Kelsey Olson
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Kelsey Olson is one of America's best known plus-size models. Kelsey was born in 1986 and grew up in La Verne, California. She has appeared on numberous covers for magazines and does extensive work for the Torrid retail chain.
Kelsey quickly rose to fame after high-school when she modeled for Elle Magazine doing a a five page spread on plus sizes. She became a spokesmodel for Torrid in 2004. She appears in a two-page editorial in the 2007 edition of Teen Prom magazine [1], and has modelled for The Bon-Ton [2], Fashion Bug [3], Sydney’s Closet [4], and Igigi [5], and appears extensively at Torrid.com. She does runway work during New York's fashion week.
Kelsey has spoken out and has been an advocate for regular body sizes in the fashion industry. Kelsey has appeared on many national TV shows. Kelsey is a firm believer that the fashion industry should be showing real-size woman in the ads and on the runway. She takes her message whenever she appears in public.
Kelsey is one of the top working models in the today's fashion industry and is proud of her size 14/16. Kelsey is represented by L.A. Models in California and by Dorothy Combs Models [6] in Miami. Ms. Olson is considered one of only a handfull of plus-size supermodels working in the fashion industry.
[edit] Magazines and TV Appearances for Kelsey
Magazine
- Elle
- Teen Prom
- Seventeen
- Teen Vogue
- Bombshell (Focus Interview)
TV
- The View
- The Today Show