Velvety Good

I stumbled upon this photo while I was surfing the net last night...

Velvet D'Amour stands 5 feet 8 inches tall,
and weighs approximately 290 pounds.

She appeared as a "plus-size" model in Jean-Paul Gaultier's 2007 Spring/Summer prèt-â-porter collection in Paris, October 2006. She made waves at the said fashion show, and defended herself and other models versus the society being partial or biased on how people look. This is one of her quotes from Jezebel:

The general reason one gets as to why there is not more representation of curvier folks within modern media is that inclusion would be equivalent to acceptance, and acceptance would then equal condoning, which would mean they support alleged ill health. The odd dichotomy is that whilst people like myself are banned due to the purported notion we will somehow 'promote' being unhealthy, we are besieged with media saturated with imagery of Britney Spears, Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, Kate Moss and Lindsay Lohan. How these women represent good health is somewhat beyond me.

That rocks! Now who says fat people can't strut their stuff on the catwalk? You go, girl! I wonder if there are fat guys around who'll invade the runway too... :-P