Promoting a Positive Body Image Doesn't Mean Banishing All Thin Models

Body diversity is a good thing.

Another advancement in the body image discussion: the magazine Women’s Running has put a plus-size runner on its cover, 18-year-old Erica Schenk.

“The cover sparked a huge reaction on social media, inciting the biggest response the magazine has ever had,” says CBS News, which quoted Adweek’s very own Emma Bazilian who says it’s part of a larger trend toward acceptance.

“They can take all the publicity they can get and this is going to be really positive publicity,” Bazilian said.

Schenk was photographed for a fashion spread inside the magazine and, based on that, was added to the cover.

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