People say, ‘How is she a plus-size model?’ and I’m like, ‘Exactly, this is the point, how am I a plus-size model?

Since there is an assumption that a lot of models ‘starve themselves’ to stay thin, I always find it both funny and shocking when people ask me if I ‘overeat’ or am ‘fed better’ on photo shoots to help me stay a ‘larger size.’ While I may be a total foodie and enjoy cooking, I simply eat when I’m hungry and finish just before I’m full.

But it's about health, not forcing my body to be something it's not meant to be.

A healthy body isn't defined by weight or size. It's about so much more.

I'm normal size... I wish we could all be known as models rather than plus size.

I've got big hips and a big body. I'm double, triple the size of other models - and I embrace that - I own it.

The last thing I would want for my future daughter would be to starve herself because she thought a thigh gap was necessary to be deemed attractive.