What role did your family play in moving past the challenges you
faced as a straight size model?
I think a better way to look at it is that my two children forced me to have a
healthier relationship with my natural body shape. First, I want to be a real role
model for my children and help them feel secure and happy with who they are; in
order to do that, I need to have that peace with myself. Second, my body was (and
is, in many ways still) a provider for my children. It housed life and has given me
the strength to nurture and care for them.
I see the bigger picture now. I may have scars or stretchmarks in places but those
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are all indications of a life lived. There is a real peace that comes with knowing
the Universe is bigger than you. In finding my purpose as a mother I have
certainly become more at peace with my body in general.
With the term “plus-size” being in the midst of controversy and
having battled an eating disorder, how do you feel about working in
the plus size modeling industry?
Truthfully, I don’t care if I am called a “plus size” model. It doesn’t bother me at
all; I feel like some people are against the term and I really don’t understand why?
As a plus size model its our job to represent actual plus size women. There is NO
shame in that! At the end of the day, a Model is a Model. We all do the same jobs
and, while there are different types of models that fall into different categories,