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There Isn't Anything Wrong With Our Bodies

Stephanie Penn | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Plus-Size Model, Body Acceptance, Plus Size, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Plus Size Fashion, Women-Authentic-Beauty, Detroit News
Stephanie Penn

We can blame society, entertainment and outside influences for the way that our children view themselves, but television is no match for good old fashioned lessons taught to children by their parents.

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Plus Size Magazine 'Reveals' Low Weight Among Models

Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Plus Size Model, Plus Size Model Magazine, Katya Zharkova, Models and Anorexia, Anorexic, Anorexia, Anorexic Bmi, Anorexic Models, Plus Size Models, Women News
Margaret Wheeler Johnson

We don't need to see the research to believe the claims. Can anyone look at runway models and think that they weigh anything near what the non-models do?

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PHOTOS: Are Plus-Size Women 'Scary'?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.08.2012

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We understand the need to get attention in this media-saturated, 24/7 world. But Ashley Madison, we're guessing you didn't need to go this far. Ash...

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Opinion: Why TLC's 'Big Sexy' Has it Wrong

El Estoque, Monta Vista High School Newspaper | Emma Courtright | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Beauty Standards, Plus-Size Model, America's Next Top Model, TLC Big Sexy, Weight, High School News

With the tag line, “Not all fat girls want to be skinny,” the show Big Sexy tries to distance itself from other model-based reality shows like Ame...

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Curvy Model Shares Her Trick Of The Trade

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Models, Style News, Marquita Pring Model, Plus Size, Plus-Size Model, Marquita Pring, Hair Beauty, Video, Style News

We love Marquita Pring, one of the four curvy models who starred in Vogue Italia's now-famous plus-size editorial. Women's Wear Daily caught up wi...

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Plus-Sized Models: Move Over Gisele, Brazilian Bombshell Fluvia Lacerda Strikes a Pose for Vogue

Erica Watson | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Vogue Curvy, Fluvia Lacerda, Plus Size, Vogue Magazine, Playboy Magazine, Playboy Br, Plus-Size Model, Full Figure Fashion Week, Plus Size Models, Style News
Erica Watson

In a fashion industry that is obsessed with size, full-figured Brazilian model Fluvia Lacerda is showing the world that not only is bigger truly better, it's also marketable.

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Velvet d'Amour: Fashion Needs To Catch Up To Women Of Size

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.28.2011

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Frockwriter tracked down plus-size model, actress and fashion photographer Velvet d'Amour to talk about curvy girls' place in the biz and the recent V...

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Robyn Lawley Talks About Transition From Straight-Size To Plus-Size Model (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Models, Vogue Italia Plus Size Models, Video, VOGUE Italia, Plus Size, Body Image, Plus-Size Model, Plus-Size, Robyn Lawley, Style News

Plus-size models are fashion's topic du jour, particularly in light of Vogue Italia's recent cover featuring three curvy, lingerie-clad models photogr...

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Candice Huffine, Vogue Italia's Plus-Size Cover Girl: 'What Was The Hold Up?' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Vogue Italia Plus Size Cover, Video, Plus Size Model, Body Image, Models, Candice Huffine Video, Candice Huffine, Plus-Size, Candice Huffine Vogue Italia, Style News

Candice Huffine, one of the curvy beauties who covered Vogue Italia's June issue sat down for Ford Models to dish on how that whole thing went down. I...

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The Skinny Model Diet

Leslie Goldman | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Eating Disorders, Plus-Size Model, Plus Size, Research, Italian, Body Image, Style News
Leslie Goldman

An inane new University of Bologna study suggests that being exposed to plus-size models could fuel rampant weight gain among everyday women, and that eradicating rail-thin, emaciated models could actually worsen our obesity crisis.

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Plus-Size Models Pose For Sexy V Magazine Spread

Posted 05.25.2011

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Will 2010 be the year of the no-longer-emaciated model? Yesterday we showed you a Marie Claire cover model who went naked and un-Photoshopped on the m...

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Marquita Pring, Size 14 Model: I Work Harder Than Some Of The Smaller Girls

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Slideadbigshot, Marquita Pring Model, Plus-Size Model, Marquita Pring, Plus Size, Style News

The Cut caught up with 20-year-old, size 14 model Marquita Pring who is swiftly rising up through the modeling ranks after walking in Jean Paul Gaulti...

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Is the New Obsession With 'Fat Shows' Helping or Hurting?

College Candy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Biggest Loser, Plus-Size Model, TV Shows, Plus-Size, Dance Your Ass Of, Heavy, I Used to Be Fat, Overweight, Entertainment News
College Candy

The list of shows about "fat" people and their inspiring lifestyle changes is endless. But is it wrong to put these people on TV and have them share their deepest feelings surrounded by cameras?

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PHOTOS: Forever 21's Plus-Size Problems

Rachel Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Kane

Doing plus-size clothes right is a delicate matter and it's unfortunately not the norm for a trendy clothing creator like Forever 21. But in 2010, the clothing company gave it their best and boy, oh boy, was it bad.

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The Long Run: Plus Models Run for Charity

Leona Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nonprofits, Plus-Size Model, Barefoot-Running, Charity, Dieting, Running, Nutrition, Personal Trainers, Style News
Leona Palmer

Ladies and Gentlemen: I have just completed my first straight-up, uninterrupted 20-minute run, including a warm-up and cool down, I did 4 out of 5k. I...

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NYC Fashion Week's Been Hit With a Curve!

Emme | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: OneStopPlus.Com, Body Image, Plus-Size Model, Fashion, Fashion Week, Emme, Plus-Size Fashion, Plus-Size-Women, Plus Size, Style News
Emme

It's 2010 and we're still not supplying over 63% of American full figured, curvy, plus-size women with hip, stylish, quality driven, trend-forward and shape appropriate clothing.

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First-Ever Plus-Size-Only Runway Show During New York Fashion Week Coming This Fall

Posted 05.25.2011

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OneStopPlus.com is set to stage the first-ever plus-size-only runway show during New York Fall Fashion Week. Although the event won't be held in conju...

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Courtney & Laura Wells, Sisters And Straight & Plus-Size Models, Show Off Fall Trends (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Cosmopolitan Australia had a family reunion of sorts in its August issue, bringing together two sisters kept separate in fashion mags due to their dif...

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Gary Dakin, Head Of Ford's Plus-Size Models: 'It's Been A Struggle'

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Times UK recently caught up with Gary Dakin, who runs the plus-size division of Ford Models. He represents Crystal Renn (he even walked her down t...

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Plus-Size WOMEN Featured In June's Glamour (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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June's issue of French Glamour features plus-size women--not plus-side models--talking about XXL fashion. Actually, the ladies are blogueuses, an exqu...

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Black Plus-Size Models Are Underrepresented, Says Tasha Fierce

Jezebel.com | Tasha Fierce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Until the straight size world fully accepts their black models, plus size black models are unlikely to achieve any more success than their thin sister...

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Big Girls, Real Food: Beauty, Health, and the American Diet

Leona Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Plus-Size Model, Fashion, Body Image, Health, Food Industry, School Lunches, Childhood Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Models, Style News
Leona Palmer

What do Julia Roberts, Jamie Oliver, Full Figure Fashion Week, and my grandmother have in common? Dinner.

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Crystal Renn is Big on Beauty and Brains: Why This Positive Plus-Size Model is Poised to Change Fashion

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marissa Bronfman

Gorgeous, opinionated and wise beyond her years, plus-size model Crystal Renn is shaking some sense into the fashion industry and showing everyone that bigger is indeed beautiful.

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Toronto Fashion Week: Jessica Biffi Dreams Big

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality TV, Project Runway, Marissa Bronfman, Jessica Biffi, Jessica Biff Additionelle, Fall Fashion, Toronto Fashion Week, Plus-Size Model, Fall 2010, Toronto's LG Fashion Week, Additionelle, www.marissabronfman.com/Blog, Crystal Renn, Project-Runway-Canada, www.marissabronfman.com, Joe-Fresh, Marissa-Bronfman-Style, Toronto Fashion, LG Fashion Week, Canadian-Fashion, Skinny Models, Plus-Size, Crystal Renn v Magazine, Joe Fresh Style Fall 2010, Style News
Marissa Bronfman

Effervescent young designer Jessica Biffi is fresh off Project Runway Canada and already designing three different lines for stylish women of all shapes and sizes.

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Toronto Fashion Week: A Fragmented Fall

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marissa Bronfman

Fashion insiders and online voices are fixated on Canadian design stars who have no intention of staying at home -- because they can't survive without wooing the rest of the world.

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