Archive for the ‘Models’ Category
Bianca Davies is a beautiful plus size model who has started her quest to become a top plus size model. From the looks of things, we think she is well on her way. At 5′ 9.5″ she wears a size 12 dress and has many different “looks” as can be seen here.
In her words.
“My name is Bianca Mitsuko Davies. Born July 21 1989 in San Diego,CA. I am a mixed with Latina/African-American/Japanese. Growing up I played basketball,….” (continue reading)
Ms. Davies is represented by Natural Model Management.
Top plus size fashion model Tara Lynn has covered French Elle magazine again in it’s February 2012 issue. She previously owned the cover of the April, 2010 issue. This time around she was dubbed “The Body” by the magazine, a title formerly reserved for Elle MacPherson. Many would argue that Tara Lynn is the top plus model today, and it would be hard to argue against that.
Catherine Peoples is a beautiful plus size model and actress who is on the way up these days. Rocking that form fitting dress in not a problem for this size 16 model. She has the curves, the dress is amazing, she knows how to work it, and once again it has been shown that beauty does indeed come in all shapes and sizes.
Ms. Peoples is represented by IPM Model Management, New York.
Tara Laughton is an Australian plus size model. Tara is a very curvy model who’s representation includes Bella Model Management, Australia, and Okay Models, Hamburg, Germany. Ms. Laughton is a very experienced model and has worked for many of the retailers at home in Australia and internationally.
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Bree Warren is a plus size model who is on the rise in the fashion industry. Maybe it’s because of her hour-glass figure, 38C-30-42. Maybe it’s because her height of 5′11″ adds a certain proportionality to her curvaceous body. Maybe it’s because she rocks a 10-12 dress size. While all those stats are impressive, we think it’s mainly because of her classic beauty. Her face is fresh but also has all the traditional characteristics of a top model. Bree Warren is a total package who we expect to see more of in the future.
Bree is represented by Wilhelmina NYC, Brigitte Models Germany, Hughes Models London, Dallys Models Brisbane, and BGM in Sydney.
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Whitney Thompson, America’s Next Top Model winner claims than an ad for her plus size dating site, TheBigAndTheBeautiful.com submitted to NBC for consideration for Superbowl air time was rejected because of fat discrimination. Her rep released this statement:
I wanted to pass along an ad that has been rejected by NBC. The ad stars America’s Next Top Model winner and plus-sized model Whitney Thompson. She believes they rejected the commercial because it features bigger women and not the skinnier accepted norm.
The ad is for TheBigAndTheBeautiful.com — a dating site for plus-sized men and women that was founded by Thompson. NBC Universal’s rejection email said: “Unfortunately it needs to be completely reworked for our air. S&P [Standards and Practices] wouldn’t approve it.” The ad can be viewed here.
The base cost for a Superbowl ad is $3,000,000.
Well, what do you think? Is this “fat discrimination”? Could it have been rejected for some other reason like video quality, contrived story line, or the butt shot of the “skinny woman? Is it just a publicity stunt? Tell us below.
Lizzie Haines, 31 wins Plus Size Model of the Year award at the 100percentpeople Plus Size Awards. The 5′4.5″ curvaceous beauty competed against celebrities, models, and other shapely contestants to garner the top spot in the national UK competition. Ms. Haines is also a new face of Curvy Kate.
Lizzie had size acceptance issues growing up but now is more than proud of her size 14 body and her 34G bra size.
The fact that she overcame traditional modeling no-no’s like her age, height and very curvy body, just shows that if your are good enough, people will notice.
Photo: H&M
H&M, the giant Swedish-based retailer has recently started using computer generated models and “attaching” a photo of a real model’s head to it for some their swimwear and lingerie online advertising. The “electronic mannequin” or “virtual model” has a carefully sculpted body and can be manipulated to match the color of the model’s head.
We do think that a virtual model can be used in a virtual fitting room scenario where customers pick an outfit and it is displayed on a virtual model of the size the customer requests. This helps solve the problem of “I like that dress but how would it look on me?” Most agree that it would be impractical to have photos of 12 different size live models for each outfit.
Our question is, “why not just use photos of live models” ? We don’t believe H&M is intentionally trying to harm the employability of live models but that may become one of the resultant outcomes of this practice. We think it best to just “keep it real”.
Photo: Patricia Schlein/ WENN.com
Whitney Thompson, American’s Next Top Model cycle 10 winner launches an online dating website for plus size women and men who are looking for them. The website is called The Big and The Beautiful. Ms. Thompson is the founder and president of the venture.
The site is designed to be a fun place for any shape or size looking for dating or love.
Teer Wayde, is a stunning Aussie plus size model who brings energy to the garments she wears in a natural yet sophisticated manner. Teer is seen here in a piece from the relatively new plus size label “Hope and Harvest“.
Teer, who is represented by Bella Model Management, has killer curves and she definitely knows how to work them, every last one. We expect to see lots more of Teer Wayde in the future. She’s the real deal and one of a kind.
See more Teer Wayde and more from this Hope and Harvest collection.