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!
