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Fashion says they’re fat – we say they’re fabulous!

They’re tall, curvaceous and breathtakingly beautiful but in the fashion world, these women are forced to call themselves “plus-sized”.

In the unforgiving world of modelling, anything bigger than a size 10 is considered “plus”, despite the fact that the average Australian woman is a size 16.

It’s something Aussie supermodel Robyn Lawley completely disagrees with and if she had her way, she’d turn the tables on her skinny counterparts.

“I’m normal size,” she says. “I wish we could all be known as models, rather than ‘plus-size’. It’s skinny models who should be called ‘minus size’.”

‘Plus-sized’ models Fluvia Lacerda, Kaela Humphries and Anansa Sims.

Australia’s Robyn Lawley. Photography by Chris Colls.

Candice Huffine in Italian *Vogue*.

Candice Huffine in Italian Vogue.

Marquita Pring in *New York Magazine*.

Marquita Pring in New York Magazine.

Tara Lynn in *Vogue*.

Tara Lynn in Vogue.

Lizzie Miller in *Glamour* magazine.

Lizzie Miller in Glamour magazine.

Nadia Aboulhosn for American Apparel.

Ashley Graham in *Madison Plus*.

Ashley Graham in Madison Plus.

Fluvia Lacerda in Italian *Vogue*.

Fluvia Lacerda in Italian Vogue.

Kaela Humphries for Arcadia.

Anansa Sims in *Plus-sized Model Magazine*.

Anansa Sims in Plus-sized Model Magazine.

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