I am naturally heavy and tried for years to be skinny. When I did get to the "appropriate" weight for my height, I looked horrible. Bones sticking out and pasty as hell. I gained the weight back during my 30 year stint in university. Too much sitting all the time and post-menopause do not go well together.
Nobody in a million years would ever guess my true weight. Because I am naturally heavy, the fat is equally distributed, meaning I'm still curvy...
I may not have thigh gap...hell, even when I looked like a skeleton with skin I didn't have it...but at least I don't have to worry about breaking bones. When I had a bone density scan done my Dr pointed out that heavy set women very rarely have osteoporosis...
Ima has a point with the models...it all started with Twiggy...