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Australia’s Next Top Model is searching for contestants, and for the first time is considering the possibility of plus size models for their fifth season.  They follow in the footsteps of America’s Next Top Model, who chose Whitney Thompson as their winner last season. Surely this is in response to the scrutiny that the modeling industry has received about the deaths of rail thin fashion models over the past few years.

Charlotte Dawson, Australia’s Next Top Model judge, who is a modeling veteran herself, says “The only problem I have is that the winner of Australia’s Next Top Model needs to go out immediately and work, and there’s not a lot of plus-sized work available in Australia.”

Who knows, maybe this will spark some interest with designers in Australia, forcing them to reevaluate their offerings and add plus sizes to their collections.

P.S. – I styled Charlotte’s hair for a week last year while Australia’s Next Top Model filmed a couple of episodes in Los Angeles.  She was tons of fun to work with!

As the makeup artist on the shoot, I got to work behind the scenes, experiencing much of what happened on that day.  Viewers were outraged at the way she treated not only the idea of plus models, but the women who were her clients, from Plus Model Magazine, by offering fruit loops (you know, because fat people eat fruit loops, right??? – I mean, really!)  Some even turned off the television in disgust!

So how shall I put this lightly… or not? Her show does not promote any type of positive body image. In fact, I think that it feeds eating disorders instead.

What did you think?  Is Janice wrong to treat plus size models (and plus size people in general) this way, or is she just running her agency the way any business owner would?

And how about her blog post “I don’t hate fat people, or any people” Do you think she is sincere?

Janice Dickinson, who is notorious for insulting and criticizing anyone whom she considers to be overweight, has agreed to let her son, who runs the commercial division, bring on two plus-sized models. Plus Model Magazine casted the two models for two fashion shoots in the September 2008 issue. I was the key makeup artist on set, and experienced the filming first hand.

A whole lot of preparation went into making this double shoot run smoothly, and of course, in keeping with Janice’s style, there was a whole lot of drama when she showed up to the taping. Sorry, I can’t give you any details! You will have to tune in this August to the Oxygen Network for the episodes featuring her new plus division and the Plus Model Magazine photoshoot. And be sure to visit www.plusmodelmag.com in September to view the editorials featured in these episodes!

There is a growing re-appreciation of the fuller figured woman on the rise. Whether it is winning America’s Next Top Model, or being the runner up for Miss England, plus models are taking the world by storm. Is this the backlash on how unhealthily skinny, straight size models have become?  Know that real men appreciate a curvier body, one that fills out her plus size lingerie to the brim… but we already knew that!

So ladies, you don’t have to starve yourselves to be beautiful… you already are!

And men, we want to hear from you!  Do you appreciate a curvy woman?