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For two and a half years, Amanda Czerniawski was a sociologist turned plus-size model. Journeying into a world where, as a size 10, she was not considered an average body type, but rather, for the fashion industry, "plus-sized," Czerniawski studied the standards of work and image production in the plus-sized model industry. Fashioning Fat takes us through a model's day-to-day activities, first at open calls at modeling agencies and then through the fashion shows and photo shoots. Czerniawski also interviewed 35 plus-size models about their lives in the world of fashion, bringing to life the st

Plus-size women's clothing industry --- Self-esteem in women --- Body image --- E-books --- Plus-size women's clothing industry. --- Self-esteem in women. --- Body image. --- Image, Body --- Imagery (Psychology) --- Mind and body --- Person schemas --- Personality --- Self-perception --- Human body --- Self-respect in women --- Women --- Women's clothing industry --- Psychology --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.