--- title: Mindy Kaling Talks About Weight in Vogue: "I Never Need To Be Skinny" description: "I don’t want to be skinny" canonical: https://time.com/42059/mindy-kaling-vogue-weight/ author: Kelly Conniff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-28T20:55:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:04.541Z og:title: Mindy Kaling in Vogue: "I don’t want to be skinny" og:description: "I don’t want to be skinny" og:url: https://time.com/42059/mindy-kaling-vogue-weight/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef053b3a3d556d9b/698687f413c79fd58519151c/474443675.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mindy Kaling in Vogue: "I don’t want to be skinny" twitter:description: "I don’t want to be skinny" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef053b3a3d556d9b/698687f413c79fd58519151c/474443675.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # What Mindy Kaling Told _Vogue_ About Her Body  by [Kelly Conniff](https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/)  ## Kelly Conniff Conniff is deputy editor at TIME. Mar 28, 2014 8:55 PM UTC  Mindy Kaling at the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 22, 2014 in Beverly Hills. Mindy Kaling at the 16th Costume Designers Guild Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 22, 2014 in Beverly Hills.Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Kelly Conniff](https://time.com/author/kelly-conniff/)  ## Kelly Conniff Conniff is deputy editor at TIME. Mar 28, 2014 8:55 PM UTC Actress and all-around goddess Mindy Kaling doesn’t need your approval, thank you very much. The actress, who writes, produces and stars in her own sitcom, _The Mindy Project_, is [featured in the newest issue of Vogue](http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/mindy-kaling-comedienne/#1) — yup, that’s the one with the [Kardashian Kover](http://time.com/33739/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-vogue-cover/) — looking all kinds of gorgeous. During the interview, the actress shared her love for fashion, details about her TV character’s colorful wardrobe and of course, thoughts on her size. --- > “” --- It’s fair to say that at this point in her career Kaling is one of those highly accomplished famous women who could probably accomplish a million things and we’d still be talking about her looks — much like another famous TV star who [appeared on a controversial cover of Vogue](http://time.com/9227/lena-dunham-on-jezebel-and-the-vogue-photos/) earlier this year. But the talented comic has always been forthright in speaking about her size, even after [critics called out ](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/07/wheres-mindy-kalings-body-elle-crops-out-stars-curves/)[_Elle_ ](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/07/wheres-mindy-kalings-body-elle-crops-out-stars-curves/)when its cover featuring Kaling — one in four from a “Women in Television series” — because the image focused on her face instead of her entire body. 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