Plus-sized and petite models on mission to change minds

TWO model best friends — one plus-size and one petite — want to change the conversation about the female body.

Plus-size model Kate Wasley and petite-size Georgia Gibbs at Bronte Beach. Picture: Christian Gilles

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TWO model best friends — one plus-size and one petite — are on a mission to change the conversation about the female body.

Georgia Gibbs, a size 6, and her BFF Kate Weasley, a size 16, are campaigning for brands to use women of every shape and size in their advertising campaigns.

Models Kate Wasley and Georgia Gibbs have set up an online initiative called Any Body. Picture: Christian Gilles

The beauties have established an online initiative branded Any Body which aims to make the fashion industry more inclusive.

“Kate and I have been best friends long before we bonded over similar careers and moving to the same city,” Gibbs, 21, said.

“As we grew both in our careers and personally we experienced similar pressures and expectations we equally struggled with when exposed to the modelling world.

“I am a size 6-8 and Kate is a size 16 and we believe working together appeals to a wide variety of women and reinforces our belief that any body shape is beautiful, regardless of your size. That’s when we clicked onto the idea that people actually aren’t used to seeing images of women of different sizes together and being OK with it.”

Georgia Gibbs (left) and Kate Wasley show off their different body sizes. Picture: Christian Gilles

Both Kate Wasley and Georgia Gibbs want more choices out there for all women. Picture: Christian Gilles

While Dove famously launched its “Real Beauty” campaign, which featured women with a range of body shapes, skin colours and ages, Gibbs and Weasley want this to become a common occurrence — and so the social media concept Any Body was born.

“It’s always women of similar sizes put next to each other, especially in the modelling world when in reality, if you look around, no one body is the same, not in shape, colour, markings and features,” Weasley, 22 said.