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Plus Size Male Modeling

he most successful model of IMG Models’ newest division brings in a comfortable six figures per year. He has been interviewed by Larry King, profiled by the New York Times, and flown to Australia to showcase swimwear. And when he arrives to work, spray-tanned and pedicured as the occasion demands, he is still sometimes mistaken for the electrician. “Someone goes, ‘Oh, thank God you’re here,’” Zach Miko says. “I didn’t think I was late. I follow them and they bring me over to a burnt-out outlet and they are like, ‘This is the one you have to replace.’”

The usual male model is around six-foot-one, maybe six-foot-two, and falls somewhere along the spectrum of rawboned to gym-buffed. The sample clothes made for photo shoots are cut for their proportions: usually a 38 suit, a 32-inch waist. So the confusion is, perhaps, understandable. Miko, 30, stands six-foot-six and weighs 290 pounds, more tank than twink. He wears up to a size six-XL.

Miko doesn’t earn less than the lanky models. He earns more. “If I suddenly drop 50 pounds,” Miko says, “I wouldn’t have any clients anymore.” Welcome to the new frontier of plus-size male modeling.

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by Anonymousreply 60October 7, 2019 7:20 AM

Uh, no just no.

by Anonymousreply 1October 4, 2019 4:54 PM

What’s the big deal?

by Anonymousreply 2October 4, 2019 4:55 PM

Gross and good evidence of our declining culture, I doubt this nonsense survives past 2025.

by Anonymousreply 3October 4, 2019 4:55 PM

Just my type! Woof!

by Anonymousreply 4October 4, 2019 4:57 PM

[bold] He's fit-fat, just like me!! [/bold]

---70% of DLers, possibly experiencing a moment of body positivity

by Anonymousreply 5October 4, 2019 5:01 PM

[quote] The average American man’s waist size, according to the CDC, is 40 inches

For realz????

Maybe it's because I live in NYC, but even in stores I don't think I've ever seen waist sizes on say Levis over 38 inches in a regular store.

But the stat is confusing as it's not clear whether that's the average or the mean size.

Either way it's pretty shocking. I wonder what it was in say 1959.

by Anonymousreply 6October 4, 2019 5:07 PM

They look good to me! Hot.

by Anonymousreply 7October 4, 2019 5:11 PM

[quote] it's not clear whether that's the average or the mean size.

Average is the same as mean.

38 is the average waist size for American men. (vs mode, which means occurring the most)

by Anonymousreply 8October 4, 2019 5:14 PM

There are a few giants with 60-70 in waists skewing the avg. In my anecdotal experience, most men are size 30-34.

by Anonymousreply 9October 4, 2019 5:19 PM

The mean is an average and both are often used interchangeably, but there are more averages than the mean (e.g. geometric average) and other fun facts I learned in Measures of Central Tendency 101!

by Anonymousreply 10October 4, 2019 5:21 PM

The current looks turn big dudes into Ralph Cramdon clones - they just look uncomfortable and sweaty.

An economic upturn would give them more rise and wider legs.

by Anonymousreply 11October 4, 2019 5:30 PM

The guys in the article's pics are really considered "plus sized"? Well, I guess they would be in the modelling world. In the real world, perhaps in a Wal-Mart or Target setting, they'd look positively svelte.

Hunter Westfall is at the left in OP's pic - not sure if anyone would consider him to be 'fat'. He's 270 lb, but he's also 6' 6.5" tall.

by Anonymousreply 12October 4, 2019 5:30 PM

Hunter Westfall has poor feet hygiene. I can attest to that.

by Anonymousreply 13October 4, 2019 5:42 PM

[quote] In my anecdotal experience, most men are size 30-34.

You must live in a coastal city. Check out the rest of America. You'd be astounded how big most men are.

by Anonymousreply 14October 4, 2019 5:44 PM

You haven’t lived until you’ve seen the quivering haunches of a fat tard twerking on a bicycle in Seattle. My stretch marks were offended.

by Anonymousreply 15October 4, 2019 5:55 PM

Somewhere out there Daniel Franzese is seething.

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by Anonymousreply 16October 4, 2019 5:55 PM

Hunter Westfall is beautiful.

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by Anonymousreply 17October 4, 2019 6:21 PM

Chubbies are huge in the gay community now with the 35 and under crowd, along with trans men.

by Anonymousreply 18October 4, 2019 6:23 PM

Those are definitely not the Big-Uns' that I was referring to.

by Anonymousreply 19October 4, 2019 6:33 PM

In my day, these type of guys were referred to as husky.

by Anonymousreply 20October 4, 2019 6:38 PM

Zach Miko, who the article refers to, is quite handsome. I definitely would.

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by Anonymousreply 21October 4, 2019 6:40 PM

I meant "median" not "mean" (I always mix those up) R8 and R10-- thanks for the correction/explanation

by Anonymousreply 22October 4, 2019 6:51 PM

I'd blow 'em, but the point of a model is to make the *clothes* look good. They don't.

by Anonymousreply 23October 4, 2019 6:55 PM

Fat.

by Anonymousreply 24October 4, 2019 7:12 PM

How did I know that this thread would elicit shrieks of hundreds of shopbottoms??

by Anonymousreply 25October 4, 2019 7:33 PM

YMF is always shitting on DL yet here she is.

And got called out for being an idiot and not knowing what she is talking about as usual. But it doesn’t stop her from being a condescending git.

by Anonymousreply 26October 4, 2019 8:11 PM

I have to say that Jon Toth is my favorite. Hunter is my second choice, but he seems a bit scarier looking to me.

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by Anonymousreply 27October 4, 2019 8:24 PM

Notice in the steam room pic, he's wayyy in the back.

by Anonymousreply 28October 4, 2019 9:16 PM

OP One on the left hell yes... not so much the other one.

by Anonymousreply 29October 4, 2019 9:24 PM

He's hot as fuck. I'd top that fat ass any day.

by Anonymousreply 30October 4, 2019 9:27 PM

R21 A bit too much around the middle there

by Anonymousreply 31October 4, 2019 9:28 PM

These are exactly my type of guy - cornfed models (yeah yeah it's high fructose corn but I don't care). There's a lid for every pothead!

by Anonymousreply 32October 4, 2019 11:02 PM

I’m a face and ass guy so these men are my type. I hate six pack abs.

by Anonymousreply 33October 4, 2019 11:13 PM

I blew a cute fat guy a few years ago. He had the biggest cock I’ve ever seen. 9” and as thick as my arm. It was fucking nuts.

by Anonymousreply 34October 5, 2019 12:46 AM

Plus sizers are great in bed cause they just try harder to overcome the fat shaming stigma. They can really hammer it home, if ya know what I mean.

by Anonymousreply 35October 5, 2019 3:07 AM

I don't know what you mean.

by Anonymousreply 36October 5, 2019 3:33 AM

Lots of the "plus sized" writing fan fiction in here. You do know that fat shrinks the penis, right?

by Anonymousreply 37October 5, 2019 3:35 AM

I guess R26 told Berk! Get out, git!

by Anonymousreply 38October 5, 2019 3:36 AM

I'm with R7, all three are hot. Toth is as well, and probably will be everywhere after he's finished with the Jets. R13 Spill it....

by Anonymousreply 39October 5, 2019 3:47 AM

Do any of them have an OnlyFans?

by Anonymousreply 40October 5, 2019 3:50 AM

Zach Miko is soo average that there’s no real point in having him as a model. You might as well ask your chubby friend, neighbor, some guy from the street ..... Why pay the big bucks to him and his agency if he’s not gonna look better than a random average guy?

by Anonymousreply 41October 5, 2019 1:21 PM

I like bigger men, so I am all for plus size male models. These guys all carry their weight well and have some muscle as well as cushion. I find a lived in body with some meat on it far sexier than a six pack.

by Anonymousreply 42October 5, 2019 1:32 PM

Zach's got a great face but this whole thing feels like the fashion industry just decided to be nice to someone. And really, Zach. No one's asking you to be ripped, here, but would it kill you to pick up a fucking dumbbell once or twice.

by Anonymousreply 43October 5, 2019 1:45 PM

I like the guys who were football players in high school but then just kept the fat growing older

by Anonymousreply 44October 5, 2019 2:11 PM

R43 I really don‘t mind Zach‘s body, but his face has terrible bone structure imo. Fashion models are all about bone structure traditionally: high cheekbones, chiseled jaw etc. The other two plus size models posted in this thread are not half as bad as Zach.

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by Anonymousreply 45October 5, 2019 4:39 PM

I love thick handsome men

by Anonymousreply 46October 5, 2019 10:44 PM

Gap model 1996!

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by Anonymousreply 47October 5, 2019 11:07 PM

Gap model 1997!

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by Anonymousreply 48October 5, 2019 11:09 PM

Gap model 2001!

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by Anonymousreply 49October 5, 2019 11:09 PM

Will Kemp, Gap model 2002!

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by Anonymousreply 50October 5, 2019 11:10 PM

These fatties are like mopeds. Fun to ride but you wouldn't want your friends to see you on one.

by Anonymousreply 51October 6, 2019 12:27 PM

R35 = Richard Simmons

by Anonymousreply 52October 6, 2019 12:57 PM

Gay men who are not into beefy and husky guys, are like straight guys who are not into blonde bombshells. They’re weird.

by Anonymousreply 53October 6, 2019 2:08 PM

R52- Awww- Leave Richard Simmons alone. I like him. I always did even though he's the most effeminate, most stereotypical gay male that never publicly acknowledged being gay.

by Anonymousreply 54October 6, 2019 2:16 PM

R53 please, the fashion industry is quintessentially gay and let‘s not kid ourselves: ‚‘emaciated’ is still the hottest look.

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by Anonymousreply 55October 6, 2019 11:06 PM

From jock models to bear models. Embrace the bear future. Just hope standards only get to the beefy, stocky muscle look. At least let them have a decent base under all that fat.

by Anonymousreply 56October 6, 2019 11:16 PM

R56 No, the emaciated look is much more exclusive and high-class in the developed world. That’s why the fashion industry and blue ship brands push it. Chubby is vulgar. Zach Mirko covers the mainstream market but it’s certainly not what the elites aspire.

by Anonymousreply 57October 6, 2019 11:25 PM

Perusing this site, one would think that the average size of a gay is 6' and 130. The men of the US are generally very large. Just walking around you see guys that would be considered giants a generation ago. Guys are getting taller, heavier, and more muscular. These plus-size models are the guys that are walking around. All my straight guy friends tower over me at 6' and outweigh me by sixty pounds. Give me more of these guys, huge and hot!

by Anonymousreply 58October 6, 2019 11:46 PM

R58’s hole is quaking with excitement.

by Anonymousreply 59October 7, 2019 12:56 AM

I wanna make Zach’s titties bounce.

by Anonymousreply 60October 7, 2019 7:20 AM
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