Why plus size models are bad

Having plus-size options secretly excited me, because after a lifetime of not having any real choices I began to feel like I could piece together outfits that I actually liked.

For me, seeing plus-size models wearing plus-size clothes made my happy, and more accepting of who I was and the body I had. They believe that curvy models lower the incentive for overweight women to lose weight and make healthy eating habits. I believe there will always be a place for plus-size models and fashion in the world. I want her to know that every body is beautiful, but in the end health, and being healthy, really matters.

I want to be able to go to a nice store with curated racks and a clean dressing room. In the straight-size world, trends come from the top down—the inspiration comes from the runways, and then it filters down into lower-priced items. And for plus, it seems that it comes from the bottom up. But there are still so many designs and fabrics that we're not able to wear, because so few contemporary brands are making us options.

Nobody wants to buy this! We want to wear the same things everyone else is wearing. Yes, that means crop tops! Give us the bikini! Give us the mini skirt! Assortments should be curated to plus-size women, and we should be given fashion, not just the basics. Quite the contrary—women of all ages want to look stylish, young, sexy and put-together in clothes that fit. For most of my 20s and 30s I never had anything to wear.

I had no style. They're honestly doing us a disservice because as shoppers we're getting excited, but having it not fit makes you feel worse. The onus is really on brands to take the time to do us justice.

Serve us the way that you serve the other sizes. If you're going to do anything above a 14, actually fit it on more than one person.

There are nuances that make something current versus a bit of an older silhouette. Suddenly when you move to plus, everything ties at the waist, is A-line, and hits right below the knee.

It actually looks dated and lame. I want to be able to wear flowy or trendy things without being accused of hiding my body. Bigger women want to look cool too. We deserve more. We deserve better. One, because we all know sizes are kind of irrelevant. And two, because I—like many other plus-size women—fluctuate between sizes. I go from a 14 to an 18; it just really depends on the day, the brand, the fabric, and the shape of a garment.

But then on set, they'll only call in size 14 samples, often from brands that already run small. That's not going to work on my body. In fact, the researchers find, there is damage to be had from any advertising that focuses explicitly on body size — skinny or fat, positive or negative — by "increasing the amount of thought consumers put into their appearance and heightening body anxiety.

One experiment involved showing participants three ads for a fake clothing store, each one featuring the same overweight model but with different taglines: "For Normal Women, "For Plus Size Women" or "For Women. Another experiment showed participants ads for a gym, including a version that featured an overweight model with the tagline "For Real Women," a version with the overweight model with the tagline "Time to Slim Down," one with a thin model and the tagline "For Real Women" and a fourth with a thin model with the tagline "Time to Slim Down.

The most noteworthy takeaway? If the fashion industry decides to stop using models who appear to have starved themselves to skin and bones - as they should - they shouldn't then choose to promote an equally unhealthy body shape. But people online have hit back at Fuda stating "plus sized" ladies face "so much discrimination" already, thus making it near impossible to "glorify obesity".