Angelica Gray is a 20 year old plus size model from Glasgow, Scotland. Last year she did a photo shoot for Vogue making her Scotland’s first plus size model.
Angelica Gray is a size 12. So, plus size? you say. I don’t make the rules! But, models are typically a size 6. Dr Alex Yellowlees, head clinician at the Glasgow Priory, who regularly treats Scottish women who suffer from eating disorders, says that young people are still very influenced by the fashion images they see. “The fact that a size 12 is seen as ‘plus size’ when it’s just normal is unhealthy in its own right,” he said. “We absolutely need more normal-looking women like Angelica out there.
Angelica Gray has said that she will not try to lose weight in order to get more modeling jobs. Angelica enjoys her food. She loves to eat a big breakfast to keep her going through the day and her favourite type of food is Italian. She loves pizza and pasta and told Vogue Curvy it “is good for her job!”
Angelica Gray, whose grandmother was a model for French fashion house Dior in the 1950s, has also completed a fashion shoot in Milan for Elena Miro, the top end Italian designer who exhibits at Milan Fashion Week, as well as a shoot for the London fashion magazine Glass.
Angelica told The New Scotsman “Things are really exciting at the moment. It’s nice to be accepted the way I am, and be considered for big campaigns. It makes me pleased that I didn’t have to change to fit into this industry and that I can work anyway. That’s a nice feeling.”
Angelica Gray loves modeling as it has allowed her to travel and see places she would not have ordinarily seen. However, she would love to be an actress and intends to start training to be one. She is obsessed with film and anything Woody Allen. Her favourite actress is Meryl Streep who she considers a style icon.
Angelica is also a trained singer and would also like to move in that direction. Her favourite music is Jazz.
Read more about Angelica Gray in the New Scotsman
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