Dallas Observer

Meagan Pravden can recite every word people have said to her about her body: “You kind of physically look stockier;” “she’s got more curve down the back of her thigh;” “today we had a little bit of thigh and butt running together, so we’re calling it a thutt”; “Meagan had a little bit of a thutt;” and “I don’t think our uniform fits your body.”

That uniform was that of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, the one Pravden competed for in 2014. Her experience and the words said to her about her body played out on national television on Season 9 of CMT’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team, a reality show documenting the rigorous process of becoming a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. Pravden, however, never made the team. The custom-made uniform didn’t “fit” Pravden’s body, as Kelli Finglass, DCC’s director, said on the show.

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