I really dislike my height (6foot1) but I'm somewhat satisfied with my body with the exception of my disgustingly sharp elbows. They don't look normal at all! Maybe eventually I'll have them fixed. But I certainly feel I have lucked out otherwise. In general I'm fairly tiny; size 10 (US) shoes, small shoulders, wrists, knees etc. It certainly could be worse off.

The height is only a bother because of not being able to wear certain things, and I feel I'm too tall for my frame.

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on August 15, 2011, 10:49:23 PM
IIRC, the guidelines I heard from a modeling agency for women to do the catwalk was a minimum of 5'9"

Yes, the most sought after for runway modelling are between 5'9" and 5'11."

Quote from: madirocks on August 16, 2011, 03:24:05 PM
Yes, the most sought after for runway modelling are between 5'9" and 5'11."

Absolutely correct!  And for guys it's 6'0" to 6'2".  Back when I was about 22 or 23, I was scouted by a modeling agency because of my face, but it turned out they couldn't use me because I was 5'11".  That gave me quite a nasty complex about my height for a long time (feeling so short).  It's a big part of why I'm 100% comfortable about being a 5'11" woman and wouldn't want to lose a single inch!  In fact, it's why I wear 3" wedges and still walk around feeling beautiful and confident about my passing ability.

Marta i think it's a bit different your experience from our's. You are a genetic woman and you have the privilige of having naturally occuring hormones that feminize your body and face. You have a beautiful face because you are a genetic woman but sometimes even if our bodies are passable we still have the problem of having a masculine face or features such as me. Sometimes just the face can be a dead giveaway when you are trying to pass. I sometimes tend to go out in girl mode and i have been clocked plenty of times because of my facial features and voice. You'r wide hips, breasts, pelvis, etc are all different from ours just because you were lucky enough to have xx chromosomes and im sure you will never have to worry about being outed or clocked when your out in public. I however really appreciate the thread because it shows that sometimes we think we are the only ones that have the problem of having too big hands, feet. etc or just things that we want to be more feminine. Although you are correct about somethings i dont think you can ever understand the full trans experience.

Quote from: elsaG on August 16, 2011, 03:52:24 PM
Marta i think it's a bit different your experience from our's. You are a genetic woman and you have the privilige of having naturally occuring hormones that feminize your body and face. You have a beautiful face because you are a genetic woman but sometimes even if our bodies are passable we still have the problem of having a masculine face or features such as me. Sometimes just the face can be a dead giveaway when you are trying to pass. I sometimes tend to go out in girl mode and i have been clocked plenty of times because of my facial features and voice. You'r wide hips, breasts, pelvis, etc are all different from ours just because you were lucky enough to have xx chromosomes and im sure you will never have to worry about being outed or clocked when your out in public. I however really appreciate the thread because it shows that sometimes we think we are the only ones that have the problem of having too big hands, feet. etc or just things that we want to be more feminine. Although you are correct about somethings i dont think you can ever understand the full trans experience.

I think you're being unfair on Marta...being born female does not give you a beautiful face, having beautiful parents does, your facial bone structure is mainly down to genetics. Yes there are differences between how male and female hormones effect your facial bone structure but they only add to what's already there. Marta's insecurities (sorry hun...I know you said you liked your height ) about her body shape are no less legitimate than yours, because lets face it I've yet to meet a woman that was 100% happy with how they look, and in fact serve to show that being born female is not a magic ticket to a perfect life. All us girls together have to make do with what we have...regardless of how we get there.

Also please don't think that being born female gives you a magic free pass to never being mis-gendered because it doesn't...I've got a couple of friends that get it all the time. Heck, my friend Emily has a deeper voice and broader shoulders than me! But that doesn't mean she questions her femininity.

Quote from: Gravity's Child on August 16, 2011, 05:12:58 PM
I think you're being unfair on Marta...being born female does not give you a beautiful face, having beautiful parents does, your facial bone structure is mainly down to genetics. Yes there are differences between how male and female hormones effect your facial bone structure but they only add to what's already there. Marta's insecurities (sorry hun...I know you said you liked your height ) about her body shape are no less legitimate than yours, because lets face it I've yet to meet a woman that was 100% happy with how they look, and in fact serve to show that being born female is not a magic ticket to a perfect life. All us girls together have to make do with what we have...regardless of how we get there.

Also please don't think that being born female gives you a magic free pass to never being mis-gendered because it doesn't...I've got a couple of friends that get it all the time. Heck, my friend Emily has a deeper voice and broader shoulders than me! But that doesn't mean she questions her femininity.

Very very true!  I have a friend with a MUCH deeper voice than mine and she's not trans.  I'd prove it by linking a video of hers, but I'm not going to.

Then there's another friend of mine who's totally gorgeous and I always have to remind her of that because she never believes it.  Whether she's fretting about her weight (she's not heavy), her large breasts, that she's short, has some hair on her toes, has fuzzy arms, a bit of hair on her upper lip (I sometimes take her to the laser sessions she just started), she's never content.  But I think she's completely beautiful.  She just can't see it.

Women of all sorts are beautiful!  Stressing about our flaws is just one of those natural female things...

I'm 5'11" and I'm very happy and content with my height... and I usually wear 4" heels. 

I am 5'5 and have a pretty feminine bone structure, small waist and all that, so yep pretty happy. I am pre-hrt though so male fat distribution bothers me 

Well I like my height and body shape... now.

My simple answer is "NO". I'll never be happy with certain aspects of how I look. I try not to think about it

I think that thought is a trait that is very female, for what it is worth.

I'm happy with my height, I'm 5'5 about 130 and wear a size 8 in clothing, and a size 8 in shoes.

hmmm lets see 5'5.5'' with size 6 girls shoe and super thin waist . broad way to broad shoulders, yet a feminine bone structure, shall bone structure for a boy or girl and well small but wide hands but my bff she has same size hands and my cousin hers are a bit longer hmmm yea i love it good size

My height is ok at 5' 7".

But I dislike my bodyshape. When I stared HRT in the late 1990's I assumed I would get a more feminine body shape and better fat re-distribution. But it hasn't happened and my upper body is bigger than my lower body and I'm quite repulsed as my body shape naked still looks male. My boobs are also way too small and the wrong shape.

The main thing I dislike about my body shape is that I don't know what it is!

I've been obese my entire adult life. I've been working to lose the weight, but I'm kind of afraid to find out what lies under all this bulk. I've always felt like I looked absurdly masculine, and it just seems to get worse with every pound I lose. It doesn't help that the more I lose weight, the more I get complimented on what an attractive man I am...

I know losing weight will help a lot when I start hormones, but I can't help but feel I'm moving backwards when it comes to my body image.

At least hormones might fix that stuff. My feet are so wide, I have to special order my men's shoes. I don't even want to think about how I'm going to deal with that.

Eh, I could hope for better in most categories. I'm 6'2" and built like a football player, with a relatively masculine face and pretty big feet. I think my only naturally feminine features are my arms and hands. My arms are actually short for my height, and my hands are rather petite. Overall, since most of my features are here to stay, I might as well learn to use them to my advantage, though I'm not exactly sure what that advantage would be or how to obtain it. Unfortunately, it looks like heels won't be working well with me at all .

To answer the question, I'm not a fan of my height and body type at all, but I'm stuck with it so I might as well embrace it.

I do quite like them.   I'm 6'1" and do sometimes wish I could be just a couple inches shorter, but other than that I'm very happy.  I have relatively wide hips for someone born male (at the widest point, the same width as my shoulders) and normal sized hands and feet for a girl my height.  The only thing I want to work on a little is the shape of my ribcage, for which I'm planning to corset train and lose a couple inches soon.  Nothing extreme, once I can fully close the one I have I'm not going to go any further.

I'm 5'7 I don't really mind the height don't get me wrong I'd rather be 5'4 but I'm ok with it. I would love some curves though I'm too skinny in the wrong places and too fat in the others! I hate my shoulders they are too broad!

i've just learned to accept it for what it is. my shoulders are quite broad, but they're basically equal to my hips. i store alot of fat in my hips, but i have a waistline as well. i'm 5'11, but i just try to accept it for what it is. my frame is large, but it's been that way my whole life.

Fullmoon I think you can be whatever you want to be, never just accept something because it's been that way your entire life has being born trans taught you nothing haha

wish i was about 6'' shorter, i have a good figure but still too fat