Working with Victoria's Secret, it is very celebrated to have curves.
I'm a size 4. In modeling, that's often too big.
I did a lot of lingerie modelling, like, for plus-size, like Macy's and Dillard's and Bloomingdale's. I was, like, on a billboard in New York one time in, like, a bra and underwear. Yeah.
I'm considered a huge model because I'm a size six. But... I had a standard body size for catalogues.
Once I realized, when I became a plus-size model, that there were more women like me, my confidence immediately shot through the roof.
I did a lot of modeling in the U.K. A lot of it wasn't high fashion because I don't have the body or the face for high fashion modeling. I did a lot of sportswear, swimwear, and beachwear.
I'm not the typical dress size - being a model just isn't how I think of myself.
I did a little modeling in Minnesota, but because I was a heavier 'model,' I didn't pursue it much when I lived there.
Growing up, I never accepted my curves, but when I got the opportunity to become a plus size model, I was able to appreciate my voluptuous body and love myself, not only on the outside, but on the inside.
We're fit, we're healthy, we eat right, we work out. 'Plus size model' does not mean that we're not healthy. Plus size is not glamourising obesity: it's about empowering. The message behind the fashion is feeling confident in whatever you're wearing.
I'm a model, and I happen to model for curvy things, but at the end of the day, I'm still in front of a camera just like anyone else.
I have always been too round to do fashion shows.
I am more than my measurements. I'm not Ashley Graham just because I'm curvy.
I think that some of the biggest surprises I've had early on, actually to this day, are all the misconceptions about my body and my health. There are so many people who think that being a plus-size model, that there's something wrong with it, or that I must be unhealthy or that I'm promoting an unhealthy lifestyle.
I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
I was a 'straight-size' model from 13 to 16, but I was eventually dropped by the agency because my hips were too big.
I really don't think I ever thought I could be a model. I was shorter than all of the models around and certainly rounder than anybody that I had ever seen in a magazine.
I'm bigger than the typical model, and I'm shorter, too. I really can't say why it's all worked for me.
Straight sized boards are models size 0-6. Plus size boards are models starting at a 10. If a size 8 girl was 5' 11 and curvy, she'd be on the plus sized board, because there's nothing in between.
