Anastasia's figure/A thick waist?

[bball33]

Anastasia wasn't extremely fat or extremely thin like 90lbs. (that's gotta be wrong) But if she was around 16 than she was probably around 120 from pics and stuff i've heard. im just guessing

[Michelle]

There was no way Anastasia was ninety pounds, you're right.  And no, she wasn't extremely fat, but she developed a very stout and rather dumpy figure (no offense Anastasia fans) in her teens.  

I love that pic of OTMA all lined up in a row!  It's so cool!  Olga and Tatiana look so regal, especially Olga because her hand is being kissed!  She definitely looks like she was made to be a queen.

[Abby]

I agree w/Michelle; O. and T. looked VERY regal, even when dressed in those colorless and drab clothes, all covered up!

[Michelle]

Ya.  O and T always (or at least most of the time) managed to look great.

[Georgiy]

even when dressed in those colorless and drab clothes

Mind you, in colour, those clothes mightn't have seemed quite so drab - the black and white photography doesn't really let us know what the clothes looked like on, what colours they were or how they suited the girls.

[Abby]

that's true. they kind of look very heavy and uncomfortable though. but that is the subject for another thread!

[Maria_Romanov_fan]

Anastasia wasn't extremely fat or extremely thin like 90lbs. (that's gotta be wrong)

I know. Even I didn't belive that, it's crazy...
And yes 120 seems like our Anastasia!

[tatiana_Romanova]

What do you think was their definition of fit?  Is it different than what it is today?

the "figure" from the early 1900s is "really" different
if you look at our food industries, there are diet everything, people are getting thinner and thinner. that doesnt make sense, like to be "skinny" in that era is just uterly retarded to be like 90 pounds and your like i don't know 5'1'', is just un healthy. If you look at the people in cities now, there are more anorexics(dont know if i spelt that right) then ever!
So stupid.

[bball33]

would that be considered anorexic today? i mean if a 16 year old was 90 lbs? just wondering.

[nerdycool]

It all depends on how she regards food. For example: all throughout my early years, up until my junior year of college, I was around 105lbs. Now my height is 5'6", so I was super skinny, and many people alluded to my having an eating disorder. That was until they saw me eat. I ate a lot (heck, I still can pack it in). It was just that my metabolism was super fast. I tried very hard to gain weight, but it never happened. Now it's slowed down a bit, so I have to be more careful, but I'm still on the thin side.

So my general feeling about teenagers and being skinny is that it may just be their metabolism. But if they always just pick at their food (or usually aren't hungry) or you are suspicious that they are purging themselves after meals, they may have an eating disorder.

[moonlight_tsarina]

speaking of "weighty issues" there is a formal tercetenuary pic, and perhaps it's her gown or the way she is sitting, but maria's bottom( ) region looks very big!

Ah, now that i'm home I have acsess to my home "database". lol. Here's the picture.
It's not the "full view".

[Ortino]

yeah,you are right. but when anastasia was younger, she actually looked very slender, maybe even scrawny!
so if anything, she got the weight as a teen.


speaking of "weighty issues" there is a formal tercetenuary pic, and perhaps it's her gown or the way she is sitting, but maria's bottom( ) region looks very big!

I don't think Anastasia was ever really fat, but just chubby as she grew older. Because she's also quite short in comparison to her sisters, her weight would not be as evenly distributed as for example, Tatiana's. This would make her stouter than she might actually be and explain why she looks much plumper than her sisters. As I'm Anastasia's height and I weight 113, I know that's true. Or, she hadn't lost her baby fat like her other sisters yet.

Yes, Marie does look quite plump in the 300th celebration pictures as opposed to her other sisters. She would have been about 15 at the time, so perhaps it was just baby fat. It could also be the gown, it really doesn't suit her.

[granduchess_leah]

[color=Purple]anastasia nose was rather long and her mouth quite wide ,she had her mothers chin,her farthers smile ,her grands eyes and she had brown hair and brown eyes or starberry blond hair and blue eyes but we dont really no what colour her eyes and hair were [/color] [img][/i]

[Olga_Anne]

I read somewhere that while they they were in imprisonment, that Alexandra noted that Anastasia had a thick waist. Why was Anastasia so chubby? Was it she ate too much or was it baby fat? Depression, though I doubt it? :-/

[Ortino]

Lack of exercise I'm sure contributed to that somewhat. It is also possible that due to their imprisonment, she ate more frequently or in greater quantities-"comfort food" to soothe depression. OR, it could just be her metabolism/ hereditary factors. Marie was not so thin either.