PLUS MODEL MAGAZINE May 2015 Swim Issue | Page 100

Caribbean Curves2015 PLUS Model Magazine editor Madeline Jone size model Christina Mendez joined forces wit Ujaque from Su-Style to bring more than just workshop to the plus size women of Puert “ plusmodelmag.com 05.15 #plusmodelmag “ Agnes, Age 50 Eloquii Nordstrom Puerto Rico “ inspiration + style Why is body diversity in the media important... To show the world that all women can be beautiful in any size and different body types. I want to inspire all women to be confident in their own skin and sexy. Throughout the years, it has been thought that models should be extremely skinny and the exposition of that skinniness is the cause of girls becoming bulimic and anorexic. Consequently, it is the image that many woman want to have, making it the prototype for models. It is important to educate society, exposing people to women with more curves and how they are in daily society … Women that have been discriminated against and that should have the same amount of opportunities because all women are beautiful.