I never include the  "curvy" body type in my searches, cuz I'm just not attracted to chubby women.  Ok I'm shallow,. but there you go! I know what I like.  But it's often a really good idea to check for curvies anyway because every once in a while a genuine hottie misrepresents herself as curvy. It's most often with newbies who don't realize that in sugar-speak, curvy is a euphemism for chubby.  I was reminded of this yesterday when a tall slim local beauty messaged me out of the blue and I thought, damn, how come I never noticed this one? Turns out she called herself curvy and only joined a few days ago.  So don't forget to go prospecting in the curvy realm.  Every once in a while you stumble upon a real gem.  

I’m not attracted to chubby either, but I got a message on SA from a pot SB who misrepresented herself as curvy. She had great pictures, so we met and I told her there was no way she was curvy. I think she was a little insulted because she thought she had a big booty (she didn’t), so be careful mentioning it, lol. It worked out fine and we hooked up several  times before she ghosted.

...so your advice is spot on.

 
In my perception, anything other than Slim or Athletic will probably mean fat. But I think POT's try to reverse-engineer what a POT SD will want, or they may be influenced by their own sense of insecurity (or inflated self image) and pick a term that  ends up misrepresenting what an objective (or horny, older) viewer may perceive.  

 
I've seen women mark themselves as Average that were slim but perhaps lacked toned muscles. I've seen woman mark themselves as curvy when they had a size 3 dress body, but big tits. And I've seen too many women mark themselves Average or Curvy who are 20-30 (or more!) pounds overweight.  My standard search filters for Slim and Athletic. But I occasionally expand it to add in Average, and perhaps Curvy. That adds about 30% more hits (about 110 profiles for me) and maybe 5 or 6 are worth a closer look.  

 
But much of this is academic for me, as I tend to wait for POT's to message me first. So my search criteria isn't my primary vector to connect with a POT.  

 
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The Cat

But then I had a couple of POT's message me who were listed as curvy, but who were in fact what I would describe as "slim but busty" or put another way "little girls with big tits" my favorite. lol

 
So now I only eliminate; A few extra pounds, full/overweight/ and other.

 
Keep in mind, like you I live in a relative Pussy Siberia so I really don't want to let any POTs with actual potential slip through the cracks.

Yes, some chicks have great bods and call themselves curvy.  
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By the way, these days with the obesity epidemic, "average" body is not a good omen.

Part of the whole "You're shallow!" argument comes from the point of view of people who get to define for everyone what is right and what is wrong.  If you don't find attractiveness in heavier women, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. There are people who do find them attractive, and there are people who don't care either way about physique. There are women who find you attractive and women who do not find you attractive, each is entitled to that opinion.

People have tried for centuries to cubby-hole others into narrow lanes of what "should" turn us on, usually based on what turns THEM on.

... of beauty and sexual attraction, then only 18 to 23 year old Asian chicks under 5'2" and less than 105 lbs. would ever get laid.  And maybe a few taller chicks with big tits once in a while... and hot strippers... and any LBFM I meet... and that Latina chick who squirted on me a few days ago...  

 
... what were we talking about?  Oh yeah, scammers!  

 
Scammers are bad!

 
Life is good

 
The Cat