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    Plus-Sized Lady Mocks American Apparel's XL Model Contest

    American Apparel's XL modeling contest ended yesterday. There was a clear leader in the contest, but she was actually making fun of American Apparel's belittling view of plus-sized models. Here are her entry photos.

    • American Apparel's "THE NEXT BIG THING" (Emphasis on big, if you will.)

      American Apparel's "THE NEXT BIG THING" (Emphasis on big, if you will.)

      Think you are the Next BIG Thing?
      Calling curvy ladies everywhere! Our best-selling Disco Pant (and around 10 other sexy styles) are now available in size XL, for those of us who need a little extra wiggle room where it counts. We're looking for fresh faces (and curvaceous bods) to fill these babies out. If you think you've got what it takes to be the next XLent model, send us photos of you and your junk to back it up. Just send us two recent photographs of yourself, one that clearly shows your face and one of your body. We'll select a winner to be flown out to our Los Angeles headquarters to star in your own bootylicious photoshoot. Runners up will win an enviable assortment of our favorite new styles in XL! Show us what you're workin' with!
       via Jezebel

    • From her tumblr: "My name is Nancy Upton. I'm a size 12 and wanted to show American Apparel my fresh face (and full figure). My good friend Shannon Skloss came over to take some "booty-ful" photos of me... but I just couldn't stop eating."

      From her tumblr : "My name is Nancy Upton. I'm a size 12 and wanted to show American Apparel my fresh face (and full figure). My good friend Shannon Skloss came over to take some "booty-ful" photos of me... but I just couldn't stop eating."

      The explanation of her submission:
      [...] "Wow, they really have zero respect for plus-sized women. They’re going to line them up like cattle and make puns about them until they’re blue in the face.” And then, as corny as it sounds, it just occurred to me that based on their “Hey, come on, fatties, we want you to play, too” tone, wouldn’t it be kind of brilliant to respond in a, “Thanks for letting me play, just let me try put down the pizza, first” similar mocking tone.

    • You can see the rest of her photos on her Tumblr. Some of them are NSFW-y.

      You can see the rest of her photos on her Tumblr. Some of them are NSFW-y.

    • The contest is over now, so we'll just have to wait and see how American Apparel addresses Upton and her clear victory in the competition.