Having just been featured in V‘s size issue and on Vogue.it under the headline “a new star in the curvy universe”, Marquita Pring has been making waves in the plus size modelling world of late.

But it seems that Pring is not a fan of being labelled ‘plus size’. Although the model was honoured to be called “a new star in the curvy universe”, she’s hoping she’ll be referred to as a “new star in the MODELLING universe,” next.

So does Pring have a point; do we need labels?

The model recently spoke to fashionista.com about the industry’s fixation with size. “I hate to be categorized,” she said, “I am a model. I do many of the same jobs as others models regardless of their size, race, or gender. I don’t feel a need to specify my size when telling people about my job.

“I’m proud to set an example for women of all sizes as a bigger curvier model, and I’m so thankful to get letters from women of all sizes thanking me for promoting a more realistic healthy image.”

And as for the term ‘curvy’, Pring sees nothing wrong with it. “I don’t need to stress it as my title but I am a curvy, voluptuous, sexy woman and I think the word ‘curvy’ relays a much more positive image. You can be a size 4 or 14 and be considered ‘curvy’.”

We at Talent Management, who are proud to embrace body diversity, think that modelling is about talent and effort, and not necessarily about size.

So whatever labels are dished out, we respect our models for their style and ability to a model, and hope that the fashion industry takes note of this.

What do you think? Should models of different sizes be labelled?