Never met a burlesque dancer who isn't fat. Okay maybe one  but she was a shitlord friend who quit because of all the body shame from the fats.  I always say burlesque is for the fatties who tried pole and either realized it was actually hard work and not just waving your lard tits, or couldn't do it because the poles have a weight limit. When I teach intro classes we legit have to tell fat girls what modification they can do because the pole can't reliably support them and it's a legal liability.