Learning to deal with an eating disorder… read our cover models story, Mandy Muenzer

Mandy Menzer entered American households via a show called More to Love in which she vied for the affections of a plus sized man along with other curvy ladies.
Luckily, we get an opportunity to see just how much more there is to love about this beautiful, open, intelligent, compassionate, artistic young woman. From battling a [...]

Congratulations to our very own Jennifer Jonassen!

Congratulations to our very own Jennifer Jonassen who was featured in the popular body image blog “Adios Barbie!” Check out this wonderful article, “Jennifer Jonassen: A Sizeless Star,” written by Sharon Haywood.
Way to go Jen!

NEDAwareness Week Collage Contest!

PLUS Model Magazine is a Proud Partner of NEDAwareness Week                                                         
February 21 -27, 2010
   “It’s Time to Talk About It” 
 NEDAwareness Week Collage Contest!
 In your ideal world, what would mass media look like?
 
 NEDA wants to know what you think our media culture could look like if

It helped facilitate high self-esteem
It represented diverse conceptions of beauty
People were valued [...]

Expert John Rowley Offers Up Health and Diet Tips

(Remember, plus modeling IS about looking YOUR personal best… and a healthy plus model is a working plus model!)
John Rowley, fitness expert and best-selling author of the sensational hit Climb Your Ladder of Success Without Running Out of Gas, offers the below health and fitness tips to Americans across the country looking for fitness tips [...]

Expert John Rowley Offers Up Fitness Tips for a Healthier Lifestyle

(Remember, plus modeling IS about looking YOUR personal best… and a healthy plus model is a working plus model!)
John Rowley, fitness expert and best-selling author of the sensational hit Climb Your Ladder of Success Without Running Out of Gas, offers the below health and fitness tips to Americans across the country looking for fitness tips [...]

Is Glamour Going Far Enough in Representing Plus Women?

Dear Readers…
Thank you for all of the emails about the PLUS Model Magazine editorial featuring 8 plus size nude models! We have been praised by many for featuring beautiful women ‘au-natural’ and chided by some who thought that the models were not big enough… thanks for the feedback on this… we ARE listening!
On a [...]

2009 Love Your Body Day with Host is Lisa Ann Walter!

ACTRESS LISA ANN WALTER TO HOST HOLLYWOOD NOW’S “LOVE YOUR BODY” DAY
With “Dance Your Ass Off” contestants Shayla Hudson Williams, Sophia “Pinky” Magana-Perez and Mara Hall set to perform
Hollywood NOW, the local Chapter of the 43-year-old national organization, which works to bring women and men into full equality, welcomes the community to the [...]

Need your opinion on this one! Brigitte, Germany’s most popular women’s mag, bans professional models…

So how often does a magazine say, “We are banning professional models from our pages and replacing them with images of real life women instead?” Ummmm, never?!?! Well that is EXACTLY what Germany’s most popular women’s mag, Brigitte, decided!
What do you think… is this a step forward for society as a whole in [...]

Tyra Show: Fat Hateration (AKA Weight Discrimination)

Racism, homophobia, and now sizeism?
From race to sexuality, discrimination is unfortunately prevalent in society. Times might be a-changing, and with change comes progress, but with every two steps forward, it can be sometimes be one step back. Weight seems to be the last accepted form of discrimination — and these guests are sharing their very [...]

Crystal Renn on Nightline: Fat Acceptance… Women Embrace the F-Word

Plus model Crystal Renn, author of Hungry, on body image…
Check it out at:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8729439

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