I saw this little article this past weekend at Kroger's. While I applaud Vanessa for not being super-thin like all the other stupid Hollywood starlets who lie through their teeth about starving themselves, she sounded a little boastful. 3 lbs. of muscle sure ain't much.
In the actual quotes by Vanessa, she was only talking about bulking up. The statement about the three pounds (which I :lol: laughed :lol: at the first time I read it as well) was made by the author of the article. And, judging by her figure in these pictures, all three of those pounds went into her legs and nowhere else, which, I guess is a considerable amount for just the legs. Plus, those bulky, uber-muscular thighs and calves she's got for this race definately would not pass in the model industry (unless she was a fitness model).
Vanessa always has had her nose up in the air a little bit when it comes to girls who do exploitive photo shoots for men's magazines or the really Barbie Doll looking types. It's even evident in her lyrics: "And she's so pretty, and she's so sure/Maybe I'm more clever than a girl like her/The summer's all in bloom" -White Houses
"Boastful" might be a little too strong of a word to describe her though. I don't know, maybe it's because I prefer girls who look like Vanessa as opposed to Tyra Banks or whatever and I think it's funny when someone like Vanessa looks down at these girls who are famous for no reason other than that they look like something produced by Mattel.
Also, you have to think about how many times Vanessa probably got told that she wasn't pretty enough to be a young female musician, especially in the pop scene. I think Vanessa's first album came out slightly after Michelle Branch's, but they were pretty close together, and that was at a time when the only young females getting the attention in mainstream pop were girls who looked like Britney and Christina and what-not. I can imagine if that was the case, and Vanessa got told she wasn't pretty enough, that could cause some resentment toward girls who are overly vain. It could also cause her to be prideful of the fact that she did indeed make it as a popular artist and she didn't have to wear a school girl outfit or roll around in the sand in her first video.
"Boastful," maybe. But maybe deservedly so.
