PLUS Model Magazine

My Life on the B-List: Tales of a Headless “Almost-Supermodel”

People ask me all the time what it’s like to be a model. “Is it glamorous like in the movies?” “Do you get to meet celebrities?” “Do people recognize you?” For the most part, the answer is “No,” but it IS a heck of a lot of fun, and more work than most people think.… [Continue Reading]

Big and Tall Male Modeling

Plus Models Ask the Tough Questions and PLUS Industry Editor Larissa Laurel Answers! In this month’s issue, aspiring plus male model Joe asks, “I was wondering how to get into big and tall male modeling.” Larissa Answers… I was so delighted to get an email from a man wanting to get into plus-size modeling! I… [Continue Reading]

What I Love About My Curves by Plus Model Loni

I fell in love with my curves one small step at a time, and after having a child I came to appreciate my body more than ever. That is when I fully discovered the benefits of my curves. My chest was not simply something to balance out my hips, and fill out a shirt. I… [Continue Reading]

Let’s Start a CurvyGirl Movement: Fitness Comes in MANY Sizes!

Attention Plus Size Ladies: A new fitness craze is about to take the nation by storm…and guess what? It has the look…the feel…the magic…and the attitude of a CurvyGirl. Debra Mazda, personal trainer and health coach, teaches the CurvyGirl workout class at Vitality Fitness Center—a women’s gym in Philadelphia, PA. The instructor has an extensive… [Continue Reading]

What I Love About My Curves by Plus Model Beth

A new segment featuring plus models thriving in their curves… I won’t lie, I was terrified. It had taken me six years of longing, trepidation, and out right terror to do what I did that day. I, the chubby twenty year old redhead stood outside the doors of the Miami City Ballet that January morning,… [Continue Reading]

Health Benefits of Drinking Water by Jen Kersey

We all know that we should be drinking more water. But why is water so important for our bodies? First of all we are lovely and very fashionable bags of water walking around! No joke we are made up of primarily water, around 55-75% at any given time. In order to keep the cells within… [Continue Reading]

Curvy Plus Models Appear on the Today Show With Angela Burt-Murray of Essence Magazine

If you have read the January issue of PLUS Model Magazine, you may remember the ‘Before and After’ interview that our Editor did with aspiring plus model Shanta Washington… in it, we chronicled her first test shoot and showed a bit of the model magic that happens when you work with a great team… Read… [Continue Reading]