WA plus-size model is an individual from size 12 and above who is engaged primarily in modeling plus-size clothing. Plus-size clothing worn by plus-size models are typically catering and marketed to either Big & Tall or Tall men and women. Plus-size models also engage in work that is not strictly related to selling clothing, e.g., 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.
WYasmine Alexandra Arrington is the Founder and Executive Director of ScholarCHIPS and a 2015 winner of the Peace First Prize, the JM Kaplan Innovation Prize and DC Social Innovation Prize.
WLinda Arroz is a speaker, author, and former spokesperson, plus-size model, stylist and magazine editor, originally from Flint, Michigan. She was one of the first plus-size models to get a contract with a major brand.
WKameran "Kamie" Crawford is a television host, and beauty pageant winner who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2010 on July 24, 2010 at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas. Upon being crowned, Crawford won a $100,000 scholarship, trips, clothes, and got to share a New York City apartment with Donald Trump's other titleholders – Ximena Navarrete, Miss Universe and Rima Fakih, Miss USA – for a year.
WAlexandra Cristin, is an American entrepreneur, plus size model, reality television personality, and the founder of Glam Seamless, based in New York City.
WVelvet d'Amour is the stage name of the American plus-size model best known via the worldwide media coverage she received after her appearance as a plus-size model in Jean-Paul Gaultier's 2007 Spring/Summer prêt-à-porter collection shown in Paris in October 2006. She also made a catwalk appearance in John Galliano's prêt-à-porter showing entitled "Everybody is Beautiful" in 2006, and in the associated French Vogue article featuring photography by Nick Knight.
WPaloma Kai Shockley Elsesser is a British-born Swiss-American plus-size model.
WBarbara Linhares Ferreira is an American model and actress best known for her role as Kat Hernandez in the HBO series Euphoria.
WApril Flores, also known as Fatty Delicious, or Fatty D, is an American pornographic actress and director, writer, photographer, makeup artist, and plus-size model.
WAshley Graham is an American model and television presenter.
WCandice Huffine is a plus-size model represented by IMG Models. A former teenage beauty queen, she signed her first modeling commercial contract in 2000 and has since crossed over from the commercial world into high fashion.
WToccara Elaine Jones is an American television personality, fashion model, occasional actress and singer. Jones was a contestant on the third season of the UPN series America's Next Top Model, where she finished in seventh place.
WRobyn Lawley is an Australian plus-size model.
WIskra Arabella Lawrence is a British model.
WChenese Tharis Lewis, born November 14, 1979 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an American actress, host, plus-size model, and a positive body image and self-esteem advocate. Lewis was an actress on the first season of the BET series, Hell Date, and was the first woman crowned Miss Plus America in 2003. She has hosted her podcast The Chenese Lewis Show since 2008.
WKimberley Dawn Locke is an American singer-songwriter, TV personality, and plus-size model. She has recorded in the dance and pop genres, and has targeted the adult contemporary radio format. She is the cohost of the daytime talk show, Dr. and the Diva.
WChloe Elizabeth Marshall is an English plus-size model from Cranleigh, Surrey. Having won the Miss Surrey title in March 2008, she became the first size 16 model to reach the finals for the Miss England tiara.
WAshley Shandrel Luther, better known as Elly Mayday, was a Canadian plus-size model and advocate for women's health. She was known for battling ovarian cancer throughout her modeling career, and was often photographed with surgical scars and a bald head from chemotherapy.
WHunter Sienna McGrady is an American plus-size model.
WChristina Mendez is a New York City-based plus-size model and entertainment personality.
WRosie Mercado is an American plus-size model, celebrity makeup artist, fashion designer and television personality of Mexican descent. She is best known for starring in reality television show Curvy Girls on NuvoTV and featuring on National Geographic Channel's Taboo. She is currently a special correspondent and life coach on Emmy award winning shows The Doctors and Dr. Phil and now a co-host on a new entertainment talk show called Face The Truth on Fox.
WJoshua Ostrovsky, known professionally as The Fat Jewish, is an American celebrity, writer, actor, plus-size model, winemaker and entrepreneur.
WCrystal Renn is an American plus-size model and author.
WKelly Shibari is an American former pornographic actress and plus-size model.