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 ...

Alicia Johnson is a 62-year-old author and model signed to Ford Models—an elite agency that has been home to Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Brooke Shields. She’s the only model at Ford in both ...

In August, Ashley Graham, the trailblazing plus-size model who was the first size 14 woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, came under fire for posting a picture of ...

Victoria’s Secret is being praised for signing model Barbara Palvin as the first “plus-size” angel. The only problem? Palvin is far from plus size. The 25-year-old Hungarian born model made headlines ...

Research conducted at Simon Fraser University suggests the inclusion of plus-size models in advertising results in less motivation to have a healthy lifestyle, but critics say the results are ...