When it comes to fashion, diversity is in right now.
But just how genuine is the industry’s commitment to representing women of all shapes and sizes?
Not very, one model suggests.
Like most regular-sized models, Jessica Vander Leahy has experienced a lot of discrimination throughout her career and now that she’s landing top jobs, she’s sick of being included as the ‘token curvy chick’ in campaigns.
Despite having modelled for more than 10 years, she says that she still has to deal with poor practice.
On a recent shoot, she says that she was told to ‘just smile and look happy’, while thinner models were told to pose sexily.
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