Fashion on upward curve: Plus size model out to prove bigger is beautiful

NEW YORK - For years, images of impossibly slim, gorgeous, blemish-free women have filled fashion magazines, billboards and television screens.

Now, 26-year-old British model Iskra Lawrence is waging war on unattainable beauty standards in the fashion world, flexing her might on a social media fueling diversity.

She is among a growing number of plus size models finding fame and calling themselves body activists, promoting health and wellbeing. She also refuses to allow clients to digitally manipulate any of her images.