Natalie's Fans Say...

Hooray to Natalie Laughlin! Her article was very inspiring, and she is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful models I have seen in Glamour, as well as one of the most realistic. Happiness must come from within oneself, and Natalie has found that. Natalie, you're the norm in today's society, not the exception, and you look great!
Karlie Radford
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburg, PA

Congratulations for including a little feature on "Plus" size model Natalie Laughlin! Plus size women can be just as beautiful. I love Glamour and I read regularly. I think it would be great if Glamour featured more plus size models.
Thelma Osborne
Southport, NC

Thanks for the article by Natalie Laughlin in your January issue. Have your considered a regular feature with "larger" size models? I loved the article and the clothes pictured because I could wear some of the clothes modeled and because I could relate to so much of what Natalie was saying.
Cathy Lynch
Ohio

Please include Natalie in more of your layouts. I think it is very important for all women to be included as part of what is considered attractive and desirable, particularly in the fashion industry.
Susan Saunders
Brooklyn, NY

I would like to thank yu for your article "My Body, My Self" in the January issue. Natalie is an absolutely beautiful woman.
Maria M. Uhlenhop
Carmicheal, CA

Like Natalie Laughlin ("My Body, My Self" / Glamour 1/95), I had to battle with my weight and what I considered a weight problem my entire life. thank you for showing another example of someone with a positive body image.
Delia Blacker
Mineola, NY

IT'S ABOUT TIME!!! Referring to "My Body, My Self" page 162, Glamour, January 1995.
Andrea
Los Angeles, CA

Thanks for the article by Natalie Laughlin. Feature more models of realistic size as a regular part of your magazinw that our readers can appreciate and relate to.
Joan Barrett
New Jersey

Natalie Laughlin ("large-size" model) -- more common is the not-quite-perfect woman, or at least, not quite perfect in society's eyes. Once it is no longer a bid deal for someone like Natalie Laughlin to be in Glamour (who, to me, looks healthy, not heavy!), then women can start to feel good about themselves, no matter what size they are. And only then will women stop killing themselves (literally!) to meet a standard of beauty that, for some, is unrealistic.
Jennifer S. Levine
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT

Too Sexy!

posted on March 01, 1999

When Trinidad native Natalie Laughlin started modeling, she constantly heard, "You're shooting too sexy!" The Miami clients wanted the Midwestern housewife look, so Natalie moved to London, where she found acceptance and accumulated some great tear sheets. Only since Natalie "came out" as a plus size model in Glamour two years ago has she been able to make a living at modeling, and her success may again surge with the Summer issue of Mode. Natalie, a Wilhelmina model, is the pub's second cover girl, pulling off a daring Badgley Mischka knock-off with ease.

Forget the impact the cover will have on her career; Natalie can't stop talking about the impact Mode will have on the fashion industry. "A woman who is a size 12 or larger can pick up this magazine and see herself in it. It's normalizing real women...it's all about acceptance." Natalie loves modeling and helping to change people's attitudes about who a plus woman is and what a plus woman can look like. To illustrate her point that (regardless of size) a person is as a person does, Natalie has begun to train for the New York Marathon and has returned to studying acting, her first love.

Source: Wilhelmina 10/20; Spring 1999

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