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Top 10 Plus Size Models of 2018

Top 10 plus size models of 2018
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The plus size modelling industry is booming and curvy models around the world are beginning to take centre stage on runway shows and magazine covers. Here’s a list of our top 10 plus size models who are helping to redefine the face of the modelling industry. These strong women are striving for a more inclusive fashion industry that embraces the natural woman.

By Phoebe O’Halloran

10. La’Tecia Thomas

Age: 27

Nationality: Australian

Appeared for: Fashion Nova Curve, PrettyLittleThing, Mary Holland Lingerie

Instagram: @lateciatIn

La’Tecia was first discovered when she was 15 in her hometown Melbourne. She is now one of Australia’s most famous plus-size models. La’Tecia previously competed in fitness modelling competitions as a size 10, but struggled with mental illness and body confidence. Now a size 16, La’tecia is content with her body and feels that plus size modelling is a liberating experience. In the beginning of 2018, La’Tecia took to Instagram to post a comparison between a retouched and unretouched photo, to remind women that not everything in the media is the truth. The body positive model feels that the industry should drop the terms ‘plus size’ and ‘curvy’ modelling, and promote women of all sizes.

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9. Clementine Desseaux

Age: 30

Nationality: French

Appeared for: American Apparel, Christian Louboutin

Instagram: @bonjourclem

In 2016, body positive model and blogger Clémentine Desseaux teamed up with Charli Howard to launch the All Women Project. The organisation runs self-esteem building events and workshops in schools with an aim to challenge the notion that high fashion models must be of one body type. Her advocacy for a diverse modelling industry makes her worthy of mentioning in our list of top 10 plus size models.

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8. Robyn Lawley

Age: 28

Nationality: Australian

Appeared for: Elle, Vogue Italia, Marie Claire, H & M, Ralph Lauren

Instagram: @robynlawley

Robyn Lawley was the first Australian model of non-straight size to appear on the cover of Australian Cosmopolitan and Australian Vogue. In an interview with Wall Street Journal, Robyn Lawley spoke out against the term ‘plus size.’ Lawley said she hopes the term plus size would outgrow it’s use, feeling that plus-size models were sometimes employed as a shock tactic and grab for press.

Image Source: Vogue

7. Precious Lee

Age: 29

Nationality: American

Appeared for: Lane Bryant, Glamour, Saks Fifth Avenue, Target, Sports Illustrated.

Instagram: @preciousleexoxo

Precious Lee was the first black plus size model to grace the pages of American Vogue and Sports Illustrated. As a face of Lane Byrant’s body positive #IAmNoAngel and This Body campaigns, Precious Lee proudly advocates for diversity in race, size and gender in her field. Lee believes in encouraging self-love and a healthy body image in young women, earning her a spot on our list of top 10 plus size models of 2018.

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6. Candice Huffine

Age: 33

Nationality: American

Appeared for: CR Fashion Book, Vogue, V Magazine, i-D, Glamour

Instagram: @candicehuffine

Beginning her career as a beauty queen and competing in pageants across Maryland, Candice Huffine refused to lose weight for agents when she started modelling. She persisted, and her big break came when alongside Tara Lynn, she was featured in Vogue Italia’s plus size spread. A few months later she made the legendary Pirelli Calendar, a publication whose pages have been graced by A-listers like Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford. Her exuberance and courage gives her the strength to express her body positivity and self-love to the world.

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5. Tara Lynn

Age: 35

Nationality: American

Appeared for: Glamour, Elle, Vogue, Time Magazine, H & M

Instagram: @taralynn

Next on our list of top 10 plus size models is Tara Lynn, who came into the spotlight in 2011 after her appearance in Vogue Italia’s famous plus size editorial spread. After dealing with her own body image issues in her youth as a UK size 18-20, Tara Lynn now inspires diversity in the modelling industry, and encourages women to embrace their natural figure.

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4. Crystal Renn

Age: 31

Nationality: American

Appeared for: Chanel, Jean Paul Gualtier, Vogue, Elle, Jimmy Choo, Dolce & Gabbana

Instagram: @crystalball1111

At the age of 14, Crystal Renn was told by agents she would need to lose almost a third of her body weight if she wanted to become a model. After struggling with anorexia, she altered her diet and exercise habits and gained weight, re-emerging as a plus-size model and embracing her body. In 2009 she wrote a novel about her experiences in the fashion industry titled Hungry: A Young Model’s Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves.

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3. Chloe Marshall

Age: 27

Nationality: British

Appeared for: Macy’s and Torrid, Plus Model magazine, Lane Bryant

Instagram: @chloemarshall01

After winning Miss Surrey in 2008, Marshall became the first size 16 model to reach the finals for the Miss England Tiara. Her motivation for becoming a model was to boost the confidence of curvy girls and to challenge the stereotype that only straight size girls can make it to the Miss England finals. Her desire to inspire diversity is why she has been placed in our list top 10 plus size models.

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2. Jennie Runk

Age: 28

Nationality: American

Appeared for: H & M, Marie Claire, Vogue, Seventeen

Instagram: @jennierunk

Jennie Runk rose to prominence after featuring in US Vogue’s 2005 Shape issue, but it wasn’t until her beachwear appearance in H&M’s Summer 2013 campaign that she really made waves in the industry. The campaign was featured on the front page of H&M’s US website and received extensive media coverage. As a result, Runk wrote a piece for the BBC on shape diversity in modelling, stating she feels compelled to inspire confidence and show girls that it’s acceptable to be different.

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1. Ashley Graham

Age: 30

Nationality: American

Appeared for: Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Glamour, Levi’s

Instagram: @theashleygraham

What would a list of top 10 plus size models of 2018 be without Ashley Graham? Ashley was first discovered at the age of 12, and since then has been a trailblazer in the fashion industry and an inspiration to women everywhere. In 2016, she was the first plus size model to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, a magazine famous for only featuring straight size models. In the same year, a one-of-a-kind Barbie was made in her likeness. Graham has also collaborated with brands to launch her own lingerie, clothing and swimsuit lines designed to fit women of all sizes. Ashley Graham has made history like no other model has before, and thus she has been mentioned as number one in our list of top 10 plus size models.

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12 Comments

Shane

This list is so amazing! Precious Lee, Candice Huffine and Ashley Graham are my favorites. Looking forward to the 2019 list. Congrats to everyone on the list.

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Stifler

La’Tecia Thomas deserves to be at least 2nd position. She’s really on the + size unlike others, and is both sexy+beautiful and talented too. And her poses are so life like.

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Karina Lee Dicker

Omg I would love to be published in vogue magazine .
Thanks for inspiring me even more about modeling. I can’t wait to start my journey and maybe one day I will be published in vogue magazine

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