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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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6’0” and size 12 model Robyn Lawley (who does not look anything near plus-size in the above shot) is a favorite when it comes to modeling ‘plus-size’ bikinis – here she is in the latest edition of Australian Cosmo, looking hot in a wide range of swimwear pieces.

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Here’s a little treat for you: newcomer plus-size model Bree Warren in Recognize Magazine – let’s find out more about her:

Height: 5’11” / 180 cm

Measurements: 38C-30-42 / 96C-76-107 cm

Dress Size: US 10-12

See the rest of this shoot after the jump!

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Yes, ‘plus-size’ according to the fashion industry – Elena Miro is an Italian fashion brad that carries clothes sizes 44 EU and up (12 US and up) and we’ve got the vibrant pictures from their recent Spring 2012 show during Fashion Week, full of beautiful size 10+ models.

What do you think of the models? Do they all look plus-size? And how about the clothes – aren’t they flattering on non-stick-thin figures?

Many more on the next page!

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A variety of plus-sized models appeared on the catwalk for the Myer Big is Beautiful show during the Mercedes Benz Sydney Fashion Festival yesterday – the models ranged in sizes from 12 to 20 US, but the media didn’t applaud the initiatie to use obese models (from Daily Mail):

The show has sparked an online debate as The Australian journalist Damian Woolbough branded the choice of models ‘irresponsible.’

Damian wrote: ‘There is a place for women of all sizes in the fashion media, as seen by the positive response to a plus-size shoot with Lawley in this month’s Vogue Australia, but obese models send just as irresponsible a message about the need for healthy eating and exercise as models with protruding clavicles and ribcages.’

He said: ‘Is it ok to be overweight? No. But if you are big and big boned, people come in all shapes and sizes,it would be monstrously wrong to say the models are just overweight. If they are running a show which has big girls modelling for big girls, then that would be totally appropriate. If the show Big is Beautiful is for ladies that are size 18 because that is their natural size then I see no problem.’

What do you think about the journalist’s words?

Among the models: 6’0” tall Robyn Lawley, who covered Vogue Italia – see her in a black dress after the jump and more!

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