Naomi Shimada is a successful model. She is size 16. She candidly reveals what it’s really like to be a ‘plus’ model – from ‘beefy suits’ to prejudice – and calls for a change in the industryI started modelling when I was just 13. I was shooting sexy before I even kissed a boy. That’s something the industry doesn’t warn you approximately that you always beget to be what someone else wants you to be,whether that is a sexy seductress or a curvy girl-next-door.
As I got older, my body began to change. In my last year as a regular” model I was a size 8 teetering towards a 10, and I made myself depressing trying to keep my weight down. I tried everything – every diet,every exercise. I did that lemon-cayenne “not eating for two weeks” thing, telling everybody I was detoxing, and but obviously I was just trying to be thin.
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Source: theguardian.com