Growing up, Denise Bidot did not see herself as a model. "I'm chubby. I'm short and I'm Latina. Like none of those things read fashion to me," Bidot, 37, tells Yahoo Life. Her beliefs were further ...

Melissa Owens Miller, known professionally as Emme, is an American plus-size model, social reformer and body image advocate. Emme gained worldwide fame as the first full-figured model chosen for ...

In one of Karoline's videos, which now has over 600,000 views on the platform, she revealed a troubling secret about the plus-size industry. For brands that carry sizes XL–5XL, which Karoline does not ...

Marie Southard Ospina is a Columbian-American plus-size model who recently asked 21 Photoshop experts around the world to make her beautiful. "I was so fascinated by these women's work that I became ...

Tess Holliday remembers 2019 as a "glorious" year for plus-size fashion and body positivity. The plus-size model and body activist walked the runway at New York Fashion Week. She'd been featured by ...

It Figures is Yahoo Life's body image series, delving into the journeys of influential and inspiring figures as they explore what body confidence, body neutrality and self-love mean to them. Growing ...