I think extremely. Her name is Elizabeth Green and she is a model. A plus-size model. That term always sounds dishearteningly frumpy. But it shouldn’t.
Because when I first received this shot, as part of a press release, I registered the visual shock of seeing a beautiful, sexy, quite traditional fashion image that wasn’t of a size 8 girl. And NOT BECAUSE THERE’S ANYTHING WRONG WITH BEING A SIZE 8. Obviously, there’s not so if you are a size 8 or a size 6 or a size 0, please hold your fire. Because I am here to tell you that you are well represented in the media.
Some (me!) may say you are over-represented. Which is fine for you but not so fine for everyone who doesn’t look like you and who doesn’t get to see themselves or anything resembling themselves depicted anywhere in the mainstream media. Oh hang on just a sec, the altitude up here on my high horse is making me a wee bit dizzy….
Ok, the dizziness has passed and I’ll continue. Why did someone send me a picture of plus-size Elizabeth Green? Something about a ‘curvalicious’ *cringe* model contest being held by plus-size model agency BGM and ‘curvaceous’ fashion label City Chic (details about the label and the model contest are here). Whatever. I just like looking at the picture.
Meanwhile, Myer has announced it will use plus-sized models in its in-store parades but not the national launch event in Sydney. News Ltd reports..
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To be honest I do prefer the smaller models for fashion mags, so long as they look healthy. However I would very much like to see a shift towards using older models. Post puberty!
Her body is nice, but her face is f**king scary!