Plus Size Models

PHOTO: Yet Another Plus-Size Model Strips Down

Posted 05.21.2012

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For all the talk about including "real women" in fashion spreads, it seems like plus-size models only pop up on special occasions, like Vogue Italia's...

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Is There A Place For Average-Sized Models?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.31.2012

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Plus-size model Marquita Pring made headlines when she revealed she uses padding to please clients. Marquita is a size 12-14. But when companies hire ...

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'Unrealistic Beauty Standards Hurt Guys, Too'

| Annabel Weiner | Posted 01.31.2012

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This is a teen-written article from The Communicator, the student-run print and online newspaper of Community High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...

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Plus Size Magazine 'Reveals' Low Weight Among Models

Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 03.14.2012

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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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Model Emme: Skinny Girls Get Paid More

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 12.01.2011

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The world's highest-earning plus-size model, Emme, doesn't consider herself overweight but insists it's difficult for ladies of her size to make the k...

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WATCH: Who's Angry Over Plus Size Fashion Week?

Posted 12.27.2011

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It's Full Figured Fashion Week in New York. At least onscreen. "Fashion Week Internationale," a new fashion series that's airing on VICE.com, chro...

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PHOTOS: Plus-Size Model Lands A Sultry Cover

The Huffington Post | Marielle Bingham | Posted 12.03.2011

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You may remember Robyn Lawley, the down-to-earth Aussie model who made waves when she covered Vogue Italia with two other plus-size models. The Vog...

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WATCH: 'Once You Go Big, You Never Go Twig!'

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.13.2011

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They're not strutting the major New York Fashion Week runways... yet. But plus-size fashionistas are becoming more and more accepted, scoring magazine...

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PHOTOS: Plus-Size Fashion Show Sparks Weight Debate

The Huffington Post | Erin Clements | Posted 10.25.2011

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The media has been making a sizable effort to embrace curvy models lately. Its plain to see across the fashion and media worlds. Vogue Italia chos...

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Nicola Formichetti: I Do Work With Fat People

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 09.05.2011

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Nicola Formichetti found himself in a tight spot on Tuesday when a W profile on the designer hit the web. Now he has responded with a Facebook campaig...

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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

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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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Big Girls Need Love Too: Full Figured Fashion Week Takes the Big Apple by Storm!

Erica Watson | Posted 08.16.2011

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FFFWeek™ is a much needed breath of fresh air for curvy women like me -- women who know that beauty and fashion is not 1 "sample size" fits all.

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Vogue Italia's Plus Size Cover/Issue: Hit or Miss?

Malcolm Harris | Posted 08.02.2011

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Researchers Claim Plus-Size Models Make Women Fat

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 06.21.2011

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A new study out of the University of Bologna suggests that using plus-size models on the catwalk and in advertisements could make women fat. In the...

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PHOTOS: Curvy Model Marquita Pring Goes Swimsuit Shopping

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 06.13.2011

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The Cut took "curvy" model Marquita Pring shopping for swimsuits -- yes, that's right, beach season is coming soon and can be a stylish, equal-opportu...

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'Curvy' Model Marquita Pring: 'I Was Always The Biggest Girl In My Grade'

Posted 06.08.2011

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Fashionista caught up with 20-year-old, size 14 model Marquita Pring, who is quickly becoming one of our favorite faces -- and bodies! We first int...

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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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Plus-Size Site Offers Street Style And Service For Curvy Women

StyleList | Posted 05.25.2011

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The site also offers editorial features like "Model of the Day," which focuses on one of the plus models that are becoming household names, and "Stree...

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'Real Life' Models Move Magazines

The High Low | Susannah Edelbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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The narrative of "plus-size" (translation: "normal-size") models in the fashion industry has built to a fever-pitch in the past few years. Weight has ...

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WATCH: Fashion Crowd Weighs In On Plus-Size Models

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Cut asked the fashion crowd to weigh in on plus-size models and the responses were...well, interesting. Designer Douglas Hannant told the came...

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PHOTOS: Forever 21's Plus-Size Problems

Rachel Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Body Image: Questions, Issues and Answers

Critley Lynn King | Posted 05.25.2011

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While magazine editors profess to be on the lookout for more normal models, not very many of them practices what they preach.

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Crystal Renn: We Need To Call All Models Just 'Models' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Crystal Renn talked to the ladies of the "Today Show" on Thursday morning about the recent controversy surrounding her weight and photographs that she...

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Love What You Have

Stella Ellis | Posted 11.17.2011

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Life goes by fast, so now is the time to start living your life to the fullest. Don't wait until you're a certain size to lead a happy, productive life! No more waiting--live now.

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Full Figured Fashion Week Founder Gwen DeVoe Responds To Julien Macdonald, Tells Him To Get A Life (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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This year's Full Figured Fashion Week is under way, bridging the gap between plus-size consumers, designers and retailers. According to founder Gwen D...

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