I agree.
Several years ago, when Gisele was still a frequent poster in this thread and over in Talk, I would occasionally pop in and joke around with her ("George"). But as you correctly point out, over the years the tone of this thread did change. And as she was, by her own admission, going through some family issues, having people that you've never met (and never will meet) not just critique your appearance (hey, as a model, that comes with the territory), but be downright hateful in their criticisms and the rumors and lies that they spread, would bend, if not break, anyone.
As for myself, I didn't care for the tattoos, just because I don't like tattoos. But I never busted her chops about a decision that she made for herself. As for her weight, I like the more recent pics. I happen to think that as she was maturing, the extra weight was pretty damn yummy. Very early on, I joked with her that I'd buy her a double order of cheeseburgers and some donuts for desert if we ever met. Yeah, I would have turned her into a PAWG-lite.
She took the joke as it was meant. She was clearly a bright girl and she knew that different people (guys) like different things. And even though I'm sure that she knew that some of her fans were boys who'd never seen a woman (other than their mommy) mature and put on some pounds, the constant whining about an extra pound here or there probably did work on her last nerve from time to time. A woman's size will actually vary through the course of a month, for goodness sake. And as some of us know, there's probably not a more sensitive topic for ANY woman than her weight/size. I'm not saying that was the sole reason that she finally hung it up. But as most people do, she likely arrived at a point in life where the scales had tipped because of a variety of factors.
But with all that said, again, I'm just glad that I was an occasional passenger on her internet ride. There's a handful of girls that have been gone for years (like Tracey from Dreamnet) that I still think about from time to time. I'm sure that ten years from now, I'll still pull up a pic of Gisele and :drool2: Hopefully she'll show up somewhere down the line and I can still ask,
"Hey George, what's up, gearhead?"