The phrase "plus size" has been thrown around the Internet a lot over the past few days, fueled largely by an ELLE.com interview with model Myla Dalbesio. Dalbesio spoke to ELLE.com about her latest gig, modeling for Calvin Klein's "Perfectly Fit" campaign alongside big names such as Lara Stone, Jourdan Dunn, and Ji Hye Park. She spoke about "what a great feeling" it was to book that job, when, at a size 10, Dalbesio said that she is "not skinny enough to be with the skinny girls and I'm not large enough to be with the large girls." She added: "I haven't been able to find my place." According to Gary Dakin, Dalbesio's agent, the models in the plus-size subset can be categorized as "over a size 8-10." But he clarified that Myla is much more than just her size. "You don't turn down a face like Myla's," he says. Read More »
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