The fashion industry's relationship with body diversity is like a bad breakup – it keeps promising change but goes back to old habits. 7 percent across 230 shows and presentations featuring 8,800 ...

Melissa Owens Miller, known professionally as Emme, is an American plus-size model, social reformer and body image advocate. Emme gained worldwide fame as the first full-figured model chosen for ...

Size inclusivity is a hot-button topic within the fashion industry. Globally, there is still much work to do in regard to representation. Major fashion houses are still lacking statistically when it ...

Samyra Miller shares content with her combined 2.5 million followers in hopes of creating change for plus-size people Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has ...

Plus-sized model Tess Holliday claimed she was given an unsolicited lecture about her weight during a cross-country flight. Sharing the story on social media, Tess revealed that she was traveling with ...

When only 0.3% of Spring 2025 looks featured plus size models—just 26 out of 8,703—the message to buyers and designers was clear: curvy bodies still aren’t the fashion default. The absence of size ...

When Emilia Gordon steps in front of the camera, she’s doing more than striking a pose. The 28-year-old plus-size model is seeking “more representation” in the industry by blending her mental health ...

An ex-Secret Service agent who protected former Vice President Kamala Harris's stepdaughter is a plus-size model who never passed her physical fitness test. Alison Zupancic was hired under the ...

The 40-year-old said she was flying first class on United from Tampa, Florida, with her 9-year-old son when she got up to use the airplane bathroom. “I was in the restroom, and my hip hit the flight ...