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Calvin Klein Plus-Size Meme Reignites Debate About Body Image In Modelling

The size-10 model is stirring up debate — again.
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A photo of Calvin Klein's first plus-size model is making rounds on the Internet once again, and has renewed the debate about body image in the fashion industry.

The ad campaign featuring model Myla Dalbesio was released in 2014. At the time, the Internet erupted when people learned that the size-10 model is technically classified as plus size in the modelling world.

It wasn't the ads put out by the underwear brand that called Dalbesio "plus size". The campaign featured her alongside "straight size" models, which is the industry term for models between sizes zero and four.

But still, when Dalbesio was interviewed by ELLE and the topic of her size came up, the ads faced backlash for what the public thought promoted damaging body image ideas.

This time around, the ad has been fashioned as a meme, declaring her "Calvin Klein's First Plus Size Model."

British Actress Catherine Tyldesley shared the photo on Twitter last week, which is part of the reason the photo has resurfaced, Cosmopolitan reports.

After Tyldesley's tweet, more users voiced their opinion on social media and reignited debate about the label "plus-size" and the impact attributing the same label to slimmer women and more full-figured women can have.

Since seeing the image floating around again, Dalbesio addressed the issue on her Instagram.

She cleared up her reasons for having to work under the plus-size label when she first started modelling, and that she no longer does.

Dalbesio also shouted out other plus-size models like Ashley Graham and Tara Lynn who she hopes women can see themselves reflected in.

When the ad sparked controversy the first time around, Dalbesio addressed it, telling the TODAY show, that she really calls herself an "in-betweenie" since she neither fits the mold of a "straight size" between zero and four, nor a commercial "plus-size" which usually starts at size 14.

She says her ideal would be moving away from extremes and representing all sizes more often.

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