Skinny VS Curvy

Ford+ model Candice Huffine (who is a US size 12-14) is featured in a spread in the May 19th issue of Spain’s S Moda, where she shows off her figure in lace bras and tiny ensembles.

Are you a fan of Candice? Is she a good representative of a ‘plus-size model’?

Many more shots from this spread next!

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Name: Fine Bauer

Agency: Muse Plus

Height: 5’10

Measurements: 38 D-32-43

Is Fine’s figure what comes to your mind when thinking ‘plus-size’?

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Vogue Italia covergirl Candice Huffine is the body and face of Canadian plus size retailer Claire France – here is a new set of shots featuring beautiful Candice, that show off her size 12-14 figure in various vibrantly colored outfits.

Height: 5’11
Measurements: 38C/D-33-43.5

We’ve seen Candice before – check out this post!

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Plus-size beauty Tara Lynn embraces the cover of Elle France, where she gets leggy in a black lacey number and is named ‘The Body’ by the famous publication. From Huffington Post:

Watch out, Elle “The Body” Macpherson: Elle France has given your famous nickname to another gorgeous model.

The French magazine features plus-size model Tara Lynn, who’s wearing a lace tee, heels and not much else, on its February cover, and they’ve dubbed her in bold letters “The Body.”

No disrespect to Elle M., but we’re kind of loving it.

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PLUS Model is a magazine dedicated to plus-size fashion that also militates for variety and beauty (and body) diversity in the modelling world - in the January 2012 issue, the magazine published a controversial piece that reveals a variety of statistics on beauty image in the fashion world and featured size 12 US model Katya Zharkova in a cloth-less spread:

- Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today, she weighs 23% less.

 - Ten years ago plus-size models averaged between size 12 and 18. Today the need for size diversity within the plus-size modeling industry continues to be questioned. The majority of plus-size models on agency boards are between a size 6 and 14, while the customers continue to express their dissatisfaction.

 - Most runway models meet the Body Mass Index physical criteria for Anorexia.

 - 50% of women wear a size 14 or larger, but most standard clothing outlets cater to sizes 14 or smaller.

If we continue to ignore and rely on others to decide what we want to see,  change will never happen. We have to be vocal and proactive, patient and realistic.

How do you feel about all these? Must check the rest of the spread!

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