Date uploaded: 2018-01-31 22:05:41

Archive date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 18:38:04 GMT

Recently I experienced a situation that rattled me for a moment,so I wanted to take it to my page for whoever is open to reading.I made modeling into a career in 2015.It was then that I started to endure criticism about my body.Yes there’s always room for improvement, but I wasn’t going to take my body to drastic measures based on some of the agencys' requests.I knew that I could flourish in my measurements, I just had to be patient and remind myself that someone would believe in me.I have been told many times to lose X amount of weight or lose X amount off my hips and thighs in a certain amount of time,and only then I could come back and be seen again by the agency.Now I understand that that is the industry I signed up for, but I also knew that the industry could and would evolve, and I wanted to be apart of it somehow.Just a few weeks ago I met with agents representing different cities, both nationally and internationally.And although for years I have been told to lose weight, for the first time at this meeting, I was told that it was too bad that I wasn’t a size 10.That plus size is a big market right now and it’s too bad I wasn’t measuring bigger.My size (4/6) is considered an "in-between size," meaning I’m not a straight model nor plus model, I'm right in the middle.For a second I felt defeated when I heard this. I thought to myself "when will I be enough?"But this was just another part of my story, another opinion that would help make me more confident in my own skin.At the end of the meeting, they asked if I had any questions or comments. I didn't decline my chance to comment.I excitedly shared that my "in between"measurements that usually cut my modeling opportunities short, will be highlighted in the upcoming SI issue next month.How I am over the moon to be among other confidently beautiful women of all sizes and that I will hopefully be one of the women in the magazine that my 15 year-old-self could relate to.And with that I walked out.I will continue to encourage you to embrace all that you are! You ar