Full Figured Fashion Week, New York City, United States

The type of work that plus-size models engage in is of comparable variety to that of their smaller-sized counterparts. Advertising campaigns, magazine editorials, catwalk work, garment fit modeling, and live and pre-recorded TV presentations and commercials comprise much of work available. Increasingly, female plus-size models are also being utilized by the media to stimulate debate on healthy self-esteem and body image, especially regarding struggles with eating disorders.
Synonymous and interchangeable with plus-size model is "full-figured model," "extended-sizes model," and "outsize model".