Are plus size models ‘a joke’ ?

Julien MacDonald with models of his preferred size

Plus size models have gotten a lot of buzz lately, from spreads in V and Glamour, to Whitney Thompson winning “America’s Next Top Model” a few cycles back. So it seems that “Britain’s Next Top Model” judge Julien MacDonald was a little off the mark when he called plus size models “a joke” in an interview with Wales Online.

“This is a serious show. You can’t have a plus size girl winning – it makes it a joke,” he said.

He went on to say that plus size models are “looked down on,” and a plus size girl who wins “Top Model” is being set up for a fall. I think Thompson might disagree; since winning the American show, she has modeled for retailers such as Torrid and Forever 21′s extended sizes line Faith 21 (Sheridan Watson, the winner of Tyra Banks’ plus size model search, also worked with Faith 21).