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Misty Bradshaw

Posts: 287

Tempe, Arizona, US

I know some famous or well known plus size models, but I wonder if I am missing any good ones. Please list some famous or well known plus size models either from model mayhem or outside of here.

Jan 14 14 02:40 pm Link

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Kirst

Posts: 550

Derry, New Hampshire, US

i'm so horrible with names, but here are some i found on google :]
Lizzie Miller
Fluvia Lacerda
Kaela Humphries
Nadia Aboulhosn
Ashley Graham
Candice Huffine
Anansa Sims
Tara Lynn
Robyn Lawley

there are tons more i'm sure :] as a plus size model myself i should probably know them lol

Jan 14 14 02:56 pm Link

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Misty Bradshaw

Posts: 287

Tempe, Arizona, US

Kirst Callahan wrote:
i'm so horrible with names, but here are some i found on google :]
Lizzie Miller
Fluvia Lacerda
Kaela Humphries
Nadia Aboulhosn
Ashley Graham
Candice Huffine
Anansa Sims
Tara Lynn
Robyn Lawley

there are tons more i'm sure :] as a plus size model myself i should probably know them lol

Cool, thanks so much!

Jan 14 14 03:18 pm Link

Photographer

Michael Anthony

Posts: 2290

Glendale, California, US

famous can be a relative term... famous as in household names to anyone in the fashion industry or just to the plus model scene?  demographics have a lot to do with it too...

there are a bunch of well known working plus models who may not be limelight famous, but are known in the everyday working plus industry and you may have seen then in your local retailers or fashion mags and not even realized it... if that makes any sense...

at least here on the U.S. side, popular or better known girls:

Denise Bidot
Fluvia Lacerda
Ivory May
Lornalitz Baez
Joane Borgella
Melissa Masi
Kelsey Olson
Tara Lynn
Crystal Renn (no longer plus)
Katie Halchischick (no longer plus)
Emme Aronson
Robyn Lawley
Jenn Maitland
Ashley Graham
Carina Behrens
Felicity Hayward

i know i am forgetting some others...

Jan 14 14 11:56 pm Link

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Anna Adrielle

Posts: 18763

Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

top of my head:

robyn lawley

crystal renn (in her plus days)

laura caterall

laura wells

tara lynn

ashley graham

candice huffine

naomi shimada

denise bidot

carina behrens

ali tate

danielle van grondelle

camilla hansen

clementine desseaux

fine bauer

gina swire

fluvia lacerda

lizzie miller

kate dillon (more or less retired now, but she was one of the first really famous plussize models in the US)

marquita pring

justine legault

jennie runk

aglae dreyer

erin tinsley

louise o'reilly

bree warren

anoushka geyer

chloe marshall

jada sezer

katya zharkova

oh, and non-agencystandard plussize models who are nonetheless succesful:

tess munster

velvet d'amour

rosie mercado

and there is another great one here on modelmayhem who does a lot of nude and glmaour work who's name I can't remember right now hmm. but she's awesome!

Jan 15 14 03:54 am Link

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Anna Adrielle

Posts: 18763

Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Michael Anthony wrote:
Katie Halchischick (no longer plus)

Katie (according to her own agency) is 5'9 and a size 10-12, so she's still plus smile. She was slimmer for a while, a size 8, but even that is still technically plus (although there aren't a lot of working plussize models in that size)

Jan 15 14 03:58 am Link

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Elisa 1

Posts: 3344

Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom

Well there was of course the most famous Sophie Dahl. She was allegedly about a size 16 UK. when she strarted. Then last time I saw her - she lived round the corner from me - she was closer to a 10. Whatever size she always look beautiful.

Jan 15 14 09:14 am Link

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Mandy Rocks

Posts: 39

Houston, Texas, US

Let's not forget...

Anita Marshall

Nicole Zepeda

Elly Mayday

Sophie Shepp

Clementime Desseaux

and a very up and coming model named Tinder Badhesha

... Fluvia Lacerda was mentioned, right?

Jan 15 14 10:27 am Link

Photographer

GeorgeMann

Posts: 1148

Orange, California, US

Mandy Rocks wrote:
Let's not forget...

Anita Marshall

Nicole Zepeda

Elly Mayday

Sophie Shepp

Clementime Desseaux

and a very up and coming model named Tinder Badhesha

... Fluvia Lacerda was mentioned, right?

I think one of MMs most popular for quite awhile was London Andrews

Jan 15 14 10:59 am Link

Model

Misty Bradshaw

Posts: 287

Tempe, Arizona, US

Thanks everyone so much! There are so many!

Jan 16 14 06:58 pm Link

Model

Misty Bradshaw

Posts: 287

Tempe, Arizona, US

Would Anna Nicole Smith be considered a plus size model?? I know at one point she was, then she most weight.

RIP

Jan 18 14 09:44 am Link

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Abigail Rose Hill

Posts: 540

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Jada Sezer and Bree Warren (who I had the pleasure of shooting alongside last year when Models1 Curve decided to do a group shoot with the majority of the board)

There are a few girls breaking out in certain markets too. Happy Days! smile

ETA: Shoulda read the thread as both have already been mentioned haha.

Jan 18 14 01:02 pm Link

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Anna Adrielle

Posts: 18763

Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Misty Matthews wrote:
Would Anna Nicole Smith be considered a plus size model?? I know at one point she was, then she most weight.

RIP

sizewise, sure.

but a plussize model" (in the most strict sense of the term) is more than just a size. It is also a type of work. I wouldn't refer to glamour models as "plussize models".

but in the more liberal sense of theword, sure. she could be considered a plussize model.

Jan 20 14 07:47 am Link

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Annoula T

Posts: 87

Fort Lee, New Jersey, US

There's also

Naimah Terry
Michele Hilton
Andrea Jackson
Kirby Cersonek
Jakaliene Rivera
Marquita

and myself tongue

Jan 29 14 02:39 pm Link

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Shilo Von Porcelaine

Posts: 235

Los Angeles, California, US

Tess Munster!

Jan 29 14 04:17 pm Link

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Caroline Dawson

Posts: 15

Egham, England, United Kingdom

amazing thread!

Feb 16 14 11:09 am Link

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christiecreepydolls

Posts: 322

Los Angeles, California, US

great lists!

Feb 26 14 11:09 am Link

Photographer

fagerstrom

Posts: 2

Oakland, California, US

Just go to the agencies... you'll see a ton! 
(Dorothy Combs, Wilhelmina, Muse, etc).

May 28 14 10:54 pm Link

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Dixie Dupree

Posts: 11

San Antonio, Texas, US

I saw Tess Munster and London Andrews but wanted to add

Kerosene Deluxe

Jul 23 14 05:25 pm Link

Photographer

Marin Photo NYC

Posts: 7348

New York, New York, US

London Andrews and Evie Wolfe...I love Evie!!! LOL

Jul 23 14 05:35 pm Link

Photographer

Bare Essential Photos

Posts: 3605

Upland, California, US

Misty Matthews wrote:
I know some famous or well known plus size models, but I wonder if I am missing any good ones. Please list some famous or well known plus size models either from model mayhem or outside of here.

Sharon #1768531
Vassanta #209943

Jul 23 14 07:14 pm Link