Showing posts with label Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Show all posts

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Meet Sports Illustrated's first plus-size model


MANILA, Philippines – For the first time in history, Sports Illustrated is featuring a plus size model in an “editorial spread.”

Robyn Lawley, an Australian Native is gracing the issue's "Rookies" section, wearing a scanty tangerine and snake skin-inspired bikini that showcases her bodacious curves.

In the US, size 12 Lawley is technically considered a plus-size although an average American woman is size 14. She was considered as one of the first plus-size women in the modeling industry and has been very vocal about her advocacy to stop the plus-size stigma.

“I don’t know if I consider myself as a plus-size model or not. I just consider myself a model because I’m trying to help women in general accept their bodies,” Lawley told TIME.

Lawley shared her scorching hot photos on her Instagram account:




Aside from Lawley, size 16 model Ashley Graham  also made buzz for starring in the first ever ad to feature a plus-size model in the pages of the magazine's annual swimsuit issue.

This year's coveted swimsuit issue features Hannah Davis, a 24-year old model hailing from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

source:  philstar.com