Plus-size model
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Plus-size model is a term applied to a person who is engaged primarily in modeling plus-size clothing. Plus-size models are also engaged in work that is not strictly related to selling large-sized clothing, i.e., body acceptance commentary, stock photography, and advertising photography for cosmetics, household and pharmaceutical products and sunglasses, footwear and watches. Therefore plus-size models do not exclusively wear garments marketed as plus-size clothing. This is especially true when participating in fashion editorials for mainstream fashion magazines.
The requirements for plus-size models are no different from those of other models, except for larger bust-waist-hip measurements; the minimum acceptable height is generally no shorter than 5'9"/175.3cm and they must have clear skin, good bone structure and a well-proportioned body. The type of work that plus-size models engage in is of comparable variety to that of their smaller-sized counterparts. Advertising campaigns, magazine editorials, catwalk work, garment fit modeling, and live and pre-recorded TV presentations and commercials comprise much of work available. Increasingly, plus-size models are also being utilized by the media to stimulate debate on healthy self-esteem and body image, especially regarding struggles with eating disorders. Synonymous and interchangeable with plus-size model is 'full-figured model', 'extended-sizes model', and 'outsize model' (predominant usage:UK).
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