THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, June 5, 1994 TAG: 9406030522
SECTION: HAMPTON ROADS WOMAN PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY DEBRA GORDON, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: 940605 LENGTH: Short
It's the first time she's ventured out in ``fitted'' clothes, and she's just a bit nervous.
{REST} ``It's like, whoa, I haven't shown this part of my body in a long time, and I'm not so sure it's not ugly,'' she says.
It's not ugly. It's great and it shows, more than even the leotard-and-tights pictures. It demonstrates the progress Owen has made in the past 10 months and the difference 63 pounds plus regular exercise can make.
``A couple of people told me I looked thinner today,'' she said, ``and that's my confirmation it's OK.''
But there's more to Owen's story this month than just the first time she's shown off her waist - this is the month she bought a new bathing suit. In a regular-sized store. One her 8-year-old daughter described in a shocked voice as ``sexy.''
Yes, she's graduated from the skirted, flowered, size 22 bathing suit into a slimming, all-black tank with a sheer inset.
She found it at her first store, tried it on and was amazed that it fit. Then she thought, ``No, this can't be right,'' and visited five more stores before returning to the first store and buying it - in a size 18.
She made sure she could return it, paid for it and brought it home to model for her husband.
He loved it. And the receipt hit the trash.
by CNB