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Hi Mandy!
I just read your post, and I immediately wanted to respond.
I’ve been a follower of your blog for some time now, and I think what you do is really inspiring, and that you are definitely a role model.
As for my thoughts on the industry, I really do feel that every size should be represented in both mass fashion and haute couture. As a fashion lover myself, it’s a definite bummer knowing that only certain sizes are “accepted” in the fashion world. I remember being 13, and watching America’s Next Top Model, wanting so badly to be in front of a camera wearing such spectacular fashion, but knowing I never could because i was only 5’2”. Yes, that is a different perception of size, but a perception nonetheless. As for the weight side of things, that 13 year old version of me certainly struggled with that too. All through high school I struggled with my weight. I barely ate anything, but I thought it was OK because the label on my homecoming dress said I was a size 2, when my body was screaming at me that it wasn’t supposed to be so frail. And now, at 20, in the midst of college and planning my wedding, those thoughts creep back up and I have to physically remind myself that I’m supposed to be the size 6/8 that I am. I feel like its the fashion industry I love so much that causes women to have these thoughts. We really need to change it’s perspective about what is “plus” and what is “accepted”. If it were up to me, there would be no “plus” industry - models used would be based solely on talent.
Thank you Amanda for sharing with everyone! Want to share too? Click here.
What are your thoughts on the plus size industry?
Since my school has been way insane lately, I want to reach out to you my beautiful followers.
There has been a lot of things going on with the plus size industry in the past few years- Crystal Renn taking power at a 16, then going down to an 8. Curvy models and Beth ditto walking for Gaultier. ETC.
I just feel like I express my passion for seeing curvy women on the runway soooo much, I want to know: what are your thoughts? Do you think designers should have a variety on their runways? How passionate are you? Send me your inspiring e-mails, personal stories, or anything that you want to share. (If they are just for me tell me that, otherwise I will share your stories anonymously).
I need a pick me up, and I think some of my followers do too. :D
I love you guys.
mandy(at)thecurvymodel(dot)com
No deadline, just take your time and be true.
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures
I have some awesome friends. Friends that have let me practice photographing them to learn and teach myself! This post is dedicated to these friends. Also, these are some of my favorite photographs I have taken of them. :) I <3 photography, and have so much to learn!!! :D (Facebook fan page here)
FYI, I am doing my first two weddings this month!! AHHHHHH SO NERVOUS!! :D It will be so fun though. Please be a fan of my facebook photography page! <3
OSP Fashion Show After-Party
This post was brought to you by: MADISON PLUS! I really wish I could have gone to this show/afterparty! The girls look gorgeous.
After the OSP fashion show, Erica and I hopped into a cab down to the The Standard Hotel’s fabulous rooftop bar The Boom Boom Room. We were so excited to be able to put our feet up and relax with the lovely ladies from the runway show.
Crystal Renn, Toccara Jones and Ashley Graham.
All the gorgie ladies chillin out on the couch and taking a well earned afternoon off.
Crystal Renn popped by after her Gottex show to say hello.
WCurve ladies Lizzie Miller, Toccara Jones and Jennifer Maitland.
Marquita Pring keeping warm with Amanda Maitland and Lizzie Miller
We so enjoyed the perfect ending to an amazing history-making day!
Hayley Morley is a student tooooo!! :D This makes me happy, but also sad that I am not even close to as popular as her! haha :/ well, here is to being 22… lol
This weekend at the London Fashion Week, what was until not long ago unthinkable happened: real-life models walked alongside regular models during a presentation of designer Mark Fast’s latest collection. That’s to say size-6 girls were joined by size 14 and 16 on the catwalk, in a bid to make the industry see that there was more to customers than stick-thin girls. One of the “curvier” models was student Hayley Morley, the Daily Mail says.
Hayley is just 21 years old and she’s a student. She hopes to become a surveyor but, in between exams and nights spent cramming, she also found the time to be a model, and a very appreciated one while we’re at it. Discovered a few years ago, Hayley is one of the few plus-size models to make a nice buck off modeling though, just like with Crystal Renn, her gigs are limited. Asked whether she has any intention of making fashion her sole preoccupation in life, Hayley is reticent.
She’s not about to throw her education down the drain just to be able to pursue a career as a catwalk model, she says. This (and implicitly Fashion Week) was just a thing she did because she had the time. “It is very difficult. If it wasn’t for my boyfriend, who does the same course as me, I would be in real trouble. He goes to all the lectures and tells me about them. I do have to concentrate now London Fashion Week is done. I worked very hard at school and don’t want that to go to waste,” she explained.
Still, being chosen for the aforementioned show was an honor Hayley did not remain oblivious to. “I had hundreds of messages of support from young girls and young women, saying thank you for being a more real model. I think that finally there is someone young and they feel they can relate to more than a size six model. It makes me proud,” she said after the show, as cited by the Mail.
We were also telling you in previous articles that the fashion industry is showing a marked tendency towards including larger sized models as well, though it might not yet be ready to completely eliminate size-0 girls, whose slender frame and health have repeatedly been the subject of heated debate.
Ashley Graham is ENGAGED! :D
So, you know my dilemma with Wilhelmina PA? How they ask for a sum of money up front? Well, I asked famous plus-size model Lizzie Miller via Facebook! And this is what she said! She really helped me, but I still will have some questions for them once I get to see them face to face on Monday!! :D
I am really excited thinking that they are not a scam and an actual good agency! That could mean I will ACTUALLY get some work! :D You would think I would from being with two agencies for over a year, but yea, I got one job. Oh well, Wilhelmina PA is lookin’ pretty darn good right now!! HOORAY!!
(p.s. That doesn’t mean I am giving up on Ford Models, I can always work for them in NYC or CALI while working in PA!)
With Ashley Graham at the Melky Jean performance, March 31, 2006.
I wanna party with them!!! haha :)
Wilhelmina: Philadelphia
Hey everyone! So, as most of you know I went to Wilhelmina’s open call yesterday! They had it at Loews Hotel in the middle of the city, it was a lovely hotel. My beautiful mother drove me because my car wouldn’t make it, and my boyfriend couldn’t take me.
So we get there, (6 hour drive I mind you) and we were a little big late. It started at 12pm we got there at 12:15pm, mostly because of Philly traffic. But it worked out well, there was a line to wait in then we got numbers (I was number 133) and we all went to sit in this big room. They give us a little intro and tell us we will all be introducing ourselves to everyone, and walking the runway, (even actors lol). Thank goodness my mom was there! It was fun to talk to her, but I also met an actress who looked exactly like MK Olsen! She was adorable.
ANYWAYS haha, I was glad I was later because my number was higher and when you were done walking the runway you left. So, I was one of the last people to walk the runway. :) They took two pictures of you doing your thing and then you walked off. When I went up with the microphone we were supposed to say our name, age, location, and height. I forgot the location part, so I looked at the lady who was helping us and she said height, but I already said it! haha So we all kinda laughed and then she said location. I was nervous, but I think I did pretty well with my walk…
After the runway those who had their ports got to meet individually with the bookers. I did have my port, but I totally forgot to print some new work out. So I had like 5 pics in my port, people around me had like 30. When I walked up to them they asked me how I was and I said good, and I TOTALLY forgot to ask how they were! I even paused for it, but it didn’t come out! I think it was mostly because I knew what I was going to say, and I didn’t expect them to ask me how I was. DAMNIT! haha But oh well, I was like “I am Mandy, I modeled for ModCloth blah blah blah” haha I smiled a lot, but I felt so robotic about it, I was trying sooo sooooo hard to prove to them I had the “it” factor. But they didn’t seem convinced. So I went the extra mile and told them I was interested in acting too. Then they lit up and were like awesome! And they wrote my number (133) down that I was interested in that also, then they made sure I was a size 14, and I was off to the car with my mom for our journey home.
So yea… I don’t know what is going to happen. I was the ONLY plus size model there. Not sure if that is good, or bad. Maybe they don’t want plus size models? I don’t know. But I was bummed, its hard because I get so excited and I want people to share my excitement, but I couldn’t convince them to. My mom said they had to see a lot of people that day, so they were probably just worn out. But I was watching them talk to other models and they were wayyyy more excited with the skinny ladies. But you know what my beautiful followers? I am not insulted, I am not wounded. I am once again inspired. All of these obstacles make me more driven to succeed. I know that is probably kind of strange, but I cannot let it get me down. I believe in myself.
Keep in mind all of you, I haven’t gotten a “yes” or “no” from Wilhelmina in Philly yet, probably won’t hear back for a week or so. You will be the first to know. :)
Well, I am going to go outside and play with my puppy before I head back to my apt to do homework and clean. But I really do enjoy sharing these experiences with you, I hope you like reading them. :)
<33333 Mandy
Having some fun at my photo shoot… hahaaa it was a good time.
Oh my… My favorite…
I forgot to mention… NO EYE MAKEUP on this shoot.
Glass Magazine. Some gorgeous 12 + UK models.
Glass Magazine. Some gorgeous 12 + UK models.
