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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Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 60 | October 7, 2019 7:20 AM
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Gross and good evidence of our declining culture, I doubt this nonsense survives past 2025.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 4, 2019 4:55 PM
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[bold] He's fit-fat, just like me!! [/bold]
---70% of DLers, possibly experiencing a moment of body positivity
by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 4, 2019 5:01 PM
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[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 Anonymous | reply 6 | October 4, 2019 5:07 PM
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They look good to me! Hot.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 4, 2019 5:11 PM
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[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 Anonymous | reply 8 | October 4, 2019 5:14 PM
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There are a few giants with 60-70 in waists skewing the avg. In my anecdotal experience, most men are size 30-34.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 4, 2019 5:19 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 10 | October 4, 2019 5:21 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 11 | October 4, 2019 5:30 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 12 | October 4, 2019 5:30 PM
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Hunter Westfall has poor feet hygiene. I can attest to that.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 4, 2019 5:42 PM
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[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 Anonymous | reply 14 | October 4, 2019 5:44 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 15 | October 4, 2019 5:55 PM
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Somewhere out there Daniel Franzese is seething.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 16 | October 4, 2019 5:55 PM
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Hunter Westfall is beautiful.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 17 | October 4, 2019 6:21 PM
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Chubbies are huge in the gay community now with the 35 and under crowd, along with trans men.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 4, 2019 6:23 PM
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Those are definitely not the Big-Uns' that I was referring to.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 4, 2019 6:33 PM
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In my day, these type of guys were referred to as husky.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 4, 2019 6:38 PM
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Zach Miko, who the article refers to, is quite handsome. I definitely would.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 21 | October 4, 2019 6:40 PM
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I meant "median" not "mean" (I always mix those up) R8 and R10-- thanks for the correction/explanation
by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 4, 2019 6:51 PM
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I'd blow 'em, but the point of a model is to make the *clothes* look good. They don't.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 4, 2019 6:55 PM
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How did I know that this thread would elicit shrieks of hundreds of shopbottoms??
by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 4, 2019 7:33 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 26 | October 4, 2019 8:11 PM
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I have to say that Jon Toth is my favorite. Hunter is my second choice, but he seems a bit scarier looking to me.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 27 | October 4, 2019 8:24 PM
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Notice in the steam room pic, he's wayyy in the back.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 4, 2019 9:16 PM
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OP One on the left hell yes... not so much the other one.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | October 4, 2019 9:24 PM
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He's hot as fuck. I'd top that fat ass any day.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | October 4, 2019 9:27 PM
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R21 A bit too much around the middle there
by Anonymous | reply 31 | October 4, 2019 9:28 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 32 | October 4, 2019 11:02 PM
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I’m a face and ass guy so these men are my type. I hate six pack abs.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | October 4, 2019 11:13 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 34 | October 5, 2019 12:46 AM
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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 Anonymous | reply 35 | October 5, 2019 3:07 AM
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I don't know what you mean.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | October 5, 2019 3:33 AM
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Lots of the "plus sized" writing fan fiction in here. You do know that fat shrinks the penis, right?
by Anonymous | reply 37 | October 5, 2019 3:35 AM
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I guess R26 told Berk! Get out, git!
by Anonymous | reply 38 | October 5, 2019 3:36 AM
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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 Anonymous | reply 39 | October 5, 2019 3:47 AM
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Do any of them have an OnlyFans?
by Anonymous | reply 40 | October 5, 2019 3:50 AM
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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 Anonymous | reply 41 | October 5, 2019 1:21 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 42 | October 5, 2019 1:32 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 43 | October 5, 2019 1:45 PM
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I like the guys who were football players in high school but then just kept the fat growing older
by Anonymous | reply 44 | October 5, 2019 2:11 PM
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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.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 45 | October 5, 2019 4:39 PM
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I love thick handsome men
by Anonymous | reply 46 | October 5, 2019 10:44 PM
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Will Kemp, Gap model 2002!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 50 | October 5, 2019 11:10 PM
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These fatties are like mopeds. Fun to ride but you wouldn't want your friends to see you on one.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | October 6, 2019 12:27 PM
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Gay men who are not into beefy and husky guys, are like straight guys who are not into blonde bombshells. They’re weird.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | October 6, 2019 2:08 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 54 | October 6, 2019 2:16 PM
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R53 please, the fashion industry is quintessentially gay and let‘s not kid ourselves: ‚‘emaciated’ is still the hottest look.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 55 | October 6, 2019 11:06 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 56 | October 6, 2019 11:16 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 57 | October 6, 2019 11:25 PM
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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 Anonymous | reply 58 | October 6, 2019 11:46 PM
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R58’s hole is quaking with excitement.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | October 7, 2019 12:56 AM
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I wanna make Zach’s titties bounce.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | October 7, 2019 7:20 AM
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