Overweight people promote fashion in China

Overweight people promote fashion in China

"...At 198 pounds, 30-year-old Wu Nan is the heaviest "official model" for Taobao, a Chinese website equivalent to eBay. Nicknamed "Pangpang" (fatty in Chinese), Wu is a professional plus-size model.

However, she said she used to isolate herself because of her weight.

"I gained 70 pounds after giving birth to my son. I felt totally distorted," she said, adding that she quit her job as a French translator and locked herself indoors at home. "I was afraid of meeting friends. I didn't go to clothing stores, because they didn't offer my size."


During the three years following her pregnancy, she tried every means to lose weight, but never succeeded. But one day, she saw a picture of a British plus-size woman named Chloe Marshall, a size 16 and competitor in the Miss United Kingdom beauty pageant.

"I thought, 'why don't I give myself a second chance?' A chance to be beautiful without being slimmed down," Wu said.

She went to a plus-size tailor not far away from her home in south China's city of Shenzhen and volunteered to be a model.

"I gradually accepted the larger me in front of the camera," said Wu, "I was still trying to lose weight, but I love who I am now."

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Overweight people promote plus-size fashion in China (2012). Retrieved on 26 January 2013 from http://english.people.com.cn/90882/7984644.html