Plus-size models fall out of favor. Here’s why
Drop-dead gorgeous. Check. Nearly 6 feet tall. Check. Decades of experience gracing the pages of fashion magazines and runways. Check. And yet… according to Daily Mail, Nov. 2, the one requisite for being a successful model today is to be a size 0:
… ‘I can’t get work because of Mounjaro’: Plus size models reveal they’re having to get other jobs because fat jabs boom means ‘thin is in.’
Mounjaro, like Ozempic, is one of several injectable prescription drugs co-opted by the rich and famous to help shed extreme weight amidst what our November 2025 Socionomist cover story calls “the ever-growing race to the thinnish line.”
What’s driving this race?
Our report explores how society’s idea of the perfect female form has fluctuated with social mood for centuries – from the inclusion of curves to the “symbolic annihilation” of them we see today. Trust us! This study is worth its weight in unbiased research.
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