Girl Scouts of America Calls On Top Plus Size Models for PSA

Girl Scouts of America are taking a stand by celebrating realistic body images with a new campaign that features four Wilhelmina Curve models (the agency’s size 10+ division). In a video series called “The Changing Face of Fashion,” which is part of a new initiative to improve female representation in the media, Anansa Sims, Leona Palmer, Julie Henderson, and Lizzie Miller share stories about accepting their bodies, becoming models, and their passions beyond the camera.

In a recent PSA the four models are shown reciting results from a national body image survey conducted by the Girl Scout Research Institute, which found that almost 90 percent of the 1,000 girls polled, aged 13 to 17, thought the fashion industry and media placed too much emphasis on being thin.

I applaud Girl Scouts of America for taking a stand but there seems to be some objection to the sizes of the models used. Many women feel that these models do not represent “True” plus size women.