There is so much going on in the world of fashion every day that it is possibly the most exciting industry in the world. There is always something new coming up in this vivid industry and that is what makes being a part of it so exciting.
Through the years, there have been major changes that have rattled and shaken this fascinating industry from the inside, possibly none more so than the enthralling entry of plus size models who took over the ramp business and slayed in their own wonderful way.
Of those many who transitioned from being women to being recognized women who were there to take the world by storm and leave a trail of success behind them.
One of those women who has since taken up the mantle of keeping plus size models in the limelight is Iskra Lawrence. Iskra Lawrence was born in Wolverhampton and grew up in Kidderminster, Worcestershire from the age of 6 weeks.
Lawrence attended Malvern St James and then Bromsgrove School was a competitive national swimmer, and was accepted into the UK National Youth Theatre at 15. Her name means ‘spark’ in most Slavic languages.
She has done some amazing work on the ramp and even when she is not scorching the runways and flaunting her curves she makes heads turn because of the other activities and organizations that she is a part of or is associated with.
With over 6 million followers on social, supermodel Iskra Lawrence is one of the most prominent leaders of the body positivity movement. Lawrence is the global Role Model for Aerie, a brand of clothing from American Eagle Outfitters.
Lawrence is a model for the American Eagle Outfitters lingerie line Aerie. She has also modeled for the lingerie brand, Adore Me.
After 13 years of modeling Lawrence completed her catwalk debut at New York Fashion Week for Chromat in 2016 and walked in L’Oréal’s first fashion show at Paris Fashion Week in October 2017.
American Eagle Outfitters chose Lawrence along with five other millennials for their Fall 2017 jean campaign “The New American Jean“, which makes use of unretouched images. In 2018 Lawrence was announced as a brand ambassador for Marina Rinaldi’s Persona collection campaign which was a huge step up and a wonderful ode to what Iskra Lawrence has achieved throughout her career.
A British model, Iskra Lawrence is represented by JAG models in the Americas and Models 1 in Europe. She believes that #EveryBODYisBeautiful!
And is a frontrunner when it comes to promoting or heralding the body positivity movement. She also is a huge believer in body diversity and self-care and has long been committed to improving the image of women in the media, having been told that she was both too big for straight-size modeling and not big enough for plus-modeling during the initial days of her modeling career.
Perhaps, the biggest moment of her career came along when she was honored with an inclusion in the BBC’s list of World’s 100 Most Influential Women.
Apart from her modeling and social media assignments, Lawrence is also a great activist who believes in helping and promoting various causes. Lawrence is a National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) brand ambassador and creator of the NEDA Inspires Award. In 2017, Lawrence appeared in the Straight Curve documentary “about body image and the industry leaders challenging society’s unrealistic and dangerous standards of beauty”.
In February 2017, Lawrence presented “Ending the Pursuit of perfection” at TEDx University of Nevada. In 2018 Lawrence was announced as a L’Oréal Prince’s Trust Ambassador.
Lawrence was a contributor to the Self magazine and was the founding managing editor at Runway Riot, a website meant to be an outlet for women of all shapes and sizes to learn about glamour.
In 2018 Lawrence was the host of “The Mirror Challenge with Iskra” a Facebook Watch series from Clevver Media a brand of Defy Media. As the creator of the show’s main concept, Lawrence also received a producer credit for the program. In 2017, she was one of the seven women chosen for World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Great Girl Leaders.
Lawrence was listed in the ‘multi-hyphenates’ category of the 2017 Maxim Hot 100. In 2019 Lawrence was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 for Europe within the Art & Culture category. In their centennial year, Malvern St James School recognized Lawrence as one of their Malvern Alumnae 100 “Celebrating the talent and diversity of Malvern Old Girls.
Inspiring the women of the future.” The many accolades that she has won throughout her career as both a supermodel and an activist for various moments, is clearly evident why Iskra Lawrence is so talked about in the world of fashion today.
A model who is doing pioneering work, Iskra Lawrence has also found great happiness in her personal life as she just in the month of November 2019, revealed that she was about to have a baby with her songwriter partner Phillip Payne.
There is so much that this 29-year-old beautiful lady from the British shores of Wolverhampton has achieved in her career, that it is extremely easy to compare her career with words like par excellence.
She has made it clear through her vision and hard work that it is essential to judge people on the basis of the credibility of their work, the hard work that they put in and not judge them based on their size or any other such factor.
There is so much more left for this stunning beauty to accomplish in her career yet, and we have no doubt we will be hearing about her a lot more in the future as well just like we do now.
