{"id":80094,"date":"2012-10-01T10:20:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=80094"},"modified":"2012-10-01T10:35:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:35:50","slug":"plus-size-model-robyn-lawley-embraces-size-12-figure-lands-ralph-lauren-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/plus-size-model-robyn-lawley-embraces-size-12-figure-lands-ralph-lauren-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Plus-Size Model Robyn Lawley Embraces Size 12 Figure, Lands Ralph Lauren Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You wouldn&#8217;t know it from looking at her tall, lean figure, but 23-year-old Robyn Lawley is a <strong><a title=\"plus size model shocked at retouched photos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/plus-size-model-says-retouched-images-are-not-my-message\/\">plus-size model<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>who\u00a0has been deemed the &#8220;plus-size wonder from down under.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At 6-foot-2-inches tall, Lawley is a size 12 and breaking stereotypes left and right with her curvy physique. Just this year, she became the first plus-size model to land a campaign with legendary clothing designer\u00a0<strong><a title=\"ralph lauren\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/summer-2012s-most-fashionable-fitness-attire\/\">Ralph Lauren<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The model appeared on <em>Good Morning America<\/em> recently to discuss her growing success not only as a model, but also as a figure of health and beauty for women all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ralph Lauren&#039;s New Plus-Size Model Made Waves in Vogue Australia\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jln8bczbx60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>People Magazine<\/em> senior writer, Jen Garcia, said Lawley is paving the way for plus-size women to land these kinds of high-end campaigns. Lawley, who began modeling at age 16, said that although she&#8217;s doing well in her career now, it took some time to get comfortable with her size 12 figure. Now, she&#8217;s happy in her own skin and that&#8217;s something she thinks a lot of girls can look up to.<\/p>\n<p>Far from a size zero, Lawley feels that she&#8217;s an accurate representation of what most women look like when it comes to sizes. &#8220;The average of America is a size 12, so that&#8217;s my size,&#8221; she said.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/plus-size-model-robyn-lawley-embraces-size-12-figure-lands-ralph-lauren-campaign\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-80100\" title=\"robyn-lawley-plus-size-model\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/robyn-lawley-plus-size-model.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/robyn-lawley-plus-size-model.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/robyn-lawley-plus-size-model-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a teenager, Lawley felt pressure to lose weight and look like other models on the runway. She admitted that at times, she succumbed to that pressure and struggled with <strong><a title=\"how to tell if you have an eating disorder\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/how-to-recognize-signs-of-an-eating-disorder\/\">eating disorders<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at various points in her career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt a huge amount of pressure to diet and my body&#8230;it was such a battle to do that because I&#8217;m such a big bone and I&#8217;m tall and I&#8217;m broad,&#8221; said Lawley. &#8220;At that age, I was trying anything and everything. When someone wants to become a model they think you have to be skinny and have to lose weight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawley recalled going into castings or trying on clothes that didn&#8217;t fit, and then seeing models on runways and thinking she had to become a woman of that size.\u00a0&#8220;It was like, &#8216;exercise a bit more and eat a little bit [more] healthy.&#8217; That&#8217;s what they&#8217;d say to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But despite any doubt or adversity she faced, the breaking point in Lawley&#8217;s career came after she essentially gave up on her dream.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I gave up trying to be a model and moved to France and fell in love with food all over again. I came back much bigger than I was,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That&#8217;s when I saw plus-size models were doing well\u2026and that&#8217;s when I decided I wanted that; I wanted to be on magazines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/plus-size-model-robyn-lawley-embraces-size-12-figure-lands-ralph-lauren-campaign\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-80101\" title=\"robyn-lawley-ralph-lauren-modeling\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/robyn-lawley-ralph-lauren-modeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/robyn-lawley-ralph-lauren-modeling.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/robyn-lawley-ralph-lauren-modeling-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>At age 19, Lawley signed on with Wilhelmina\u00a0modeling agency in Australia.\u00a0Her biggest moments of success came when she landed her first magazine cover on French Elle, and later on <strong><a title=\"vogue limits too thin models\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/vogue-sets-new-standards-for-underage-and-too-thin-models\/\">Vogue Italia<\/a><\/strong>. At the news, Lawley was shocked and incredibly pleased with how the photos turned out.<\/p>\n<p>As far as how Lawley feels about her role as a pioneer in the plus-size modeling industry, she feels proud and hopes more women are able to embrace their bodies as they are and not let body images struggles inhibit their modeling careers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s so many plus-size models in New York doing so well and I think there&#8217;s going to be more understanding and less discrimination with that,&#8221; she told <em>Good Morning America<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other curvier models, such as\u00a0<strong><a title=\"kate upton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/kate-upton-keeps-a-curvy-figure-with-modelfit-and-a-smart-diet\/\">Kate Upton<\/a><\/strong>, are setting new standards for beauty not only in the modeling industry itself, but for women in general. I personally feel a bit more normal and esteemed for not being a size two when I see women like Lawley and Upton landing modeling jobs at sizes beyond a six or eight.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to see more of Lawley&#8217;s modeling portfolio, you can view images of the model on her <a title=\"robyn lawley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RobynLawleyPlusSizeModel\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>official Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>. Additionally, if you&#8217;re interseted in seeing what the stunning Australian eats and craves on a day-to-day basis, visit her food blog <strong><a title=\"robyn lawley eats\" href=\"http:\/\/robynlawleyeats.tumblr.com\/\">Robyn Lawley Eats<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"the model's diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/the-models-diet\/\">The Model&#8217;s Diet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"underweight models\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/new-israeli-law-takes-aim-at-underweight-models\/\">New Israeli Law Takes Aim at Underweight Models<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"ultra thin model\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/ultra-thin-teen-model-takes-a-stand\/\">Ultra Thin Model Takes a Stand<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You wouldn&#8217;t know it from looking at her tall, lean figure, but 23-year-old Robyn Lawley is a plus-size model\u00a0who\u00a0has been deemed the &#8220;plus-size wonder from down under.&#8221; At 6-foot-2-inches tall, Lawley is a size 12 and breaking stereotypes left and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/plus-size-model-robyn-lawley-embraces-size-12-figure-lands-ralph-lauren-campaign\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,58],"tags":[26,971,8897,10368],"class_list":["post-80094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-womens-health","tag-celebrities","tag-eating-disorders","tag-plus-size-model","tag-robyn-lawley"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80094"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80120,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80094\/revisions\/80120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}