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"If only bronze 30 kilos": the amazing plus size model who passed us under the radar
It's not clear how, but we managed to miss one of the busiest models of recent years.
Meet Preshes Lee, a 31-year-old model of African-American descent who has already marked "V" on a Vogue cover, a campaign with Kim Kardashian and runways for the most respected designers.
Get ready, she has a lot to say about this industry
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Gal Slonimsky
Thursday, 01 October 2020, 00:05
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Not that we can figure out how, but the model Fresh Lee managed to get us under the radar - and that's a serious glitch that needs to be fixed.
This is one of the busiest models in an industry that pushes all the boundaries of the beauty ideal with mesmerizing beauty and militant character.
The 31-year-old Atlanta-born Preshes has worked with all the big names in the industry and starred on the covers of prestigious magazines, while a plus-size model of African-American descent, opening figures that are not always easy to break with.
Fresh Lee crossed the barriers.
If we start counting Preshes' list of accomplishments, you'll probably be shocked that you've not heard of it yet.
By 2016 she had already walked the runway alongside Ashley Graham, the world's most successful plus size model, and has since managed to work with Marc Jacobs, Mew Mew, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Cyriano, Brandon Maxwell and many more.
She was recently photographed for the cover of Vogue Italy magazine and for a particularly invested fashion production she joined.
Her Instagram account has a low number of followers in relation to her intensive work in the industry, about 130,000 in total, and that only proves the claim - this is a successful model who slipped between our eyes - and it's a shame.
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As expected of models in recent times, all the more so from those who belong to the plus size category and the black women, I have a lot to say about the inequality in the world that is reflected in the race struggles and the beauty ideal of the fashion industry.
Already in 2016 she said in an interview: "I always felt that not all models should look the same, especially in the plus size industry that tries to promote diversity, but I discovered that even within this industry there is an ideal of beauty."
Lee's big break came in 2015 when she signed with modeling agency IMG.
According to her, before moving in with them she worked with agents who asked her to change her name, hair and other vegetables.
Only when she came to terms with who she was, and her new agents at IMG accepted it - did she start to flourish.
That same year she was photographed for Sports Illustrated's swimwear magazine and made history when she was the first African-American plus-size to do so.
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Since then she has not stopped reaping achievements.
Just recently she was photographed for the new campaign by Skims, Kim Kardashian's sculpting brand.
This, as mentioned, after she also won a star on the cover of the prestigious September issue of Vogue Italy magazine, wearing Prada clothes as part of a huge production of the magazine.
In an interview with her last week for Alor Magazine, from her New York apartment through the Zoom - in the spirit of the period of course, she talked about her connection to the industry.
According to her, she dreamed of becoming a lawyer with a wardrobe full of designer suits.
Her sister and mother were involved in modeling, but it's not something she's ever considered doing.
"My sister always told me I could be a model, if only I would weigh 30 pounds. So I put up with not being a model."
Another day she accompanied an audition company, and found herself signing a modeling contract herself.
"I wanted to be a lawyer to help people find their voice, and I realized that as a model I could do exactly the same thing."
She ended the interview by working and fighting for girls like her, who wanted to wear Chanel but were not exposed to the images that represent them in the media.
Outside of their close social circle, they have never gotten to see women who look like them.
"I'm in an industry that was not established for me - and not just because of my size, but also because of my race, my hair and my skin color. I have to keep fighting to prove that people who look like me are beautiful."
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