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VANESSA ROMO

30 PLUS-SIZE MODELS REVOLUTIONIZING THE FASHION INDUSTRY

THE DAYS OF MODELS NEEDING TO BE A SIZE ZERO IN ORDER TO SUCCEED ARE LONG GONE, AS THE FASHION INDUSTRY MOVES TOWARDS INCLUDING MORE DIVERSE BODY SHAPES IN SHOWS AND ADVERTISING. CURVY MODELS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE ARE MAKING HISTORY ON THE COVERS OF MAGAZINES AND BY SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PLUS-SIZE REPRESENTATION. HERE ARE 30 INSPIRING, PLUS-SIZE MODELS THAT ARE CHALLENGING THE FASHION INDUSTRY.

CALIFORNIA MODEL VANESSA ROMO WAS SO FED UP WITH THE LACK OF BODY AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY THAT SHE DECIDED TO ENTER THE WORLD OF MODELLING, EVEN IF IT MEANT OVERCOMING LIFELONG INSECURITIES ABOUT HER APPEARANCE. “I CAN’T NAME A MEXICAN MODEL—I REALLY WANT TO BE THE REPRESENTATION AS A CHICANA WOMAN,” SHE TOLD HIP LATINA. SHE BEGAN SENDING OUT PHOTOS, INCLUDING FULL-BODY SHOTS AND SWIMSUIT PHOTOS, AND FOUND THE RESPONSE MORE ACCEPTING THAN SHE EXPECTED. ROMO IS NOW MANAGED BY NATURAL MODELS LA AND PRODUCES A YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT SHOWCASES FASHION AND BODY POSITIVITY FOR FAT CHICANX. SEE PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM