Breaking the stereotype of modeling :: Mmegi Online

We all know that models are ideally beautiful, tall and dangerously skinny with no curves. We think that these unsmiling faces are the only ones that deserve or are perhaps inclined to strut down the ramp and pose for the flashy cameras while overly built and short women awe in distance.

But the society is slowly rejecting the old ways with the introduction of plus size models on the ramp and many people are starting to reject the old stereotype by forming movements of their own. The fashion industry is too big after all and everyone can have his or her equal share.

A petite model from Empire Modeling Agency has done the impossible by following her dream despite being called ‘too short’ at modeling auditions. Now that she is in the centre of it all in spite of her so called vertical challenge, Segolame Ramolefhe has now formed a fashion movement called Imperfect Models and will host a conference on June 3 at Woodlane Hotel in order to advocate for models of different imperfections in the modeling industry.

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