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Why Plus-Size Women Still Fight For Visibility In Beauty Ads

The Startling Numbers Tell the Real Story Let me share some numbers that might shock you. 8% were plus-size (US 14+), while ...
Essence

3 Curve Models On The State Of Plus-Size Fashion

Size inclusivity is a hot-button topic within the fashion industry. Globally, there is still much work to do in regard to representation. Major fashion houses are still lacking statistically when it ...
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8 Plus Size Fashion Myths the Industry Can’t Seem to Quit

Roughly 67% of American women wear a size 14 or above, yet much of the fashion industry still acts like serving them is optional. The global plus size clothing market was valued at approximately $197 ...
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Plus-size model Tess Holliday claims a United Airlines flight attendant told her to ‘lose weight’

Tess Holliday has addressed a comment made by a flight attendant about her weight. Speaking to People, the plus-size model was recalling how she was sitting in first class on a United Airlines flight ...
Daily Mail

Plus-size model claims United Airlines flight attendant fat-shamed her mid-flight

Plus-sized model, blogger and best selling author Tess Holliday has blasted United Airlines after she claimed she endured a shocking and humiliating on-board encounter with a flight attendant.
Medical Xpress

Thinness is back on catwalks—and the data proves it

After a short interlude of pushing "body inclusivity" and plus-sized models to the fore, the fashion industry has returned to promoting thinness as a beauty ideal. Data published this week from Vogue ...
Cosmopolitan

"Representation isn't a trend, it's a necessity": This fashion month, plus-size models are still absent

Despite years of progress and loud calls for inclusivity, the body-positivity movement is undeniably losing momentum. A renewed cultural obsession with weight loss and shrinking bodies has dragged ...
New York Post

Is ‘fatphobia’ a crime? This plus-size model thinks so — and is pushing to make it happen

She wants fat shamers to experience the full weight of the law. A plus-size model in France has launched a petition to outlaw fatphobia after getting ripped for her weight at a bakery. Plus-size model ...
Us Weekly

Iskra Lawrence Claims She Was ‘Often Paid a Lot Less Than Other Models’ Because of Her Body Type

Iskra Lawrence is letting fans in on the realities of working as a plus-size model. “What sucked was, unfortunately, being in a larger body, I often got paid a lot less than other models,” Lawrence, ...
People

Plus Size Model Ashley Alexiss Says It’s ‘Really Sad’ She’s Not Considered a Role Model After 100-Lb. Weight Loss (Exclusive)

The model opens up about the emotional toll behind her transformation and how the skin-tightening treatment CellSound is helping get her confidence back Frazer Harrison/Getty; Ashley Alexiss/Instagram ...
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Plus Size Model Ashley Alexiss Says It’s ‘Really Sad’ She’s Not Considered a Role Model After 100-Lb. Weight Loss (Exclusive)

Ashley Alexiss underwent a dramatic 100-lb. weight loss and tells PEOPLE how she's viewed differently amid the body transformation The plus-size model, who has worked with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, ...