Lizzie Miller Glamour’s plus size model bares all

Everybody has been talking about Lizzie Miller, a plus size model who is in the September issue of Glamour magazine nude. In an interview on the Today Show Lizzie Miller said that she can’t believe that people actually like the photo.  She expected to hear a lot of negative comments about her body.

Facts about the model: Lizzie Miller. She plays softball. She’s 20. She’s weighs 180 pounds and is between a size 12-14. She caused an enormous stir when she appeared on page 194 of Glamour magazine’s September issue with nothing on but a hair clip.

She looks fantastic. The image depicts total body confidence which ran with a story called “What Everyone But You Sees About Your Body.”

Glamour readers are responding to the picture with sustained applause. On the magazine’s Vitamin G blog, editor-in-chief Cindi Leive writes:

“It’s a photo that measures all of three by three inches in our September issue, but the letters about it started to flood my inbox literally the day Glamour hit newsstands… The emails were filled with such joy-joy at seeing a woman’s body with all the curves and quirks and rolls found in nature.”

The comments on Cindi Leive’s blog are plentiful and full of admiration. “That picture literally brought tears to my eyes,” says one reader. A commenter who identified herself as the model’s mother adds: “When this picture came out Lizzi and I discussed what an opportunity it was to get people talking, even though some of the comments would be painful for her. When Lizzi started her modeling career her goal was to redefine what was normal and beautiful. Her goal was to help young girls look in the mirror and love what they see-whatever size they are. She still has that goal and we are amazed and humbled at the huge response this picture has gotten. Lizzi is someone’s daughter, someone’s sister, someone’s girlfriend just like all of the readers are.”

Watch Lizzie’s interview with TODAY above in which she tells Matt Lauer she doesn’t feel the photo is the most flattering but is pleased that it has not been Photoshopped.  According to inside sources Glamour is considering using more plus size models for its covers and inside spreads.

What do you think? Would you like to see more models like Lizzie in fashion magazines? Leave your comments below!