Adele: A Role Model Worth Her Weight In Everything (Pun Intended)

     By this point, I am sure a lot of you have heard about Karl Lagerfeld and his demeaning comments (and the subsequent apology he issued) to Adele ...
     But still, I have one question for Karl Lagerfeld, the man behind the Adele is an amazing singer but she's just "a little too fat" comments ... Have you looked in the mirror lately??!!? Because you are one hella ugly, old-ass dude, who has no business commenting on others looks.

     Adele on the other hand is a talented, strong, beautiful woman who represents the majority of women in this country ... And she owns it.

     She apparently told People magazine, "Weight has nothing to do with my career. Even when I was signing, most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say [lose weight] to me, they wouldn't be working with me."

     It is refreshing to see a woman in the entertainment industry speak out like that and own her body for what it is ... Because far too often we see women beating themselves up and attempting to fit into the Hollywood ideal of perfection.

Nicole Richie

Victoria "Posh" Beckham

Kiera Knightley

     Adele seems to go against the grain and own her body for what it is, and not let others try to put her in a category. I was ecstatic when I saw her on the December 2011 cover of Cosmopolitan magazine because, 1) its nice to see someone on the cover who looks ever so slightly maybe more like me than the usual cover girls, and 2) Cosmopolitan did not use a head shot of her, as magazines will often do when the cover model is anything above a size 4 (OMG! God FORBID!).

     I just hope Adele is able to keep up her kick-ass, give-'em-hell attitude when it comes to her image as she becomes increasingly famous, and is in the spotlight more and more, because there are hundreds of thousands of little girls out there who need a role model like her.

     I know I could have used one growing up.

You don't own me. Don't try to change me in any way. You don't own me. Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay. I don't tell you what to say. I don't tell you what to do. So just let me be myself. That's all I ask of you. I'm young and I love to be young. I'm free and I love to be free - to live my life the way I want, to say and do whatever I please. (You Don't Own Me, Lesley Gore)