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ROBYN LAWLEY BECOMES FIRST PLUS-SIZE BEAUTY TO GRACE PAGES OF VOGUE AUSTRALIA

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She has graced the cover of Vogue Italia and French Elle and has added her inimitable poise to countless editorials.
Now, Australian model Robyn Lawley is enjoying her first starring role in her home edition of Vogue magazine.
And, breaking 52 years of Australian Vogue protocol, Robyn is the first ever plus-size model to appear in the glossy’s pages.
In the ten-page ‘Belle Curve’ piece, Robyn strikes a fine figure in strong tailoring by Australian designers Alex Perry, Willow and Carla Zampatti.
Vogue Australia editor, Kirstie Clements, said her tradition-changing decision to cast the 22-year-old model was not based upon her size.
‘She’s really beautiful and you have to make the judgment about whether a girl’s special or not, so it really wasn’t about size or to make a statement.’
Writing in the editor’s letter of September’s Vogue Australia, Ms Clements says she ‘was transfixed by Robyn beauty and poise. She is a truly super-duper model.
Robyn, an Australian size 14 who lives in New York, said in a recent Models.com interview that she feels designers are beginning to have the confidence to design for plus size models. ‘Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and always has and always will,’ she said.
She joins a select few plus-size models who have featured in the pages of glossy magazines recently.

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