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During this week's America's Next Top Model, I witnessed an all too common, and unfortunate occurrence--when criticism from one person results in another using racist commentary as revenge.

I was six feet tall in college. My Body Mass Index was 16. I won’t tell you the weight that corresponds to that, because this is not a thinspirational post. The obsessive among you probably have the formula memorized and may figure it out. I know I would have. For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, a body mass index of 16 is two points underweight. A healthy woman will fall between 18 and 24 on the index. I was not healthy. And yet, I was still too fat. Or that’s what everyone in my life told me.

Have you heard of a modeling agency called Ugly Rage Models? Despite the fact that we see these skinny, pretty, perfect models everywhere, there really is a modeling agency which recruits the other "not so pretty" people.

Jennie Runk is an international plus-size model. She is a size 12, same as me, and is about 5 inches taller. She has zits, cellulite, and frizzy curls. She is studying a major in creative writing. She is smart, hilarious, bold and worldly.