Plus-size female models earn 10,000 yuan a month, 14, the most sought-after

"Weight more than 140 kilograms, height more than 1.65 meters, age under 25 years old, good facial features, waist, neck, no large tattoos, photogenic face." If these are basically consistent, regardless of gender, , even if you are fat, you can still become a plus-size model.

In China, plus-size models are an emerging professional group. This is not only the introduction of fashion in the Western fashion industry, but also the rise of online shopping in China and the demand for foreign trade clothing.

Because of the prosperous women's clothing e-commerce and foreign trade clothing industry in the Pearl River Delta, a group of plus-size models known as the most professional in the country have established themselves in Guangzhou. Among them, the "extreme" plus-size model who is 1.70 meters tall and weighs 170 pounds earns an hourly salary of up to 2,000 yuan, and a monthly salary of 70,000 to 100,000 yuan. Even an average model earns more than 10,000 yuan a month. Many of these plus-size girls from all over the country and even the world are college students. They have beautiful faces and academic backgrounds in English, architecture, foreign trade, music, art and even diplomacy. They are defining the story of youth, beauty and fashion in a completely new way.

“We don’t have obese models, only plus-size models.” Huang Fei, who claims to be China’s first professional plus-size model agent, told new clients on WeChat.

He once practiced gymnastics and walked across the country

In the eyes of 33-year-old Huang Fei, being fat is not a problem and people cannot discriminate or ridicule fat people. Therefore, she would not accept any malicious video advertisements for weight loss pills or those comparing fat people.

Huang Fei herself is a plus-size girl. She has a tan complexion, yellow hair, is unmarried, is 1.60 meters tall, and weighs over 150 pounds. She lives in a house in Jiangnanxi that rents for more than 1,000 yuan a month. She is accompanied by her younger sister and seven or eight cats. For those who have just started to interact with her, it is difficult not to notice her confidence and fast-talking delivery.

Wearing no makeup and only some lipstick, she spoke Mandarin with a northern accent. She would surprise the model by saying "clean it up" (Northern dialect, tidy up) to the model from Shanxi. . The same talent for language was also used by her in English.

But Huang Fei is an authentic Guangzhou native. According to her, her ancestors came to Guangzhou from Meizhou for more than ten generations. She is not only a Guangzhou native, but also an authentic "Miss Xiguan". She grew up behind the Guangzhou Restaurant on Wenchang Road. My mother is the principal of a nearby primary school, and my father is an ordinary worker. There is a sister at home who looks like a twin but is a few years younger. The two sisters were both physically strong since childhood, and were called "Big One" or "Little Fatty" by their classmates. But this did not affect her optimistic character at all.

Because of her naughty nature, Huang Fei was sent by her mother to practice gymnastics since she was a child. Although she never participated in competitions, she also entered the provincial gymnastics team. Huang Fei graduated from the Sculpture Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. She went to school to study art, so she took a letter of introduction and traveled almost all over the country, eating all the delicacies from all over the country.

The plus-size model in Guangzhou earns over 10,000 yuan a day

She exercises a lot, but the one thing that remains unchanged is her "big body". Even though she went swimming after graduation, Huang Fei still had chubby shoulders, strong calves, and a complexion that she jokingly called "tanned."

Becoming the first professional agent for plus-size models, Huang Fei said it was actually accidental because she entered the industry early at that time and the circle of plus-size models was small.

At that time, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Dongguan gathered a large number of Taobao e-commerce companies selling plus-size women's clothing. "Plus-size women's clothing originally started in the Humen area, but now it is mainly in Guangzhou and Shenzhen." Huang Fei said that he is from Guangzhou, so it was natural for him to become a plus-size model agent.

Before becoming a plus-size model agent, Huang Fei opened a clothing store, restaurant, and did foreign trade business. In 2010, her junior brother happened to be shooting in the studio for a plus-size women's clothing store. The graphic model was temporarily absent, so Huang Fei came to the rescue temporarily and won the approval of the customer.

"It costs several hundred yuan a day. I put on makeup to look pretty and just do a few moves." Huang Fei said that one of the reasons why she became a plus-size model at that time was her face shape. Although she was fat, her chin It's sharp, and the overall feeling is pretty good. Now, some of the most popular plus-size models in Guangzhou can earn 10,000 to 20,000 yuan a day.

Just like the fashion industry, plus-size models also thrive on youth. Many of them are college students, work part-time, and are highly mobile. After working as a model for several years, the troubled Huang Fei began to consider becoming a model agent, opening a company, and relying on his own aesthetics to choose models to sign.

This industry doesn’t just require you to be fat

What is a plus-size girl? Huang Fei said that there are many standards at home and abroad. Some wear clothes of size 14 or above, or weigh more than 0.8 times their height. Some girls who are 1.70 meters tall and 120 pounds are even called plus-size models by customers. It is completely up to everyone's opinion.

"Weight over 140 kilograms, height over 1.65 meters, age under 25 years old, good facial features, waist, neck, no large tattoos, and a photogenic face." This is Huang Fei's pick. Basic standards, and most of her female models are above 1.70 meters.

"This is not to say that it is fair or unfair to fat people, but it is a professional requirement." Huang Fei explained that plus-size models are also a profession where winning or losing can be determined at a glance. The models themselves have requirements for height, weight, body shape, and face. , you don’t have to be fat to become a plus-size model.

“I can see the pictures taken by the Meitu camera at a glance.

"Huang Fei said that because she studied fine art sculpture, she sees people differently from others.

Now, she has more than 40 male and female models from home and abroad, including Zhejiang, Shanxi, Henan, and Germany. , Mexico, Brazil, and Russia. Among them, female models account for the majority. Some have opened Taobao, some are freelancers, and many are college students or international students who want to earn some tuition money as models. Their university majors are also diverse, including international trade, English, architecture, computers, music, and art.

Recently, Huang Fei signed a female model who is 20 years old, 1.70 meters tall, weighs 150 pounds, and has measurements. It's 100-80-106. The reason why Huang Fei signed her is: she is fat, but she has a small face, a neck and a waist.

As for how fat a plus-size model can be, it varies from person to person. Huang Fei has signed a contract with a foreign girl who is 1.80 meters tall and weighs more than 230 pounds. She is still popular with customers because her waist is particularly thin and her face is beautiful.

Huang Fei also once met a girl who was taller than her. Fan Shengmei is one size bigger, a plus-size girl with a very well-proportioned figure, 1.70 meters tall and weighing over 150 pounds. She originally had a bright future, but her boyfriend told her that he would not take her out to eat or marry her unless she lost weight. This girl, who has not yet graduated from college, has gone on a diet to lose 120 pounds. She is determined to get married and can no longer sign up as a plus-size model.

"It's a pity that I didn't sign this girl because I was afraid that she would be unreliable." People are delayed. "Huang Fei feels that her body shape alone determines whether to get married, and she hasn't even graduated from college. I'm really worried about her.

Model agent: "I don't recommend that you come, and you won't necessarily come. "Can be popular"

Shanxi girl Wang Lanxi is well-known in the modeling circle. She is over 1.70 meters tall and weighs more than 170 pounds. She is now a regular model for a plus-size women's clothing company, with a monthly income of over 10,000 yuan.

It is her dream to become a professional plus-size model, and now this dream is half realized

Wang Lanxi is sitting at the dining table, her face filled with the soft classical beauty of two years ago. Third, Wang Lanxi was lying on the bed in her dormitory while scrolling through Weibo. When she saw an introduction about plus-size models, she took the front camera of her phone, took a photo and sent it to Huang Fei privately.

"No. Come. Huang Fei replied to her, "It looks okay, but it doesn't meet the requirements. The figure needs to be shaped, and the pixels are a bit low." "Huang Fei said that she was not optimistic about this girl at first, nor did she believe that this girl would persist.

But Wang Lanxi did not give up. She began to exercise to lose weight and added Huang Fei's WeChat account. Until February last year In August, she had never been to Guangzhou, so she took advantage of her university internship and bought a plane ticket from Shanxi to Yangcheng despite her parents' objections. While relying on her erhu major, she found a tutoring job with a monthly salary of 4,000 yuan while exercising. With her own figure and body shape, she was waiting to enter the modeling industry.

At that time, she rented a bed in a job-hunting apartment near Huacheng Square. The bed cost more than 1,000 yuan a month. Apart from eating and drinking, this girl's biggest hobby was playing in the industry. She walked in Huacheng Square, did some exercise, and read in a nearby bookstore. In addition, she also taught herself how to put on makeup, wear high heels, and practice her movements and manners.

Wang Lanxi was impulsive, but she was actually a cautious girl. Before coming here, she had followed Huang Fei’s WeChat updates for nearly half a year, and after seeing her work status and videos, she felt that she was not a scammer or an MLM company. “Generally, those who want money are scammers. " She said.

Until July last year, her persistence and hard work allowed her to become Huang Fei's full-time plus-size model.

"Modeling is not something you just want to do. , lens sense cannot be developed in one day. "Wang Lanxi said that modeling work is not as easy as imagined. She has a thick layer of makeup on her face, and she is suffocated from morning to night.

Plus-size models are most afraid of summer. , because they have to take advantage of the midsummer to take pictures of winter clothes outdoors. It’s so hot that one false eyelash can fall off before it’s even been applied, and the other one will fall off as soon as it’s applied, and the makeup will melt quickly, and the weather is so hot. I keep trying on winter shoes, but my feet are sweaty and smelly, so I can only persevere, sprinkle some Shiyuntang foot powder into my socks and continue working.

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Wang Lanxi now moves to the city's Ergong neighborhood, which is close to the subway entrance and the Pearl River. The prices in the old city are relatively cheap. She has an independent room with a monthly rent of only 600 yuan. On weekdays, she lives by the river. Walking, riding a free bicycle, reading, and cleaning.

She also signed up for a yoga class nearby that cost more than 100 yuan and had 8 classes to continue practicing her body shape. She was gratified that because she was a plus-size model, she met friends with the same body shape and even hobbies. She could also play the erhu and play the piano with the girl.

"In the beginning. My parents didn’t believe me when I said that I was a plus-size model and my monthly income was over 10,000 yuan. Thought I had done something bad. "Wang Lanxi said that until last year, a satellite TV documentary filmed the daily life of plus-size models. She specifically told her parents, and the old couple believed it after seeing their daughter's sweeping shots on TV.

Huang Fei’s mother does not believe that her daughter is working as a plus-size model agent. Huang Fei said that to this day, her mother still often sends her news about “the police destroying the den of black-hearted agents”. In the eyes of her parents, Here, being fat is not beautiful, nor can it be a career.

In Huang Fei’s private messages on Weibo, he receives letters every day from girls like Wang Lanxi who dream of coming to Guangzhou to become plus-size models, and her replies are always the same – I don’t recommend you come. , even if you come, there is no guarantee that you will become popular. If you insist on coming here, you will have to rent a house to support yourself until you have a job. Please choose for yourself whether this kind of life is worth it.

Huang Fei said that plus-size models have given "fat girls" a new world, but she also learned that a girl was defrauded of more than 10,000 yuan by a fake model agent. But for regular model agents, auditions are free.

Huang Fei said that her ultimate life dream is to work as a wildlife photographer in Kenya and have a family of her own.

"I want to tell everyone that fat people can live healthy, happy and beautiful lives." Huang Fei said.