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By A Mystery Man Writer

In a past life—okay, ten years ago—I was signed to Wilhelmina Models' plus-size division where I learned, among other things, that despite being a "plus-size model" (which meant, at the time, size 10 to 20 across the board), the main goal in photoshoots was to look as tall and as sleek as possible. Not thin—we didn't want to look thin-thin, they'd hire a "straight size" model for that—but we definitely needed to fit the proportions of the clothes on set and look as lump- and bump-free as humanly possible.
In a past life—okay, ten years ago—I was signed to Wilhelmina Models' plus-size division where I learned, among other things, that despite being a plus-size model (which meant, at the time, size 10 to 20 across the board), the main goal in photoshoots was to look as tall and as sleek as possible. Not thin—we didn't want to look thin-thin, they'd hire a straight size model for that—but we definitely needed to fit the proportions of the clothes on set and look as lump- and bump-free as humanly possible.