Too fat to be a model? The picture that caused a storm in the fashion world

The Guardian by Naomi Alderman | Sep. 2, 2009 (Special Report)
Lizzie Miller is considered too large to model plus-size clothes. Is the reaction that followed the publication of this picture going to change that?

the overwhelming reaction to the tiny photograph, buried on page 194 of Glamour magazine "shows that the world is hungry to see pictures of normal women." Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Sep 5, 2009 - 11:43 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Sep 5, 2009 - 11:43 AM PDT
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 by Rosanne Schepers - Sep. 28, 2009

Good article about the ongoing battle of normal and plussize women to change the fashion world's perspective on women with size 10 and up. A little opinionated, but I don't mind in this case.

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