From Fat-Shamed to Plus Size Model with Jazzmine Carthon

T H E T H I N K A L P H A P R O J E C T
FROM FAT-
SHAMED TO PLUS
SIZE MODEL
WITH JAZZMINE
CARTHON
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Jazzmine Carthon
In this episode, Jazzmine
discusses the importance of
loving yourself and being true
to who you are. For her, that
meant overcoming industry
standards as a model and
finding success as a plus-sized
woman, but she quickly realized
that body positivity and
confidence could take her far in
her career. When we do what
we love without a concern for
how everyone else feels about
us, we will find the people who
are inspired by and see the
beauty within our journey.
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Jazzmine is a plus-sized model,
television personality, recently
selected on the cast of Season 16 of
the TV series “Project Runway”
(Lifetime, Bravo), and advocate for
people being authentically
themselves. She believes that no
matter who you are, you should love
and believe in your true self.
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KEY TOPICS
Body Positivity
Jazzmine’s biggest “failure” was losing weight, she was a size
8-10 and is now a size 14-16.
She was trying to get down to a size 2 or 4 to pursue
modeling, which was her lifelong dream, but she was giving
up because of her weight.
She realized that her body was not meant to be a size 2 and
she didn’t have to fit into a cookie-cutter model standard, and
she is now comfortable where she is at.
It’s beautiful when you let go of what others expect of you and
be who you truly are.
Finding Your Focus
Jazzmine has always continued to love herself no matter what
her size was.
You don’t have to have too many expectations, even when you
have big goals – if you don’t get something that you want,
there will always be another opportunity.
With social media, people see this “show” or fantasy life, but
that’s not reality.
Focus on your own journey and don’t get too caught up in
what everyone else is doing.

Investing in Yourself
People give you advice
based on their own
failures, but you have to
live and learn for yourself.
Miss J from America’s
Next Top Model told
Jazzmine honestly that
there is nothing wrong
with her size and
encouraged size diversity.
Sometimes you need to
hear that it’s okay to be
you, but never forget that!
If you want to do
something, do your
research and figure out
your brand and how you
fit into that career, then
go for it.
You have to invest in
yourself to reach your
goals – with money, but
also with time and energy
so you can present
yourself as a professional.

Key Quotes
From Fat-Shamed to Plus Size
Model with Jazzmine Carthon

The failure was trying to lose weight
and trying to fit into that standard
when instead, I should have just been
trying to be myself, and in being myself
is where I found my success.
I don’t really believe in calling myself
broken.
Whatever it is that you want to do, do
your research and find out the good,
the bad, and the ugly.
Whenever I have a new client, I Google
their brand and go on their website to
see what type of modeling they want,
and I give them that and something
different, so that they keep using me
and they see that I’m not replaceable.
key quotes

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