Top curve model Bree McCann discusses the importance of working with body positive brands in the wake of Megan Gale’s controversial contract

As an in-demand curve model who’s fought for her place in fashion, Queensland model Bree McCann hopes Megan Gale’s ‘ludicrous’ post-baby weight loss clause is a thing of the past.

LEADING curve model Bree McCann says the industry needs to move forward from trying to control a woman’s size.

The Queensland diversity advocate was shocked by Megan Gale’s claims in pregnancy podcast, Tales from the Fourth Trimester, last week that she was once forced to sign a contract stipulating she must return to her pre-baby weight six months after giving birth to her son, River, now 5.

“I would never have signed that contract. This day and age that’s absolutely ludicrous. It’s important for women to realise no one is perfect,” said McCann, nee Warren, who hopes to start a family with husband, Mitch.

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Sunshine Coast model Bree McCann is an advocate for diversity in fashion and hopes to start a family with new husband, Mitch McCann. Photo: Adam Head

“It’s something I’ve had to fight for and work towards my whole career, to show there are different sizes in fashion and that I have a place in fashion for the next generation.”

“I have really witnessed the change from 2010 to now … and the difference in opportunities for me then to now is incredible.

“Then you have something like that and that’s just shocking. I hope we continue to move in a positive direction.”

The in-demand model said she was careful to only work with brands with a similar ethos around body positivity.

“I’ve been very lucky in the niche I’m in. Brands want the positivity and body confidence and nearly all my clients and agents are always happy to embrace it. People are booking me for that whereas perhaps if I were a different body shape I would find things were different,” she said.

On Monday she shot a campaign for one-year-old Brisbane beauty brand, True Me, after owners Leonie and Greg Whatling and ambassador John Pulitano from Headcase Hair designed the hairstyles around her beachy lifestyle because they were inspired by her values.

Bree McCann, nee Warren, shot a hair campaign for Brisbane beauty brand, True Me, after they used her as inspiration. Photo: Wes Nel. Hair created by John Pulitano.

True Me designed the beachy shoot based on McCann’s Sunshine Coast lifestyle. Photo: Wes Nel. Hair created by John Pulitano.

“They told me today that I was on their very first mood board for the brand. It’s all about being true to yourself and knowing who you are and having that self worth and that’s what I’m all about,” McCann said.

After bringing ghd hair and Cloud 9 to the Australian market, the couple decided in 2018 to launch their own brand that stayed true to delivering the best product at the best price, making it more accessible to more people.

The Whatling couple said they had sold 2,000 True Me hair straighteners, which retail for $179, in their first year.

“If True Me was a person, it would be Bree. She represents the brand perfectly because she is true to herself, she doesn’t let anything dictate who she is, and she is such a great role model to women,” they said.

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