Monday 27 February 2012

The definition of a BBW model.

I am contacted on an almost daily basis by women asking how they can become a BBW model and I generally answer with as much patience and encouragement as I can, however......

The world NEEDS BBW models.....thats MODELS that are BIG and BEAUTIFUL... not fat women, scantily clad and badly photographed (if thats what you choose as a vocation, fine, but you are a soft porn promoter not a BBW model.). How do I know this.... its where I started.....I had a choice once, whether to continue striving for mainstream acceptance, or to go for the quick buck and get out the big guns (literally) for money. Now I do not judge ANYONE who chooses to enter the porn industry and succintly those who support it (so long as their respect levels are high) but I made a choice to take the road less travelled and show that a woman of ANY size can be a visually interesting commodity both artistically and commercially (even with my Alternative look).

The very definition of the tag BBW is BIG BEAUTIFUL WOMAN and to launch that into modeling you require two things other than size...... modeling TALENT and more determination than the average formula one driver. Modeling (at any size) is not just about getting dressed up and sitting in front of a camera looking pretty, even if all the hard work such as styling and make up is done for you. It requires skill and presence, a certain ability to transfer something not necessarily seen in reality - INTO the camera. Something that moves a photographer to build and create when they download the image for editing.

For too long the realm of the BBW model has been set into the 'fetish' genre and yes Facebook deems the fanpages of BBW models as sexual fetishes.... how does that make YOU feel? If you are a fat woman are you pleased that the majority of representation out there deems you a sexual object?

Being fat and being exploited, bullied, discriminated against or ridiculed in anyway is no longer acceptable such as being taunted for being black, or gay, or even ginger is no longer acceptable. Yes we KNOW we need to lose weight blah blah blah etc - however we still have to LIVE in the meantime.

A BBW model should be there to show what can be done with the larger body, How it can be dressed, moved, appreciated and accepted. A BBW model should be able to produce beauty shots as well as action shots, promote art aswell as fashion. Arouse yes, inspire more........

2 comments:

  1. I'm attempting to get into BBW modelling, really dunno if I can but I have made the first steps into it. Was never confident enough in front of a camera until recently

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  2. well done you - Good Luck...... dont let it all be about knickers and cleavage :))

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