'Elle' Magazine's Myla Dalbesio 'Plus Size' Controversy UPDATE: Magazine Clears Up What 'Plus Size' Really Means

The phrase "plus size" has been thrown around the Internet a lot over the past few days, fueled largely by an Elle interview with model Myla Dalbesio. Dalbesio spoke to Elle about her latest gig, modeling for Calvin Klein's Perfectly Fit campaign alongside big names such as Lara Stone, Jourdan Dunn, and Ji Hye Park. She spoke about "what a great feeling" it was to book that job, when, at a size 10, Dalbesio said that she is "not skinny enough to be with the skinny girls and I'm not large enough to be with the large girls." She added: "I haven't been able to find my place."

According to Gary Dakin, Dalbesio's agent, the models in the plus-size subset can be categorized as "over a size 8-10." But he clarified that Myla is much more than just her size. "You don't turn down a face like Myla's," he says.

There's no universal definition for what constitutes "plus size" in the fashion industry (a Google search yields varying definitions and size ranges), but the phrase has been used to describe models who weren't normal "straight size," meaning the sample size 0-4 we tend to see on the runways.

"The modeling world starting using the term a little over 30 years ago," says Dakin, who has a decades-long career as a model agent, starting at Plus, Curve, then Ford's Plus Board (where he launched the careers of Crystal Renn, Tara Lynn, and Candice Huffine, to name a few), and now his own agency, JAG, which he co-founded with fellow Ford-alum Jaclyn Sarka. The agency represents models of all sizes.

"We have girls sizes 6 to 18 on the site," he says. "There should be no distinction."

However, the label "plus size" is still confusing and misleading. According to model Lauren Chan: "In the world of modeling, it's used to categorize models above the 'normal' straight size, which typically ends at a 4. In consumer culture, plus size is used to categorize shoppers above the 'normal' size range of 0-12. A lot of the discrepancy comes from not acknowledging the two different meanings of the singular term."

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