01.03.2010
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Big love: plus-size supermodels
Is this the end of size zero? It's the question the fashion industry has been asking for some time. Between Mark Fast using plus-size models in his recent runway show to the reaction of Glamour readers to Lizzie Miller's tummy rolls, it's clear that thin ain't in.
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Whitney Thompson was the first plus-size model to win America's Next Top Model. She has since appeared on the cover of Seventeen - and is the first plus-size model to do so. -
Velvet D'Amour made headlines when she appeared in Jean-Paul Gaultier's 2007 catwalk show. -
Once a contestant on America's Next Top Model, Toccara Jones is now a plus-size model and body image spokesperson. In 2008 she starred in a Vogue Italia photo shoot with Steven Meisel. -
Famed in the 90s for being the anti-waif poster girl, Sophie is now a successful author and cookbook writer. -
Mia Tyler (yep, Liv's half-sister!) has forged an incredibly successful career as a plus-size model. She was first featured in Seventeen at age 20, and in 2003, appeared in Vogue's annual Shape Issue. -
Kate Dillon began her career as a "straight" model, but endured anorexia to remain a size six. She later gained weight and started living healthily, and relaunched a successful career as a plus-size model. She appeared on the cover of now-defunct magazine MODE, and has shot campaigns for Gucci. -
Lizzie Miller gained fame late last year after a photo of her beaming face and gorgeous body - including a few unretouched tummy rolls - was published in Glamour. -
Emme Aronson is a legend in the world of plus-size modelling. She's twice been named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, and is the former host of E!'s Fashion Emergency. -
Christina Hendricks is now known as Mad Men's Joan Holloway, but she began her career as a plus-size model. She even starred in a Visa commercial with Pierce Brosnan. -
Anansa Sims has modelling in the blood. Her mother, Beverly Johnson, was the first African-American model to appear on the cover of Vogue. Sims lost over 20 kilograms to try to break into "straight" modelling, but when she regained the weight, she discovered she was healthier, happier and suddenly hired! She recently appeared in Glamour. -
A UK size 16, Chloe Marshall was the first plus size woman to compete in the finals of the Miss England competition. She was then signed to Models Plus. -
Crystal Renn is arguably the best-known plus-size model of the moment. She's just written her memoir, Hungry, an account of her battle with anorexia and exercise addiction. Renn is the first plus-size model to appear on the cover of Harper's Bazaar.
Whitney Thompson was the first plus-size model to win America's Next Top Model. She has since appeared on the cover of Seventeen - and is the first plus-size model to do so.
