Famous plus-size model Marquita Pring recently let slip in an interview with WWD that she pads her hips out in order to look bigger for castings. She claims this is because her size fluctuates between a UK size 18 and 20, and many casting agents prefer her to be a solid size. She told WWD;
“I don’t know if we should reveal this secret! They’re pieces of foam. So I just lay them flat on each hip underneath [hosiery]. They’re like a solid inch and a half thick.

Like football pads for your hips?

Yeah, to make you seem all around wider. I mean, from the side you look kind of weird — and it feels weird. Like every now and then my arm gets caught on it and I’m like, wait, this isn’t me. But it’s better for me because I can still be healthy and work out and have the body I want. It’s a little bit of model magic.”
Do you think this is a simple trick for getting more jobs, or does it simply show that plus size models are subjected to the same level of scrutiny as smaller models?