Rebel Wilson never thought she’d be the type of girl to be doing fashion shoots. The comedienne appears on the cover of Elle Australia’s April issue wearing a hot pink Marina Rinaldi coat layered over a Peter Pan collared shirt with pearl embellishment by Roaman. Despite her disbelief, Wilson appears gorgeous and fierce, rocking a statement red lip and a perfectly tousled bright blonde hair. But while the 29-year-old—who says she learned her modeling skills, like smizing, from watching Tyra Banks on American’s Next Top Model—looks beautiful, she’s been given the “plus-size cover treatment,” an unfortunate malady plaguing magazines around the world.
It seems that whenever a woman who’s not pin-thin lands the front of a publication, the cover image is always cropped as a portrait. Sure, the centerfold usually features full-length shots (Wilson’s curves are completely disguised in a coat in one), but a magazine has yet to depict a non-sample sized woman properly.
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It seems that whenever a woman who’s not pin-thin lands the front of a publication, the cover image is always cropped as a portrait. Sure, the centerfold usually features full-length shots (Wilson’s curves are completely disguised in a coat in one), but a magazine has yet to depict a non-sample sized woman properly.
Read more at Rebel Wilson Gets the Plus-Size Magazine Treatment