2. You were recently interviewed for Vogue curvy. How has this helped your career?

I think it has been helpful for my career in many ways, but from a broader perspective, I think it's a really important project as it really highlights the move of curvier models into the high-end fashion market which is important because it's a force that can no longer be denied. For the moment we have a separate and growing market that is acknowledged by the biggest and best in fashion, which is an incredible step. Let's hope for the future that the line between the two markets becomes more blurred as size requirements become less important.

3. In regards to plus-size models the fashion industry tends to give mixed reviews. Why do you think some individuals are against the whole plus-size model movement?

I think perhaps the problem is that there hasn't been enough great representation of diverse women in fashion and the media as there is for models of the current standard. As part of the plus size movement myself, I am not saying that because I or any other model is a certain size, I should therefore just be allowed to model. It should be based on a person's ability to advertise which is defined by an ability to work with cameras, presence and charm as well as confidence. It's important to highlight the fact that the plus size market is still growing and is relatively small in comparison to the mainstream; therefore we haven't seen enough variety to see it as a completely viable alternative. Time is what it will take.

4. As a size 12 plus-size model have you ever been asked to slim down to a standard model size or plump up to a size? If so how did you deal with this?

Absolutely. I find it ironic that as a size UK 10 I was too big for the mainstream market, whilst at the same time being too small for the plus size market. For me, this could also be a problem and suggests the fashion industry often only deals in extremes. I don't want to promote unhealthiness in any way - which means being heavily overweight can be as unhealthy as being underweight, especially if we use it as an example of what 'fashionable' is. I think its impossible to argue that the use of unhealthy underweight models should not be allowed whilst then promoting the use of unhealthily overweight models. However, I don't think healthiness can necessarily be defined by a dress size though because size is personal and sits differently from person to person. My argument is about pushing for a sense of balance and a more relaxed attitude towards size, which is to say that women should be represented as they are, from the whole range of the spectrum and should not be pressured to lose or, on the flip side, gain weight to do their job successfully. I have found my natural size and personal balance at a size UK12, which suits me for my life and stage at the moment.

5. Do you believe that there are differences between what defines a plus-size model in the fashion industry and a plus-size woman in everyday life?

I agree that in reality a size 12 is absolutely not "plus" size, and the notion that it could be is unhealthy in itself. But we have to acknowledge that the world of fashion has never been representative of reality as we know it. The term "plus size" is illustrative of the difference between me and the average size 6 fashion model - I am double their size, and so in relation to them I am "plus sized". I see it as a positive term in the end, because regardless of the terminology: plus-sized, curvy, fuller-figured, "normal", I have finally got a voice and the more we accuse models like me of not being "plus sized", in the fashion sense, the harder it is to work because there is no market.

6. What do you feel is the biggest misconception facing plus-size models?

Maybe that we are, as a rule, overweight, or are somehow second rate in comparison to models working in the mainstream market. I suppose even the fact that we work at the moment with the title "plus size" suggest we are separate to mainstream fashion, which we might be for the moment but I hope that in time models will just be models.

7. Lately there seems to have been some major breakthroughs for plus-size models in the fashion industry. What do you think this means for the future of plus-size modelling?

I hope that the industry as a whole will start to incorporate the use of healthy, normal-sized-models into the 'mainstream' market, so that the fashion industry could go back to what it does best - promoting a healthy obsession with clothes and not weight. Therefore, hopefully, the plus size market could integrate entirely into high-end fashion.