Not surprisingly, they would like to have their cake, eat it, and stay exactly the same dress size.

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Former Hollyoakes soap star Mikyla Dodd, who weighed 25 stone (159kg) and fitted a dress size of 28 when she appeared in the show as Chloe Bruce, defended overweight role models.

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Now weighing around 200 pounds, she has gone from wearing a women's size 30 dress to a size 14 and she's gone from wearing a double-wide shoe to a medium width.

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It did not matter if a size 12 dress in Britain was called a 38 in Germany and a 44 in Italy, for a simple conversion chart would suffice.

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Arriving ten minutes late, Griffith Gryga creates a small sensation when she shows up at Zona's booth -- long, platinum blonde hair cascading over the faux leopard fur collar of her dress, diamond studs the size of peas poking through her ears.

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I. looking for a Tea Collection Botanic Garden Play dress, 2-year-old size--and the store has that item only in a 4-year-old.

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She currently weighs 145 pounds and, after dropping 10 dress sizes, now fits perfectly into a size 8, she says.

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Dry off with a life-size chess match, and then dress up for a pasta dinner at Chibi Chibi Restaurant on the house.

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