March April 17

Despite the societal patriarchy and stereotypes that
only thin can crack it in the modelling agency, Katlego
Boweni, a Klerksdorp model in the plus size modelling
world aims to hang the moon and the stars
By Bonolo Kgarane
With just one year experience
in the industry the
enthused, curvaceous,
beautiful Katlego owns
her crown; a woman who
is showing the country
that what matters is not
your body size but how
you carry yourself.
From winning the nationwide
plus size model
search in 2013 which
gave her a break to be
where she is, the vibrant
model already sees a future
in this industry. “This
is a very huge market for
me not to take advantage
of. Although I do not
think I would want to hit
the 10 year mark as a
plus size model, but rather
I would like to groom a
lot of young women who
today still find it hard to
accept how they look like
and always want to live
according to the society’s
expectations,” says the
Advanced Labour Law
graduate.
Katlego believes that the
modelling world is still
considered as an industry
for lean people hence
terms like ‘plus size’ is
still used to name women
who wear 32+. “I think it
is time we are labelled as
models and do away with
the term ‘plus size model’.
Many women still feel
offended that models are
being called plus size and
I think we have put a bit
too much time and effort,
or ‘weight’ on the term.
There are people who still
call me ‘a fat model’ so I
think I would be happy if
we are labelled as models,”
clarifies the assertive
model.
The Labour Relations
consultant discourages
the stigma that is associated
with being a corpulence
woman that they