The women's hall glows with hanging brass lanterns, a carved feast table and a sandstone rail along one side. Roxxana stands at the head of the table at 170 lb, warm tan skin oiled to a golden sheen, shoulder-length black hair swept to one side, gold chains looped across her hips and around her arms. Her small deep blue halter, hung with large gold coins, lies perfectly flat, and her dancer's waist is still narrow. In her hand is a honey pastry, held above a brass platter of glossy dates and almond cakes.
She speaks to the room with a knowing half-smile: seven banquets, Zafira, and the largest wins first favourite and the victory chair. Under an arch across the hall, Lady Zafira stops with a date between her fingers. She is the reigning largest, very fat, about 600 pounds, with henna-red hair and pearls, and she looks at the challenger with amused disbelief. One eyebrow rises. She has ordered that chair already.
Roxxana does not argue. She bites the pastry instead. Honey trails down the pastry, the camera comes in close on her mouth and cheeks as she chews a single date, and when she lowers her hands onto her belly above the waistband, it rounds out beneath her palms with a slow swallow. It is a very small change, the first of many.
She sways her hips once, a dancer's habit, takes a second pastry and lets the date platter stay within reach. With every swallow her belly pushes a little farther toward the edge of the table. She says the line that becomes the film's slogan: make room for the favourite.
Nothing has been measured, and nobody in the hall believes her. That is exactly what makes the first scene so pleasant to watch. She is slim, confident and entirely at ease, and the banquets are about to begin.
Roxxana“Seven banquets, Zafira. Largest wins first favourite and the victory chair.”
Zafira“I ordered that chair already.”
Roxxana“Make room for the favourite.”
Her outfit at 170 lb: A dancer's costume that fits: the deep blue halter with its gold coins lying flat, the matching bottoms low on slim hips, gold chains looping over them.
Follow the whole Roxxana weight gain timeline, see this stage as a panel in the Roxxana weight gain comic, or read it in her own words in Roxxana's Feedee Diary: Journal of the Seven Banquets, 170 → 1,100 lb. See every woman at this size on BBW feedee, or meet the cast on feedee girls.