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FRANKIE
interview by tiffany bank
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What made you decide to become a plus size model?
I have always had interest in becoming a model but it was not
until I was chosen as a model for a body diversity campaign
that I really began pursuing it. The other women who were in
the campaign were of all shapes, sizes and colors and their
confidence was contagious! I had no experience and yet the
designer still believed in me and chose me to do a solo fit
Name: Frankie Tavares
Resides In: Middletown, NY
Height/Size: 5’8” Size 18
segment with her. I remember leaving the shoot so proud of
myself and eager to pursue modeling. Once the campaign
Online portfolio
launched I started receiving messages from women of all ages
My favorite quote:
telling me how I’ve inspired them to pursue their dreams as
“Our deepest fear is not that
we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are
well as feeling more comfortable & confident in their bodies .
Modeling is helping me become a stronger person, more
powerful beyond measure.”
fearless and aware of what I am truly capable of. In the process
-Marianne Williamson
I am helping women. It doesn’t get any better than that!