艾瑞莎·弗兰克林 | 名人小故事

All the stars want to be slim, but American queen of soul Aretha Franklin is different. Miss Franklin couldn't be happier, she says, I'm proud to be a Big Woman.

明星们都希望能拥有美好苗条的身形，然而美国灵魂歌后艾瑞莎·弗兰克林却与众不同。她不但一点也不为自己胖胖的体形发愁，而且她说很乐意做个胖女人。

When she sang about Respect for the first time in 1967, Aretha Franklin was a svelte brunette. Forty years on, she is almost unrecognisable.

1967年，当艾瑞莎·弗兰克林首次唱响《尊重》这支成名曲时，她还是个身材苗条的年轻女子。然而，差不多40年过去了，她现在的身材已和从前大不一样。

In a blonde wig, spilling out of a low-cut gown, a much larger Queen of Soul appeared at a gala dinner in Washington. And Miss Franklin couldn't be happier. For the first time, she says, the real Aretha is on stage—a "big woman"who loves her food.

当身穿低胸长裙，头戴金色假发的弗兰克林出现在华盛顿一个庆祝宴会上时，人们看到的是一个体形肥硕的灵魂歌后。然而，这可能是弗兰克林最开心的时刻。她第一次公开表示，真实的艾瑞莎就在舞台上——她是个贪恋食物的“胖女人”。

The 63-year-old has revealed she spent decades starving herself to stay slim.

63岁的弗兰克林透露称，为了保持苗条动人的身材，她一直忍饥挨饿几十年。

"For a long time I suffered so much trying to be what other people expected me to be and look like."

“很长一段时间里，我为了变成别人所期望的样子遭受了很多痛苦。”

"I definitely was never meant to be a modeltype walking down a runway -- I'm just Aretha singing what she feels in her heart and soul. So far, people seem to understand..."

“我绝没打算像天桥上的模特那样轻盈漫步，我就是要唱出自己内心和灵魂所感的艾瑞莎。现在，人们似乎已经明白了…”

The audience at the National Association of Black-Owned Broad-casters gala dinner certainly seemed satisfied, giving the mother of four a standing ovation.