A plus-sized model from Brooklyn, New York, has a few things to say to Victoria’s Secret— and in Tabria Majors’ case, a picture is definitely worth a thousand words.
Owned by Les Wexner and family, Victoria’s Secret is America’s biggest lingerie company. As Sarah Wasilak of Pop Sugar writes, “[Victoria’s Secret]’s everywhere— plastered on one of the biggest billboards in Time Square, on your TV screen, and in the pages of the magazine you read.” You’d think the company catering to such a large market and demographic would encourage them to use a more diversity in their ad campaigns; unfortunately, this isn’t the case.
Wasilak describes diverse iconic angels throughout the years, those like the curvy Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, and Heidi Klum. Once these models hung up their wings, however, the media started pushing an “increasingly svelte woman”.
“Victoria’s Secret put [this body type] on a pedestal by featuring this idealized figure in all its ads and certainly on its runways. This single-track version of unattainable perfection if what Victoria’s Secret continues to publicize today,” wrote Wasilak.
Recently, a Brooklyn-based model named Tabria Majors made waves after deciding to post photos specifically for Victoria’s Secret and any other plus-sized doubters that may be out there.
Looking to spread awareness about the rigid beauty standards that are STILL being used in the beauty and entertainment industry today, Majors posted a few photos of herself recreating Victoria’s Secret advertisements. The subsequent praise and support was likely more than she had bargained for.
“Maybe I’ll be a Victoria’s Secret Angel this year for Halloween, since it ain’t happening in real life,” Majors captioned the first set of photos,” she captioned the first set of photos.
And she looks FIERCE— just going to show that a curvy woman can sell just as many pairs of underwear as a skinny girl and look damn good doing it too!
As mentioned, women everywhere seemed to respond positively to Majors’ little project.
And as Wasilak notes, “A company as big as Victoria’s Secret can and should have an answer for the rest of us, and it should start with the spectacle that is the runway show. It didn’t happen in LA in 2006, in Miami in 2008, in London in 2014, nor in Paris in 2016. It’s 2017 and it didn’t happen in Shanghai… I don’t know about my gift cards, but I wonder: what’s the expiration date on this same old show where body diversity is never theme?”
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