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A Cosmopolitan magazine cover featuring plus-size models has been accused of ‘glamourising’ obesity amid the coronavirus pandemic. The cover of the February issue stars plus-size women with the tagline ‘This is healthy’ for an edition dedicated to body positivity. However, the magazine has come under criticism for its message, after a year dominated by coronavirus, … Read more
Piers Morgan has clashed with Malin Andersson over a body-positive Cosmopolitan cover which he declared was ‘glamourising obesity at the height of a pandemic’. The Good Morning Britain host, 55, took umbrage with the latest issue of Cosmopolitan UK on Wednesday which featured a plus-size model doing yoga, with the caption: ‘this is healthy!’ He … Read more
Doctors should not call overweight patients ‘chubby’ or ‘plus-size’ because it upsets them and people should choose how medics refer to their weight, scientists say ‘Chubby’, ‘fat’ and ‘super obese’ were particularly offensive terms, people said A survey of 3,000 adults found patients wanted to choose how to refer to weight Healthcare professionals ‘should be … Read more
A bride has come under fire after admitting to editing her wedding pictures to make a bridesmaid appear slimmer. The unnamed bride, believed to be from the US, was not satisfied with the way her plus-size bridesmaid Heather (not her real name) looked in her dress, and asked the wedding photographer to alter the pictures … Read more
A magazine has come under fire after it described the 16-year-old heir to the Dutch throne as ‘plus-size’ on its front cover. Princess Amalia, the eldest daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, is pictured alongside her mother on the most recent issue of Caras, a celebrity gossip and royal news magazine … Read more
She managed to achieve an incredible three stone weight loss during the UK’s months-long nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. And Gemma Collins continued to show off her new look as she took to Instagram on Tuesday to pose up a storm in her plus-size lounge wear collection with In The Style. The TOWIE star, 39, put on … Read more
Missguided has blamed coronavirus for not being able to hire models after customers slammed the retailer for using size eight models to advertise its plus-sized clothing range. Eagle-eyed shoppers spotted a disclaimer on the UK fast-fashion website, admitting that the models used for the brand’s plus-size collection are from its ‘Mainline’ range. Customers have hit out at … Read more
Plus-size curve model and mum Shani Chantel has encouraged other women to channel their natural confidence rather than consider it as something that has to be sought or achieved. Shani, 28, from Victoria, has devoted her Instagram page to discussing topics relating to womanhood, motherhood, and body positivity and told FEMAIL her online ‘girl code’ … Read more
A plus-size model is inspiring millions of fans by sharing a motivational video montage of herself working up a sweat in a stylish sports bra and matching leggings. Anna O’Brien, who is best known as @glitterandlazers on social media, can be seen lifting weights, doing pushups, and climbing a step machine in the viral video, … Read more