Is This Woman Plus Size? :

Winner of a UK modeling show has put the catwalk modeling industry to the test.

Jen Hunter (5' 11", 154 lbs) won the "Make Me a Supermodel" show in 2006 - despite being criticized for being too fat.

Many people applauded her win. Last year a magazine writer asked :

Although [Hunter] triumphantly overcame the judges remarks and abuse, can she really break into the fashion world?

Answer: No.

Jen Hunter recently quit the agency and joined plus-size agency Excel Models.

"[...] when I went into castings I saw very few size 12 models and came up against the same old prejudice. I just didn't feel comfortable so I decided to change to Excel Models." ( source )

It seems that Hunter (a UK size 12) was not acceptable for the catwalk.

It's fairly obvious that despite all the noise about fashion models being too skinny - little has changed. Only certain body shapes are acceptable for fashion modeling.

An attention-grabbing comparison I know, but below is a picture of Marianne Berglund, another finalist in the above-mentioned 2006 reality show.

If Jen Hunter is plus-size then the bar of "appropriate body size" has been raised so high as to be insurmountable.

What stark contrast this is to the claim of an " over-tolerant attitude towards fatness ".

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