Where's Jenny (Craig) when you need her?

Fresh after this article on “full-figured fashion” appeared in December Vogue (http://toofatforfashion.blogspot.com/2006/12/woman-in-full-keely-shaye-smith.html), PBs personal Bond babe, Keely Shaye Smith, donned a two-toned bikini and took to the beach.

Now the blogsphere is on fire after recent photos of PB and KSS swimming in Hawaii have surfaced. One of the latest is below. The subject? Size matters. Bikini size, that is.

Obviously KSS weighs in at a great deal more than your traditional Hollywood trophy wife. And now the tabs are having a field day. In fact, KSSs ample girth has caused the biggest online stir since Jennifer Love Hewitt was called fat for swimming in her size six bikini. A fat size six? Gimme a break.

Well a size six Keely ain’t. But so what?

Even though tab articles also mention that Pierce seems to have gained weight, most still portray him as Bond-sexy. He is absolutely not emaciated, however as this particular article suggests.

While I agree that some of the tabloid comments about KSS are awfully catty, it seems to me than anyone who puts on a bikini and hops in the surf had better be somewhat in shape or they are inviting trouble.

Don’t get me wrong. I have no problem with her being overweight. But when you're a woman cavorting with James Bond on the beach in a bikini, you have to know at some level you'll be compared to Ursula Andress or Halle Berry.

Personally, I’m less concerned about her weight gain than I am about was she does with it in her status as a “celebrity.”

What is really tragic in all of this is KSS is uniquely positioned to be a role model for full-figured women everywhere. The fact that she's on the heavy side and married to arguably the sexiest, most gorgeous guy on earth means she could really be a solid voice for women who struggle with weight issues. Even the Vogue article I posted earlier could help with this *IF* the authors were honest and included photos of her at her current weight in the article, instead of selecting photos taken when she was obviously more svelte and still in shape to promote in the feature.

KSS is quick to exploit celebrity and position Pierce as a vanguard for animal rights and environmental issues. She needs to equally step up to the plate join the fray on the subject of weight by encouraging the press to embrace a healthy women's body image, particularly when it comes the current trend that maintains you have to be size 0 to be sexy.



From the Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/diet-another-day-pierce-has-a-view-to-a-kill-over-wife-weight-jibes-1271307.html
Tuesday January 22 2008

BOND actor Pierce Brosnan has daggers out for gossip columnists who have been criticising his wife about her weight.The ex-007 star has hit the roof over catty commentators' remarks likening his wife Keely Shaye Smith to portly villain Goldfinger.

Celebrity websites have been using Bond puns to disparage the actor's wife's figure after pictures emerged of the couple on the beach in Hawaii.TMZ.com posted photos of the couple under the headline "Double Oh No!"Another asked if she had eaten "too many late night pizzas".

While celebritystyle.com remarked: "Not sure when Pierce signed up for marriage he expected to get a wife whose body looks more like Goldfinger's."

Even hunky Pierce has put on a few pounds but next to his wife looks somewhat emaciated.

We certainly hope that Diamonds are forever -- but it wouldn't hurt if she could shed a few kilos."The pictures at the core of these comments were taken of Pierce (54) and Keely (44) relaxing on holiday in Hawaii.

The mum of two has put on at least 70lbs since their wedding in 2001 and now tips the scales at 15 stone.

A pal said, "Keely has tried everything to lose weight, including the Atkins diet and the South Beach Diet and working out."

"Pierce thinks comments about her weight are plain nasty."

Pictures of the mother of two coming out of the sea in a bikini like Ursula Andress in Dr No sparked the remarks.

The couple, married seven years ago, have two children Dylan Thomas and Paris Beckett. Keely is Pierce's second wife.

His first wife Cassandra Harris died of ovarian cancer in 1991. The couple had been together for 10 years and had one son Sean.

The Bond star goes to Hawaii to relax. However, he is in a battle with one of his neighbours after a 77-year-old Hawaiian pensioner claimed that he is stealing her water by diverting it from her farm.

A lawyer for the 007 star said, "The water goes through five different properties and it's not Pierce's problem."