Ze zei fuck you tegen de schoonheidsidealen van de mode-industrie en omarmde haar curves. <3

Ooit was ze het ideale plaatje voor de catwalk: knap en dun. Liza Golden-Bhojwani liep de grootste fashion shows, maar at nauwelijks om op gewicht te blijven. De dag dat ze flauwviel in de keuken tijdens het maken van haar avondeten (20 gestoomde sojabonen) besloot ze het roer om te gooien, schrijft FunX.

Ze ging eten, en guess what? Ze is duizend keer gelukkiger. Van binnen, in haar hoofd. Maar ook van buiten, met haar curves. "I love my bum and my legs." 

Even voor de goede orde, de oude en de nieuwe Liza:

A little flashback Friday action for you. This caption will be long and won't fit, so if you'd like to read please find the rest in the comment section....The left side was me at the start of the peak of my career. My first proper fashion week where I was actually the size I needed to be. I was booking amazing shows that one never thinks they actually could, walking with girls who I once looked up to, it was a serious adrenaline rush...but after fainting one night in my apt whilst preparing one of my very low cal meals (I think it was 20 pieces of steamed edamame if I remember correctly), I called it quits with the diet and workout regime I was put on and decided I could do it on my own. I thought to myself, I can still be this thin, but I'll just eat a little more so I don't feel so horrible. Well, eating a little more turned into eating nearly a bag full of almonds, which then turned into eating full size meals, which then turned into a full blown binge. I was craving every single food you could imagine and I was giving in to every craving even though I knew this was such an important time in my career. I made it through NYFW okay, no one had noticed any weight gain, but by the time I had gotten the LFW I could see the pounds starting to show both in the mirror and on the measuring tape, but I kept quiet obviously not wanting to sabotage myself. I found myself going to the grocery store and picking up raw vegetables to try and make up for the near two week binge I had in NY, but I didn't see any weight coming off no matter how "healthy" I was eating and no matter how many workouts I fit in. MFW came and I knew I was bigger and by bigger I mean a 35.5in hip rather than the 34.5in hip I started with in NY, I played it cool and just pretended everything was normal. I did end up booking shows, Dolce & Gabbana being one of them. Which I afterwards received online criticism about my thighs looking fat...Anyways PFW came about, and I found it impossible to resist those chocolate croissants 🙊 I went on many a casting with one exclusive option being on my schedule, but after meeting the client I knew the reason for me not nailing the gig, my size...

Een bericht gedeeld door Liza Golden-Bhojwani (@lizagoldenreal) op 2 Mrt 2017 om 9:57 PST

Graatmager

Het is een terugkerend thema in de modewereld: zijn modellen te dun? Geeft dat niet een verkeerd beeld? In Frankrijk zijn te dunne modellen daarom zelfs verboden. Als je als model geen medische verklaring hebt waar een BMI-waarde van 18 op staat, mag je niet meer worden ingeschakeld. 

Gelukkig het is het plus-size-model tegenwoordig ook in de mode. Zo liep de Nederlandse Danielle van Grondelle, die op de New York Fashion Week liep. Check hieronder de aflevering.

Online fat shamen

Maar ironisch genoeg krijgen de plussizers online best wel wat kritiek te verduren. Veel mensen steunen ze, maar anderen noemen ze te dik of zeggen dat ze moeten afvallen. En ja, dat gebeurt vooral online. 

Plussize model Mayra Louise krijgt vaak online kritiek op haar maat 48. "Op straat komt er echt niemand naar me toe om te vertellen hoe dik ik ben en dat ik meer groente moet eten. Online gebeurt dat wel."