Photos by Korrin Dering.
Iโm no stranger to being the โjust oneโ in a room. Itโs nostalgicโ not preferred or cherished, but regrettably familiar. Akin to an old friend I donโt particularly want to see again, but we run in overlapping social circles and Iโve learned to play nice. Comparably more diverse, the modeling world feels just like the world I grew up in. An unwritten standard for appearance exists with little (albeit slowly growing) room for exceptions.ย
After I first became a model, I used to be signed to my agencyโs recent curve board. My agents were supportive and never expressed my size or racial background as being a barrier, but moderately something to have a good time. As I started...
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