Top 10 Most Beautiful Plus-Size Models

The fashion industry is increasingly “turning its face” to women of normal physique, far from model standards. In 2017, France passed a law banning work with too-thin girls.

This ban is related to one of the biggest problems for girls in the modeling business – rejection of the image of their own body, which leads to eating disorders, bulimia, and anorexia. At the same time, the podiums and covers of glossy magazines are conquered by curvaceous models – the so-called plus size.

1. Tess Holiday

Tess Holiday was born in 1985. With a height of 160 cm, she weighs 155 kilograms. The girl claims that volumes do not cause her problems and are rather her dignity. Holiday leads a healthy lifestyle and spends a lot of time in the gym. In 2011, Tess was noticed by the producers of a reality show and she became popular. Now it is considered the most complete model in the world.

2. Ashley Graham

Ashley Graham was born in 1987. She wears 58 clothing sizes with a height of 175 cm. Graham got into the modeling business by accident as a teenager – at the age of 12 she was noticed by one of the specialists who are engaged in the search and selection of models. Since then, despite the non-standard parameters, she has conquered more than one catwalk and even launched her own lingerie collection. Ashley Graham is the most successful plus size model in the world

3. Lizzie Miller

Model Lizzie Miller, with a height of 180 cm, weighs about 80 kg. It is known that she started working as a model when she was an “ordinary” thin girl, of which there are hundreds on the catwalks. But one day she got better and decided that at this weight she likes herself more and feels better. Lizzy became famous all over the world when she posed nude for American Vogue. Lizzie Miller gained weight and decided not to lose it.

4. Anastasia Kvitko

American model of Russian origin Anastasia Kvitko claims to be the “second Kim Kardashian “. She regularly posts backstage photos on her Instagram page and emphasizes her voluminous breasts and hips. Anastasia Kvitko was born in 1994, she hides her weight, but it is known that with a height of 175 cm, her hips are 105 cm. Anastasia Kvitko is proud of her shape.

5. Crystal Renn

Crystal Renn was born in 1985 and has come a long way in the modeling business from a skinny girl to a plus-size model. She had to fight anorexia nervosa, almost die, and then gain weight and conquer the pages of fashion magazines with new volumes. In 2009, Crystal wrote the book “Hungry” about the problems of girls with eating disorders in the modeling business.

6. Velvet D’Amour

Velvet dreamed of becoming a model all her life, but at the castings she was advised to forget about it – by model standards, the girl was considered too full – despite the fact that at 21 she weighed only 53 kilograms. Everything changed when Velvet D’Amour turned 35 – she was noticed and invited to the show of the scandalous fashion designer John Galliano. Velvet D “Cupid became the muse of John Galliano.

7. Sophie Dahl

Sophie Dahl is an English model. In addition, she tries herself in the writing field. She became one of the first models in the world with “non-standard” parameters. A plump schoolgirl on the street was noticed by a scout of one of the modeling agencies and offered a contract. In 2017, Sophie Dahl turned 40 years old, but she continues to act in films and participate in shows.

8. Kate Upton

Kate Upton was born in 1992 in Michigan. She has a typical “Midwestern” appearance – a tall, strong blonde with blue eyes. In the modeling business, she succeeded primarily due to her magnificent (compared to the usual model) parameters – with a height of 187 cm, her hips are 85 cm. conscience of the fashion industry. Kate Upton, by the standards of the modeling business, is considered puffy.

9. Mia Tyler

Mia Tyler is Liv Tyler’s sister and the daughter of Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. Like her sister, she has a dense physique, but does not exhaust herself with diets, but is building a career as a plus-size model. In her youth, however, she also did not escape the struggle with anorexia and a painful desire to lose weight, but in the end, she managed to cope. Mia Tyler gains and loses weight.

10. Tara Lynn

Tara Lynn is one of the plus size models who actively promotes body positivity, a healthy attitude toward her body and the fight against imposed beauty standards. She has numerous contracts with leading modeling agencies. With a height of 170 cm, the weight of the model is 80 kg. Tara Lynn was born in 1982.

Tara Lynn calls for a healthy relationship with your bodyWithout a doubt, the standards of beauty that the fashion industry and consumer society imposes on women (and after them on men) are infinitely far from reality, especially against the background of the problem of mass obesity in developed and developing countries. 

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