Models with Average Size Gets Big Reaction [Blast From The Past, Body Image]

Average Sized Model Gets Big Reaction - Lizzi Miller Glamour Model November 2010

Slender, leggy supermodels such as Bar Refaeli and Gisele Bundchen are taking a backseat these days to an unlikely supermodel contender in the form of Lizzi Miller — all 180 glorious pounds of her.

Miller, at 20 already a seven-year veteran of the modelling world, rocked the magazine industry and the blogosphere when her photo appeared alongside an article on women's body confidence in the September issue of Glamour magazine. The photo shows Miller in all her blond beauty, flashing a confident smile — but also flashing some stomach pooch that hangs over her thong bikini.

Within a day, Glamour was inundated with comments, overwhelmingly positive, about the magazines showcasing a beautiful model unafraid to let it all hang out. Web sites such as Facebook, MSN and Jezebel.com were consumed with dialogue over Millers photo, and Newsweek.com dedicated Web space to a renewed debate over women's body image.