Plus-Size Models Go Nude For Glamour Magazine

Glamour did it again. In its November issue, the magazine featured not just one but seven gorgeous plus-size models who posed naked for an au naturel photo shoot, and continued the efforts of pushing the boundaries of accepted beauty norms.


Photographed by Matthias Vriens-McGrath, the seven knock-out beauties who went nude for the glossy fashion magazine were Crystal Renn, Lizzie Miller, Kate Dillon, Ashley Graham, Jennie Runk, Amy Lemons, and Anasa Sims.

As part of Glamour's "body image revolution," the nude photo shoot with the plus-size models include an article by Genevieve Field, which discussed the fashion industry's weght obssession. The article cited that the reason why a woman who measured 6 and above is considered plus-size is because they are really too big for the designers' sample clothes, which usually fall between 0 to 4, only.

Aside from featuring nude plus-size models on the magazine, Glamour magazine has mentioned to feature a greater range of body types in its upcoming pages, "including in fashion and beauty stories (traditionally the toughest areas for even the top 'plus-size' models to crack)."

Size-12 Model Poses Nude On Glamour Magazine

Glamour magazine has made quiet a buzz after featuring a size-12 (or 14) naked model in its September issue. Lizzi Miller, a 20-year old 5'11" woman, poses nude for an article about body acceptance.


Lizzi Miller weighs 180 pounds and she has a tummy. Only one photograph of her has been posted on the magazine but it creates a huge stir, mostly positive. The reason for the favorable feedback: the model is just perfect representation of the average size American woman.

Comments center on how comfortable the "plus-size" model has posed without clothes on a widely-viewed publication and how healthy and fit her body is, compared to the likes of Kate Moss and Lindsay Lohan.

Asked if it is a brilliant move for more of Lizzi Miller's body-type strutting down the runway, it's a totally different thing. As most of the critics have come to agree, Lizzi Miller's body is beautiful but a runway model's body is supposed to be a vehicle to show the clothes "and having a belly isn't the best for showing off clothes directed towards more fit people."

Whether or not the purpose for using an average-size model is the promotion of a healthier body image, it is not an unusual occurrence for an average body-type model to pose naked for glamour shoots and any other body modeling projects. In fact, there have been lots of wonderful works of art that use plus-size (and even extremely fat) models as subject.

Average-type and plus-size models have always been warmly-accepted in glamour modeling. But for these body-types to be taking centerstage as runway models, the end of the ramp seems up to this day, very far and vague.