There’s a total invalid assumption that plus size women should not have short hair because of their curvey body. Plus size models should always go for long hair as it helps them to hide their chubby face and body curves with their long hair. Moreover, a totally bogus myth revolves around our society that plus size women can not rock or look good with short hair because of their big face shape.
People with strong mindset, body positive have shown off to the society that they can not let the society will measure their beauty according to their beauty standards. With their positive energy towards themselves these models have literally debunk the myth that plus size women can not rock the short hair.
Hence these plus sized models proved that they can easily pull off the short hair like no one other with their body posture and the way they confidently carry themselves. These models not just only debunked the myths but also they didn’t let the societal pressures keep themselves from trying out something that they are passionate about.
So here we have collected some of the best plus size model globally who sport a major short chop and looked absolutely stunning, no matter what their size.
Danielle Brooks ‘The Million Curl March’
Danielle Brooks, one of the face of the Netflix original hit series Orange Is the New Black. Danielle is an American plus size actress and a singer. She was born on September 17, 1989 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. After the filming of her character in the Netflix original hit series as Taystee Jefferson, she went for a dramatic short her. Danielle made her big chopped debut on her Instagram official account, captioning it, “Thank you for creating what we like to call ‘The Million Curl March.”
Moreover her long time, hairstylist Tish Celestine revealed that,
She’s been wanting to big chop for some time now, but we’ve had some limitations due to work so we couldn’t do it,”
Gabi Gregg ‘Gabi Fresh’
Gabi Gregg preferably famous by her Instagram handle @gabifresh. Gabi is an Instagram Model. Besides modelling, she is an activist, a style influencer and a fashion designer. She started off her modelling career as an Instagram model and rose to fame for embracing her plus size body and activist against body shaming. Gabi Gregg is considered a pioneer and influencer in the plus-size RTW space.
Like Danielle, Gabi also proved that she did not need tons of length of hair to look feminine. She chopped her hair, and never looked back since then Gabi is embracing the short hair style of curly bob and brunette colour.
Leslie Jones ‘Living Legend’
Leslie Jones is an American model, comedian and an actress. She is famously known for TV reality show, Saturday Night Live. She made her first appearance with short hair and turned heads with her spiked hair at An Evening of Comedy, in 2018, her new look got a lot of appreciation and admiration from her fans and audience.Leslie went from natural healthy curls to spiked hair. No offence, she rocked her short hair and since then she is still keeping her short hair beautifully. And we think her short hair are helping her to look younger than her age.
Ericka Hart ‘The Survivor’
You may call her the master of confidence and a survival. Ericka Hart is a known American activist and a model and a sex educator.She was born in 1986, in New York City, United States. Ericka is praised globally as a queer of non binary person of colour and cast. In an interview she revealed that her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at her early 30s. Later on, Ericka was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 28 and fought throughout which changed her life throughout. Before her medication started, she asked her doctor ‘If she’d lose her hair?’ because as a black women she was attached to her long hair and there is a lot of cultural significance around her hair. She said,
I had more of an attachment to my hair than breasts.”
She went for a boy cut and embraced her scars and beauty with no shame. Fortunately she survived breast cancer, and came out of it as strong warrior who is now on a mission to fight for the rights of his black fellows and to stop body shaming.
Marie Southard Ospina ‘The Cool Mommy’
Marie is a plus size model, a freelancer writer and a body shaming activist. She claimed that as a plus size women, she wanted to challenge herself for something new, after giving birth to her youngest one. She also wanted to give her hair a chance to grow healthily after years of harsh dyes and bleach jobs.
Marie also revealed that she needed a break from all of it so she decided to change her look and try something new and challenging for herself as a mother. So she went for bob short hair with a believe that Less is more, and aced luckily she aced her short hair along with her plus size body, with gave a younger look than her age. Hence it is proved that hair gives you some energy that reflects within your attitude.
Minerva Seigol ‘Spooky Fat Babe
Minerva Siegel is an author, instagram model and a social media influencer. Through her official Instagram account, she is using that platform to she is spread awareness about body shaming and to accept the flaws anyone has. Minerva is a self proclaimed Spooky Fat Babe. She is an inspiration to many young young, not just young girl but inspiring many people around the world with herself. Being a plus size model, Minerva went for bangs with a blunt bob, this look of hers screams both the quality, goth-chic.
Not just that, besides being a body shaming activist and social media influencer, Minerva has some incredible makeup skills, that her admirers are living for her winged liner. Minerva’s edgy look is admired by her followers, which encourages her better.