Orange is the New Black star Danielle Brooks has a slew of achievements on her stacked resume: racking up some SAG awards and landing a role on Broadway’s The Color Purple where she sung alongside Jennifer Hudson. But one of the most exciting feats has been her modeling career.
With the fashion world becoming more and more inclusive by the season, Brooks has been headstrong in pushing for more plus-sized models to be represented in on the runway, in ads and in media. “A big part of my thing is being the voice of the curves,” she told ELLE.com in a recent interview. “I hashtag it a lot.”
Many can recall Brooks calling out America’s Next Top Model on Twitter for their lack of plus-sized models. However, these days the actress has taken her talk on the issues beyond social media, slaying the runway for Christian Siriano’s Lane Bryant collection and modeling for their #ThisBody campaign, too. “It’s just a reminder to women that are plus-sized,” she said. “Because 67-percent of women are plus-sized in America, and only 1-percent are represented in media.”
Brooks also highlighted the fact that growing up she didn’t have role models who looked like her, pushing her to go hard for the young women growing up in today’s society where beauty standards are fickle. “It’s very important to be that person that I wanted to see when I was a young girl, and I’m very grateful that I’m finally starting to get into fashion, and modeling, and being an example for young girls that are curvy.”
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