I still say that's Lies and Deceit! The right lighting can make anyone look hot, and can make everyone look awful. Piccies.
I got the corset from Fairy Gothmother in the sales... £95 instead of the usual £185 (that's about US$180 instead of $360 at a rough guess). It's a 21" waist, but I can only get down to about 24" at best- not even five inches under my natural waist.
Anyway! Curvy ladies can get away with surprising amounts, with the right lighting and costume.
I don't have another one of the corset immediately to hand, but there's this one of me in a white dress in a river...
It's from a Hylas and Nymphs (painting by waterhouse) themed shoot, the group pics of myself and the other Nymphs surrounding poor Hylas are really good! But not putting them up, the proper models in the shoot would give me evil looks.