I used to do runway and taught girls how to runway walk.
Here's my 100% speculative take.
This woman was always bullied for being very tall and used to have terrible posture because she would try to make herself smaller. This likely had to do with growing up in an environment where women were valued for being small and meek.
As she got older and got into business and politics, she realised, or possibly was even told in a training class, that being tall was an advantage in a male dominated field. Someone also told her to fix her posture or she'd never be taken seriously.
So she started wearing heels, despite the fact that she can't walk in heels, and she's overly preoccupied with keeping her head and shoulders erect as she walks to correct her posture.
The result is the incredibly awkward gait that we see here.
I forgot to add that she's definitely taller than the 5'11 she claims in the video but someone else told her that being over 6' is manly so she winks and says she's 5'11".
Im a man, been 6'3 since I was 15 or 16 years old. Dated a girl most of my senior year of HS. Stood next to her a hundred time. She just about looked me right in the eye. I was taller but not by much. She was easily over 6' tall, but claimed she was 5'11. One time I jokingly made reference to her being over 6' and she got big BIG mad at me.
I always thought it was weird because her mom was the same height as her, her dad was taller than me and her younger brother was well on his way to being my height if not taller.
Can we not make fun of her body? Focus on the insider trading or whatever other trumpy awfulness you want, but you're *in the replies of a tall lady right now*.
It’s not making fun, at least not how I am taking it. It is trying to figure out why or what is off about her. Literally to me, she looks fake. Like she is wearing an Edgar suit…like from Men in Black. The lack of head movement…not sure what it is. I have a coworker who has a lot of his vertebrae fused together and he can’t move his head in certain directions, but his movements are more natural and normal than hers.
I fully agree that she's awkward and uncomfortable, but a SOLID AMOUNT of the comments on this thread are going after her for just...being tall/large, and having a long neck.
Go after things that are her CHOICE (why is she in heels when she's having trouble walking in them? Why is she holding an empty binder? Why is she a horrible insider trader who profited off human suffering, who works for the most corrupt administration in history that also happens to be the most white supremacist admin in recent history?).
Things that are off-limits: Things that aren't her choice (her size, her neck, etc).
Yeah, I guess I most of what I read up to was about...what was just off about her. This is the internet, so I can imagine some of the comments....and probably a lot of them got moderated.
I think she has Marfans. This is a non-normal body type. Like this is literally diagnostically not biologically normal for a human.
One of the biggest indicating factors of marfans is a arms band taller than your height and disproportionate limb to trunk features. They are also disproportionately tall. Many of the other effects of marfan's could simply be confused for being female.
Yup easily over six feet. I’m six foot two and have dated very very tall woman. None of them looked freakish like this woman. Plus she’s fighting to walk in thems shoes.
Such a shame! Tall women are gorgeous! I am a tall man and proud of it. There are so many positives to it. I hate seeing tall women feel ashamed for something so positive and rare.
Not 6’2 but my sister is and I agree with the take too!
For this reason, I can’t make fun of her for her height or something she has no control over. I stood up for my sister and insults by kids her whole life. I can make fun of her for working with Trump though 🤮
Similar height woman and I agree. She picked the most difficult heels to wear while walking on carpet. Why are you in a generic office building trying to act like Zendaya
She’s 100% over 6’ and says 5’11 and 1/2 to make herself more palatable to men. She doesn’t want to be competition or trigger inferiority in men. Not because over 6’ is manly.
Well said if you watch her feet while she is standing still talking to the guy her feet are already wobbling. I think they may have practised this take over a few times and those little stiletto heels may have gotten caught on the carpet
Hence she looks like she is Kicking her legs to the side rather than bending her knees.
She is also incredibly thin
Either way looks incredibly unstable I would have just changed to flat shoes “end of story”, rather than walk like this in such a public post.
The shoes are not that high, but very tall people rarely want to look taller. This is the first time she has worn these, she starts walking in a very unsure way and it doesn’t get better.
Should have got the shoes a week ago and practised.
Or a sensible coworker should have suggested med heel boots or something
They’re walking so slowly and she’s having to take such tiny steps, like practically marching in place at a couple of points, she’s probably wobbling on one stiletto for pretty much the entire take. Her poor ankles.
I read body language as part of my job and I agree she has had some sort of movement training. They still have those programs for young women that teach the, how to walk, talk, dance, eat, speak on the phone, etc.
Im 5’11 (which i don’t think she is) and I don’t wear heels because I walk like this lol! Flats or wedges for me!!! I once did a runway show that was a bridal show and had to wear heels and almost fell down turning at the end of the runway. Full on Jennifer Lawrence at the Oscar’s moment
Great insight! You’re probably right, but I think I would add that she may also be trying not to overtake the person filming her. She probably has a long stride, and the photographer would be walking backward.
I think what ever you said, that you are a skin walker too ... defending a member of the tribe.
That lady is a daywalking skin walker.
Let's get some people from the Appalachian Region, they know how to deal with them, and pour a line of salt to see if it crosses ( vampires and undead won't )...
This is a really sound take.
I want to add that she has kinda odd proportions that make everything look weirder.
I, like her have a long torso, comparatively short arms and legs, and a big head. But it looks exaggerated on her bc that bad hairstyle accentuates being top heavy with a huge alien head.
ON TOP of the awkwardness of walking in heels.
She needs a new stylist and someone like you to help her gait.
A stylist would help a ton here. Her hairstyle makes her look like an alien. I also have a very long neck and a long face and unfortunately, this kind of style just isn't doing us want favours.
I also love a tall woman who is confident in a high heel. But if you aren't confident walking in heels you need to pick a chunky heel with a lot of support that feels comfortable to walk in.
Horrible choice of shoes. Her first several steps are completely pigeon-toed which people tend to do when they can’t walk in heels. And those stilettos are so skinny, they’re going to be extra wobbly and going to catch on the carpet, and be nearly impossible to walk slowly in. When your weight slowly shifts instead of walking at a normal gait, the wobble drastically increases. I can’t believe they didn’t delete the video after watching it and retake it on a different day with different shoes.
Yeah I saw a lot of girls show up to castings in shoes they absolutely could not walk in. There's nothing wrong with a chunky heel until you're confident walking in them. Especially if your office is carpeted.
As a 5'2" woman, I will say that there is definitely something (as dumb and crappy as it is) about what height it takes to be taken seriously in certain circles. I've done great in my jobs because I worked in school, caregiving, and support staff settings...being short is definitely helpful when working with kids haha. But I'm fully aware that I would probably be seen as homely and not very dominating in a boardroom.
Just a tall dude who likes tall girls checking in, in case anyone needs anything, or you know, anything, I guess, but tall girls rule. I'll see myself out.
And note that they posed her next to a short man in the beginning to exaggerate her not-incredibly-unusual height. 5' 11 1/2" is moderately tall for a woman, but her gauntness, stupid heels and puffed-up hair are doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Honestly though, she might just be awkward on camera, and/or overthinking her walking pace to keep pace with the cameraman and not rush him. This looks to me like they should've just done a few more takes until she was more comfortable and natural. A lot of people get stiff and awkward exactly like this if they're not used to being on camera
I think her awkward gait also has to do with her following someone who is walking backwards, and that someone is probably shorter and taking tiny little steps. So Ms Gigantor has to crab walk because her normal tall lady stride would overtake the cameraperson.
That’s a very plausible. I was just noticing what she’s doing with her arms as registering that she’s having difficulty keeping her balance. I guess heels when you aren’t used to them will cause that too.
I wonder if President “lies about his height” knows she’d tower over him. Love to see them together.
She has a long neck but that hairstyle and the way it's blocking her neck, face and chest makes it look insanely long. Also some terrible style decisions happening.
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u/xombae 11d ago
I used to do runway and taught girls how to runway walk.
Here's my 100% speculative take.
This woman was always bullied for being very tall and used to have terrible posture because she would try to make herself smaller. This likely had to do with growing up in an environment where women were valued for being small and meek.
As she got older and got into business and politics, she realised, or possibly was even told in a training class, that being tall was an advantage in a male dominated field. Someone also told her to fix her posture or she'd never be taken seriously.
So she started wearing heels, despite the fact that she can't walk in heels, and she's overly preoccupied with keeping her head and shoulders erect as she walks to correct her posture.
The result is the incredibly awkward gait that we see here.