Plus-size model Crystal Renn says narrow-minded fashion industry makes models starve

Plus-size model Crystal Renn says narrow-minded fashion industry makes models starve'.
Above, Renn is shown in a shoot done with photographer Terry Richardson for V Mag-
azine to show a skinny-size model with a plus-size figure in the same clothes.
 Photo/Terry Richardson's "One Size Fits All" in V Magazine

Plus-size model Crystal Renn says the narrow-minded fashion industry makes models starve themselves to fit into a Size 4 and under.

"Current sample sizes that models are all expected to fit into are ridiculous – a US size zero or British size 4 is the standard," Renn says in an interview with The Daily Mail. "They should go up to a British size 16."

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"I’m not saying all models should be size 16, but bigger dresses can be pinned and adjusted, while tiny size zero clothes can’t really be changed. It means all these models starve themselves, like I did, to fit them."

While Crystal Renn refers to her past experiences in the modeling industry that finally drove her to being re-marketed as a plus-size model, the current situation of face-of-the-moment model Lara Stone proves Renn has a point.

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Voted one of the highest paid model by Forbes and a Size 4, Stone recently admitted she is often called "fat" by fashion industry professionals.

"What they say is 'curvy,' but you know they mean fat," Stone told Vogue in as past interview, even mentioning a time where she was offered a corset to wear to pull her in. To see Lara's full story click here or visit the full Daily Mail article on Crystal Renn here.

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