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Meet Target's Only Plus-Size Male Model Zach Miko: 'I Wouldn't Have Had the Confidence If It Wasn't for My Wife'

Scrolling through Target's "big & tall" section of men's clothing on their website, you may notice that only one of the male models actually fits that description – 26-year-old Zach Miko.

"I never understood why looking at big and tall clothing, they show me these Abercrombie & Fitch-style, really cut, really fit guys," Miko tells PEOPLE. "These guys aren't buying XXL tall T-shirts, these guys aren't buying 42-inch pants, but they're the guys you see modeling it."

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by Anonymousreply 58December 20, 2018 12:12 PM

sadly he'd look better 50 pounds lighter

by Anonymousreply 1November 24, 2015 9:56 PM

I'm liking that he's 6'6" -- a mountain I can climb!

by Anonymousreply 2November 24, 2015 9:56 PM

Handsome, tall, and beefy - I can overlook some flab.

by Anonymousreply 3November 24, 2015 10:03 PM

Wooooooof

by Anonymousreply 4November 24, 2015 10:26 PM

I'm plus-sized where it counts.

by Anonymousreply 5November 24, 2015 10:28 PM

2016 is all about small dicks

needs to be a bit older for me, not granddaddy old just man old

by Anonymousreply 6November 24, 2015 10:36 PM

He lost me at "wife"

by Anonymousreply 7November 25, 2015 1:14 AM

He appeals to me. I like em big and tall.

by Anonymousreply 8November 25, 2015 1:46 AM

Would love to cuddle with him on a cold night.

by Anonymousreply 9November 25, 2015 2:01 AM

Do they sell condoms in the Big and Tall department?

by Anonymousreply 10November 25, 2015 2:05 AM

Would he have a prettier face if he were to drop 45-50 Lbs? Sure.

But he would also lose something which is very sexy and desirable to many of us and that is that beefy "I can through you around in bed like a stuffed toy" thing which makes me purr/growl. Big men have always been my most proficient lovahs. (of course I don't mean sloppy big)

by Anonymousreply 11November 25, 2015 4:07 AM

Corn fed and hand slapped - that's the way I like my men!

by Anonymousreply 12November 25, 2015 4:10 AM

Is he plus size down there ??

by Anonymousreply 13November 25, 2015 4:11 AM

correction in R10 THROW you around not through

by Anonymousreply 14November 25, 2015 4:36 AM

[quote]But he would also lose something which is very sexy and desirable to many of us and that is that beefy "I can through you around in bed like a stuffed toy" thing which makes me purr/growl.

Uh, no. You could be beefy and in shape.

by Anonymousreply 15November 25, 2015 4:55 AM

His first pic is hot. The other one, not so much.

What a horrible article. It kept saying how he never thought he would model but doesn't say how he ended up modeling. How did Target pick this random dude who had no aspirations of modeling?? From a truck stop?

by Anonymousreply 16November 25, 2015 4:57 AM

R15 You mean like Gronk? Had him.

by Anonymousreply 17November 25, 2015 4:59 AM

He was just sitting there sampling all the different Milkshakes at a Sonic luncheon counter R16. Next thing you know - he's in pictures!

by Anonymousreply 18November 25, 2015 5:12 AM

I find it hard to believe he never thought he was handsome. Lots of women like big beefy Jethro Bodine kinds of guys, and he's got that in spades.

by Anonymousreply 19November 25, 2015 5:20 AM

He's got huge dick face. If he lost weight it would make his body better but his face worse. But he's a typical douche, complaining about the fact he's fat while making a living off of it.

by Anonymousreply 20November 25, 2015 6:09 AM

looks like a friend of mine sans the elongated face. hi hi I'm so tagging him, our other is friend a male model and we always talk crap about him and his obsession with being thin

by Anonymousreply 21November 25, 2015 7:59 AM

I lived in Texas for several years and sold clothes at a retail outlet. We could never stock enough 2X and 3X t-shirts for some reason. Then I realized that Texans couldn't resist the all-you-can-eat buffets, regardless of whether the food was good or bad. Servings at those restaurants were never limited to portion size. Customers could go back to the chow line as many times as they wanted and get as much food as they wanted for a single low price. Carbonated sodas were always big-gulp sized with free refills. Of course, the kids learned from their parents, so the cycle was perpetuated.

Plus-size advertisements may be a de-facto recognition of what's happening in America, but I don't see it as being a healthy trend, particularly if being plus-sized is due to one's own inability to control food intake and a resistance to do even the simplest exercise like walking.

by Anonymousreply 22November 25, 2015 8:48 AM

Cute as HELL...and he's not even THAT big.

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by Anonymousreply 23November 25, 2015 9:00 AM

If this were the 1950s, I could buy his being a plus size. He is not even scratching the surface of today's fat generation.

by Anonymousreply 24November 25, 2015 9:13 AM

Bump

by Anonymousreply 25March 11, 2016 1:18 AM

Ewww kill it. Could you imagine the giggles he'd inspire (mine included!) if he strutted around the David Barton locker room looking like THAT!

by Anonymousreply 26March 11, 2016 1:27 AM

That's a Chicago medium, given his height.

I'm just worried about the crotchetal pudge.

by Anonymousreply 27March 11, 2016 1:39 AM

So plus size is just a sweeter way to say fat

by Anonymousreply 28March 11, 2016 1:41 AM

He's NOT the only plus size on the Target site.

But he is the hottest.

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by Anonymousreply 29March 11, 2016 1:54 AM

The real problem is he's like 260 pounds and 180 pounds of it is in his face.

by Anonymousreply 30March 11, 2016 2:51 AM

I think she's tremendous!

by Anonymousreply 31March 11, 2016 3:13 AM

We need to stop celebrating and putting out photos of fatties. Fat acceptance is a bad thing.

by Anonymousreply 32March 11, 2016 12:31 PM

Plus-size for gay men would probably mean anything over a 32 inch waist.

by Anonymousreply 33March 11, 2016 1:28 PM

I wish we could quarantine fat people. Maybe corral the entire herd, state by state, and move them onto an island somewhere where we don't have to be subjected to them. I don't like to be around them. A fattie cruised me on the street last week. It was all I could do to get back to my apartment without having to duck into an alley and vomit.

by Anonymousreply 34March 11, 2016 1:43 PM

32 waist is normal. So you need 30" to be thin.

by Anonymousreply 35March 11, 2016 1:43 PM

He really cleans up well. Just look at the before photo at R23 and the after photo at the OP. Who knew a little facial hair and hair gel could work such wonders? He looks like a model.

by Anonymousreply 36March 11, 2016 1:49 PM

He's fat.

by Anonymousreply 37March 11, 2016 1:52 PM

r35 A waist size of 32 might be normal for a twenty year old, but sorry honey that is not normal for the rest of the country gays included.

by Anonymousreply 38March 11, 2016 2:03 PM

[quote]He's fat.

Thanks, Sherlock. ANYWAY, I'd climb that like a mountain.

by Anonymousreply 39March 11, 2016 2:55 PM

His size at 26 is a bad harbinger. If he was 260lbs at 38 that would be understandable but so little effort is required to keep yourself fit at 26, it's alarming to see fat acceptance so early in life. Look at Sam Smith, it took him 2 months to lose half his body weight.

by Anonymousreply 40March 11, 2016 3:53 PM

I'm in my late 40s and have always has a 32" waist since high school. It would be smaller but I have widish girl hips and a womanly round bubble ass. And I'm 6' 180 pounds.

by Anonymousreply 41March 11, 2016 3:59 PM

Okay, looks or the perfect weight? He has the looks but he's overweight, but I guarantee some you DL posters are the proper weight but don't have the looks. Now be honest. You can't have it all darlings.

by Anonymousreply 42March 11, 2016 4:04 PM

Was he named after the irritating Asian girl what wanted Jo's bike on "the Facts of Life?"

Below== acting reel

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by Anonymousreply 43March 11, 2016 5:08 PM

Wow, he's been in a lot of movies. Why doesn't he just lose weight. He'd be crazy hot if he just lost a few pounds.

by Anonymousreply 44March 11, 2016 5:23 PM

He'd make a great Chandler Macy recast

by Anonymousreply 45March 11, 2016 5:27 PM

He's been in a LOT of student films.

by Anonymousreply 46March 11, 2016 5:28 PM
by Anonymousreply 47March 14, 2018 8:27 PM

[quote] Fat acceptance is a bad thing.

[quote] I wish we could quarantine fat people. Maybe corral the entire herd, state by state, and move them onto an island somewhere where we don't have to be subjected to them.

Completely agree. How about Greenland?

by Anonymousreply 48March 14, 2018 8:48 PM

[quote] He'd make a great Chandler Macy recast

Who is Chandler Macy?

by Anonymousreply 49March 14, 2018 8:49 PM

He's not that fat.

by Anonymousreply 50March 14, 2018 8:51 PM

R50 = American

by Anonymousreply 51March 14, 2018 8:53 PM

So..."plus-size" models, but no clothes that actually fit the 33% of American men 5'8" and under? XL, 2XL and up have existed for a long time. Is it really a huge problem that no one was modeling it? How about retailers calm down with the 6'3" "Abercrombie & Fitch-style, really cut, really fit guys" wearing mediums, and actually size clothes properly? I don't even care if no one models it.

by Anonymousreply 52March 14, 2018 9:35 PM

[quote]But he would also lose something which is very sexy and desirable to many of us and that is that beefy "I can through you around in bed like a stuffed toy" thing which makes me purr/growl. Big men have always been my most proficient lovahs.

I once dated a Cajun guy who was built like this (maybe a little smaller) — and 6'7". More than once when it was bedtime he would pick me up like a sack of flour and growl [italic]Allons-y[/italic].

by Anonymousreply 53March 14, 2018 10:01 PM

Bump

by Anonymousreply 54December 15, 2018 3:33 PM

Hot damn, I want to ride that tidal wave twice around the block.

by Anonymousreply 55December 15, 2018 3:39 PM

That's not beef. It's dough.

by Anonymousreply 56December 15, 2018 6:25 PM

An actually attractive plus size male model:

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by Anonymousreply 57December 15, 2018 6:49 PM

Fat fuck, tragic tattoos, next?

by Anonymousreply 58December 20, 2018 12:12 PM
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