From ETonline.com
November 24, 2004

When plus-sized model MIA TYLER signed on to participate in VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club," on which eight well-known personalities try to trim the fat and become lean, mean celebrity machines, she had no idea that for her it would become the "celebrity fight club." Almost immediately, the 200-pound beauty found herself going head-to-head with fitness trainer and former drill sergeant HARVEY WALDEN, who commented that her husband will like her "a whole lot more" when she slims down. Mia took exception to the remark and responded, "He didn't marry me because of the way I look. He married me because of who I am." When Harvey told her she was in denial, Mia accused him -- and people like him -- of being the reason that so many young women in America suffer from bulimia and anorexia. "I think you have issues," she said heatedly. "I think you've got issues with body size and being fit and you care too much. I think that's not good for your head. I think you need to lighten up and be a little easier on yourself. My being this size doesn't make me any less sexy. I could be 800 pounds and I'd still be sexy." "Celebrity Fit Club," an upcoming VH1 series, is reminiscent of NBC's "The Biggest Loser," in that eight stars, divided into two teams of four, are put through their paces by a medical doctor/nutritionist, hypnotherapist and fitness trainer each week, and then they are weighed to see which team has shed the most pounds.

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