Plus-Size Comedian Wins Argentina's Best Body Competition

Plus-size comedian Mar Tarrés has won the Argentina's annual La Chica del Verano also known as The Girl of the Summer competition, the first of her size to take home the top prize for the beach body battle.
Tired of hearing people criticize her body on her Facebook fan page, Tarrés, 28, entered the competition this year, undeterred by the past winners' more Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue-type figures.

Tarrés said on Facebook before winning “I suffered a lot from comments online, it made me feel bad that my family had to read so many insults about my body, I realize it's a big social change of acceptance of body diversity, and that it would be a different person winning from what the media always puts out there as 'stereotypically beautiful”

Tarrés is thrilled with her win and says she thinks the voters appreciated a more realistic woman “I think women voted with what they identified with cellulite, stretch marks, varicose veins, all of these women who open magazines and don't identify with these unattainable bodies voted for me, because here it all is. Now she hopes that her win will inspire women of all different sizes to feel more confident and enter the competition in the future saying “the Girls of the Summer are us all, all of us are beautiful. I represent plus-size women and I hope that all of the competitions will include girls like us, because we want to take part. But I am very happy, very appreciative”