This is Great! I agree.

Marianne Michaela wrote:
johanna dray













size 18
stats 44-39-48
height 5'11

she is just gorgeous!!!!!! I love seeing all these inspirational women..where are you finding all of these???

great that you think they inspire you .

the internet... you just have to know where to look

And that's the thing, too -- one must account for mainstream vanity sizing versus designer sizing. In traditional designer sizes, I'm a 10-12, but it today's mass-market vanity-sized clothing I am a 6-8. One of the girls you named above, with a 28" waist, she would wear a 6 in a ton of store brands but is a 12/14 designer size.

start saving up, they're plus size supermodels

here's a gorgeous picture of the 8 most famous american plus size models out there...

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/10/ … s-siz.html 18+

Marianne Michaela wrote:

that's a good question!
working plus size models have to have certain things: a beautiful face, length, long legs, good skin, nice teeth and a body that is in proportion. in theory, there is no size limit. But we all understand that, when you are very very big, the chances of you still having amazing skin and a proportianate body get smaller and smaller.

I know a few plus size models with size 20-22, I'll look them up for you. The most famous bigger plus size model is without a doubt Velvet d'Amour, mentionned earlier in this thread.



hope this answers your question

Yes that answers my question..... thankyou for not taking offense at the question

I've always loved this!

thanks

and ehm... how could I forget you???

Marianne Michaela wrote:
Chloe elizabeth marshall (she is on her way to the top, mark my words!)

Chloe Marshall...She's the one from the u.k right?? She's absolutely stunning. I saw a pic where she was in her bathing suit in a pageant, I believe, next to thinner models in bikinis. How encouraging to see! I would've felt completely intimidated...which is hard for me to be lol

yes, she was first runner up for Miss UK. But I like to keep modelling and pageants seperate :p

she has lost weight since, and I think she really benefitted from it. it's not as much losing weight as toning down I think: her legs were a little too heavy and they are a lot "firmer" now. nonetheless, very stunning and talented model

Marianne Michaela wrote:
and here are some more pictures of this stunning model (Kirsty)

I definitely wouldn't consider her Plus size! She's thin just has bigger boobs! very beautiful though

Marianne Michaela wrote:
Katie P on the cover of Biba magazine, shot by Gilles Bensimon




and some other pictures of her (she 5'11, measurements 34-29-41)

or her

Rebecca B wrote:
I definitely wouldn't consider her Plus size! She's thin just has bigger boobs! very beautiful though

hi Rebecca,

a lot of people think that way. to me, the beauty of plus size modelling is that plus size models come in many sizes! she is a size 10-12. Okay, that is definitely smaller than a size 14-16, but it is also a lot bigger than the "standard" size 2-4, right? Plus size models should not be compared to plus size women, but to regular size models.

a lot of people in this niche of the industry talk about the size restrictions of the main industry, and how young girls are being forced to be a certain weight and size. Yet those same people also say "that's not a plus size model, her size isn't big enough" or "that is not a plus size model, plus size modelling starts at size 14 or up". But that makes them hypocrites (in my eyes), and no better than the people they look down on.

So I want celebrate plus size models in all sizes, from 8 to 22. Inspiration has no size.

as long as people keep coming back and dropping messages, I will keep this thread alive