According to foreign media reports on December 30, a Norwegian model Caroline (Karoline) said that in order to shoot an advertisement for plus-size women's clothing, the agent let her frantically stuff fillers in her clothes. Caroline believes that this kind of false behavior will mislead consumers, that is, "unscientific body standards". Although this practice is already an unwritten rule in the modeling industry, she still can't accept it herself.
According to Caroline's model resume, the size of her clothes is 38/40 in Europe, 10/12 in the UK and 6/8 in the US. Compared with ordinary Europeans and Americans, Caroline's figure is already very slim, but the industry considers her to be a "plus-size model". Brands will usually have her wear a size 44 and above (or XL to 5XL) dress for a photo.
Caroline explains: "Anyone who has eyes will know I can't wear clothes that big. But the work is taken, what can I do? You can't always default! Yes, I went to work with stuffers and frantically stuffed things into my clothes. Not enough fat, clothes to make up, there is always a way, is not it? Caroline then also shows how to stuff clothes with padding to make herself look "bigger."
Caroline also revealed that sometimes a pin is used to pinch the back of the clothes so that it looks very fitting. She added: So, if a piece of clothing looks good on the front, it looks like a piece of from the back. The design of the commercial was to make the model's neck and face look very slim and sharp, which not only created unrealistic standards, but also standards that normal humans could not achieve. I don't know why brands do this, so many beautiful plus-size women, why not just ask them to take pictures? ”
Caroline's remarks resonated with many and sparked a lot of criticism of the industry. Someone wrote: "The modeling industry really hates plus-size models. Another commented: "Unfortunately, this has been going on for years. Glad you can bring us light. The third said, "How sad! In this industry, we are clearly not at that level. In a follow-up comment, Caroline explained that she had done "several" of these jobs on a contract a few years ago, but would now reject them all.