Jordin Sparks: Weight, Height, and Plus-Size Tips
Jordin Sparks’ Facts Current Weight: unknown. Current Size: 12 (used to be 13). Height: nearly six feet tall, was 5′10”in junior high school.
“I stood out everywhere,” she says, though she tried desperately not to: hunching over, wearing oversize clothing and searching in vain for her size at teen mall stores.
The controversy over Jordin Sparks’ weight is getting steamier. The obesity expert, MeMe Roth, who has essentially said that Jordin Sparks is fat and very unhealthy, has received death threats, according to CNN.
If that is not enough, Jordin’s supporters have labeled Roth anorexic and “an inspiration for anorexic girls” all over the world.
Jordin says that she has tried to lose some weight, but it could not do it because he likes food. In 2006 Sparks entered and won Torrid’s Next Plus Size Model contest for the size-12-and-up, appearing in an ad in Seventeen magazine.
“Jordin started to feel okay about [her size],” says Spark’ mom. “It was almost like it happened all at once – her confidence just built up.”
Sparks says she dropped a dress size during Idol (she’s a 12 now) – not on purpose. “We’re so busy all the time that you have a few seconds to eat a few bites.” She is not on a diet – “I love steak. I love pasta. I love ice cream!” she says.
However, she is looking forward to getting back to her exercise routine of hiking in the mountains, spin classes and occasional weight training. She recently ran into boxer-turned-Dancing with the Stars-finalist Laila Ali: “Oh my gosh! She looked amazing! She’s beautiful. I’d love to have muscles like that,” says Sparks.
Now that she’s an American Idol, Sparks knows all eyes are on her, including young female fans who look up to her as a role model. Sparks says she has learned to “like my curves” and wishes others would like theirs, too.
“It makes me so sad. I wish they would put more real people out there because not everybody is [a size 2]. Hollywood needs to get over the stick figure.”
Jordin Sparks’ 5 Style Tips For Plus-Size Girls:
Baggier is not better! “Baggy clothes can make you look bigger. You want something that hugs you in all the right places – just not too much, where it’s too tight and you’re hanging out all over!”
Accentuate the positive. “I have a tiny waist in proportion to the rest of my body, so I like to wear corsety things that hug my waist.”
Choose dark jeans. “Darker types slim your legs down. A lighter wash jean makes everything look bigger.”
Watch your necklines. “V-necks give you an elongated neck. A crew neck can look like it’s choking you!”
Keep jewelry small. “Dainty necklaces are nice. Chunky ones cut [your figure] up – no chokers.” [via]
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04-24-08 at 7:00 am
Jordin i really love your singing and i hope that you get better. I heard that u have comething wrong with your throat. well anyways i really hope that you get better
love ya
*Taylor*
10-08-08 at 11:03 am
Jordin Sparks is a beautiful young woman. I wish people would stop talking about her weight. Not all women could be a toothpick.
06-14-09 at 12:19 pm
I think Jordin is amazingly pretty, the way that she is.
06-18-09 at 8:55 am
She’s absolutely repulsive! A size TWELVE?! I think Michael Moore is skinner than she is. I’m disgusted that Americans think she’s attractive. She’s bordering on morbid obesity, and it’s obscenely unhealthy.
06-19-09 at 3:27 am
I think she’s fat and ugly but ace- size 12 is smaller than the average american size. The average American is a size 14. With that said, celebrities lie about their sizes and this girl doesn’t look like a size 12 at ALL. Size 12 actually doesn’t look that bad. Size 14 is when it goes from “curvy” to “overweight”.
With that said, it’s disgusting how fat Americans encourage other fat Americans to remain unhealthy and get fatter. The whole “take pride in yourself” has gotten severely warped. Taking PRIDE in yourself means being healthy. You can say what you want, size 12, 14, 16…that’s not healthy. Obesity causes WAY more health problems than low self esteem, and perhaps if fat people weren’t taught that “big is beautiful” they would have the low self esteem they SHOULD have to realize they have a PROBLEM and that being fat not only isn’t pretty, it’s a danger to their health. If anorexia isn’t sexy because it’s harmful to people’s health, then neither is obesity.
07-05-09 at 11:15 am
jordin is a beautiful woman and an inspiration to many.
hime and ace- who says big isnt beautiful, who says you have to be a skinny toothpick to mlook amazing?? NOBODY! you have no right what so ever to judge anyone based on their weight, that is low and shallow. and who says that just because someone is a size 12 or above that they are obese? did you know that if some of your so called obese americans lkost weigght to fit your criteria, they would be sick and discusting beacuse if you didnt notice, noone is exactly alike, and everuyone has their own boidy shape, somne peoples body shape isnt compatable with being tiny, due to their bone structure. with that said, hine and ace, unless you hapen to be a doctor and went through many years of school, i suggust you dont speak, beacuse you really dont have the facts right.
big is beautiful and jordin is gourgous just the way she is. you have no right to judge ayone based on ANYTHING! so just back off.
07-29-09 at 3:53 pm
OK. first of all just because you’re overweight does NOT mean that you are ugly. Because i mean she is pretty and she’s not like disgusting where you can’t even move. She just looks bigger, I saw her on with Alexa Chung and she looked firm in her stomach no gross rolls or anything. She just is bigger, I mean she’s almost 6 ft.
And we don’t know her medical stuff. She could be healthy or a little bit overweight. And the reason we say take pride in yourself means have self-confidence. It also means don’t care what the media or people say about, because we are all beautiful. Not always healthy, but don’t feel bad for being the way you are, that doesn’t just mean being a little bit bigger or being too skinny.
07-31-09 at 7:53 pm
To those who are saying sizes 12 plus are disgusting: and a size 00 is even better? Either end of the spectrum CAN be unhealthy but not necessarily so. Given that fact she is nearly 6′ – it’s right, she’d look ridiculous as a size 12. That would be far too skinny for her height. As long as one is healthy, it shouldn’t matter what size you are. Saying any size is ‘disgusting’ just promotes self-consciousness and UNhealthiness.
08-15-09 at 11:04 am
Jordin Sparks is a very beautiful girl! She is 5′11 (nearly 6ft) Her weight has been up and down lately, but i think she looks great; she has lost a lot of weight since a few years ago when she was nearly 200 pounds!
08-23-09 at 8:22 pm
Everybody has their own opinions of what is pretty. I think women need curves to be attractive (and not because their hip bones are popping out)I really don’t know why this stick figure body is being sought after. There is more to life then the weight on the scale just eat right, exercise, and be happy.
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08-24-09 at 3:54 am
Ok I happen to think Jordin Sparks is gorgeous and looks very healthy. For those of you who are criticizing her for being overweight and a role model, how do you think it feels to be overweight and have completely normal eating habits/exercise? I have a disease that makes it difficut for me to lose weight (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) and/or carry children. To have a woman like Jordin Sparks as a role model is amazing and makes people like me feel that we are not so different. You can say she is overweight, or disgusting or whatever…but walk in the shoes of an overweight person and I guarentee you, you woud not be so judgemental.