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Plus-size Model
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• Myla Dalbesio was discovered by Mary and Jeff Clarke of Mother Model Management and is signed with Ford Models. Notable editorials include Elle Italia, Dazed and Confused and Oyster. She also appeared in a nationally aired Head and Shoulders commercial. Dalbesio was also profiled by Vogue Italia's Vogue Curvy. Myla also walked in several Elena Miro runway shows. Dalbesio is also a performance artist.
• Natalie Laughlin was the first plus-size model to have an advertisement feature on a billboard in New York's Times Square, an honor repeated four times by client Liz Claiborne. Laughlin was also the first plus-size model to appear in the U.S. edition of Glamour magazine. In addition, she appeared on covers of Grace and Mode magazines.
• Robyn Lawley is 6'2 and a size 14/16 in Australian sizing. She began her career as a straight-size model in Sydney but later signed to a plus-size agency. Recent magazine covers have included Vogue Italia with Tara Lynn and Candice Huffine shot by Steven Meisel, French Elle (magazine), French Revue des Modes F/W 2011(two of the 13 covers) and most recently Madison Magazine in Australia. She was also the first plus-size model ever to appear in an editorial created for Australian Vogue (magazine). In 2011 Lawley featured in a prerecorded video fashion presentation by OneStopPlus broadcast in Times Square during NY Fashion Week., and has appeared in the 2011 and 2012 Elena Miro presentations in Milan.
• Sara Morrison was discovered by Nick Knight in 1996. She was signed with Excel Models. She most notably appeared in the June 1997 UK Vogue editorial Modern Curves photographed by Nick Knight. She also modeled for Valentino and Dawn French's designer line French & Teague.
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