's just gotten so out of control.

 

[cardaway]

I'm not seeing many examples of all these top actresses that are supposedly below a size two. Maybe below a size 8. What I do see often is larger women calling anybody smaller than "too skinny" or "lolipop" like.

 

[lil mermaid]

I think she looks fine - I think she is very pretty. I like her dress.

She is just thin. Women come in all shapes and sizes.