Plus-size model is term applied to an individual of larger stature (sometimes but not exclusively overweight or obese) who is engaged primarily in modeling plus-size clothing. Plus-size models also engage in work that is not strictly related to selling large-sized clothing, e.g., stock photography and advertising photography for cosmetics, household and pharmaceutical products and sunglasses, footwear and watches Therefore, plus-size models do not exclusively wear garments marketed as plus-size clothing. This is especially true when participating in fashioneditorials for mainstream fashion magazines.
Synonymous and interchangeable with plus-size model is "full-figured model","extended-sizes model", and "outsize model". Previously, the term "large size model" was also frequently used.