I’m glad you have a platform to air your opinion, and I appreciate that you are taking the time to share your thoughts. I have a couple thoughts:

You say “curvy” is cool if that’s the way it goes, but isn’t that just another label? Also, you mentioned plus models are perceived as “fat and unhealthy” and I hate hearing those two words together because they’re not exclusive to one another. At the end, you mention something similar with “if you’re happy and healthy.” Even if people aren’t healthy (however you define it), shouldn’t they still love themselves?

You’re in campaigns everywhere for plus size brands who are selling clothes to plus size women. So when a model comes out and denounces plus size as a term, it seems a little backwards. If “plus size” really does have such a negative connotation, could we just work to reduce the stigma around it instead of creating a more divisive statement? If I go to purchase clothes, I have to look for the plus size section. I need that plus size label. It’s utility, and helps save time so I can figure out which companies will service me and my size, and those that don’t.

There’s so much discussion about the phrase “plus size” that it stigmatizes it even more. It takes the focus away from just celebrating our bodies as they are, whatever size they are. Confidence and acceptance should come from within, no matter what labels people want to throw on you.