Plus Size Modeling

I need advice, i want to try but im so unsure what i should do and where i should start!! (: Help Please!

All modelling is a hard nut to crack. You need ot find a reputable agency to rep you and then start your portfolio.

You look like you have a young fresh face.

Wish you all the best!

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I wouldn't suggest trying plus sized modeling... It encourages the idea of being large... Eventually it will really attack your health and you are going to regret letting yourself stay large so long.

SO what you are saying is I should starve myself to reach an unrealistic weight based on the runway models that the ads & high fashion portray??? :noway:
Pshhhhhh!!!

You don’t have to be unhealthy to be plus size!!! She didn’t say she wanted to pack on the pounds to become plus size! Believe it or not there is a fairly large industry for plus size modeling!

Oh my some of the stupid crap people say on here!!! :explode:

Take it with a grain of salt, and look who it is coming from.
She is an 18 year old who is upset about her own weight, and wanting to lose 100 lbs. Chances are she is regretting getting to the size where she is.

Disagree Siena - "plus size" models aren't necessarily all that big, just bigger than the teeny weeny regular models. The ones I've seen generally look pretty healthy - some maybe a touch overweight, but certainly not obese.

Kitten, maybe try Model Mayhem, or research if any modelling/talent agencies specialize in plus size models?

Agreed. Most plus sized models I've seen are basically a size 10-12.

I was a teensy regular model in my teens and twenties. Any reputable agency doesn't ask money from their models. They jmake money by taking 20% off their earnings.

When a girl is just starting out and trying to build a portfolio, and doesn't have tear sheets yet (photos torn from magazines) they will send her out to go-see a stable of test photographers. These are beginning fashion photographers vetted by the agency who are trying to build their own portfolios. Go-sees are auditions, essentially.

If an "agency" asks for money from a girl, it is a scam. The portfolio is likely to be useless because the quality of photos will be poor, or the girl didn't have enough potential to begin with.

<---Former plus-sized model here. Have a friend take some full-body shots and a couple face shots. Wear something that will show your figure and plain and simple makeup. Submit these to agencies. You don't need to spend a lot of money up front. The agencies will tell you if you're "model material". But not all agencies are looking for the same thing, so submit to all of them. If one of them picks you up, then you can start looking at spending money on headshots and cards.

You can try to see if there are photographers in your area that do TFP shoots (trade for prints). But be careful. There are a whole lot of pervs out there. And don't comprimise your limits for a free shoot. Not worth it. Ever.

And yes, you can be "plus-sized and healthy". Ignorance abounds in this arena. Plus sized models in the US seem to start in the size 8-10 area. I was 5'9" and 165 lbs, size 12.

Good luck!

Siena is not really that far based with her comments. Plus size models by definition are models that wear plus-size clothing. Plus-size clothing was a general term given to clothing proportioned specifically for overweight people.
That said most Plus Size Models nowadays model more average sized clothes, which is a good thing that promotes healthy weight; however, to say that plus size modeling does not have any basis in root with being overweight is wrong as well.
Just my $.02. That said I have met several Plus Size Models that are healthy, just as I have met several Plus Size Models that were not healthy. I have also met healthy models, though I will admit fashion designers tend to demand them to be an unhealthy weight, similar to ballerina dancers.