Plus-Sized Model Crystal Renn Gains Weight, and Life

Posted by lena on Sep 8, 2009 in News | 0 comments

In the fashion world, it seems like thin is always in. But could curvy women are making a comeback? A photo of nude plus-size model Lizzie Miller in Glamour magazine got a tidal wave of positive press recently and one of the most successful models working today is a size 12, which is considered plus-sized. Crystal Renn is gorgeous, glamorous, sexy and at the top of her game. She’s a leading plus-sized model, but getting there was nothing like you might imagine. Renn, 23, has written about her journey from teenager in Mississippi to globetrotting supermodel in her new book “Hungry.”
Renn was a pretty 14-year-old girl from Clinton, Miss., with a big dream: become a supermodel and grace the cover of Vogue. She was attending charm school in Mississippi when a scout from a modeling agency spotted her, showed her a photo of Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen and told her “that could be you.”‘
source: abcnews.go.com