Rosie Mercado

  • NewsYahoo Beauty

    Why Do Curvy Models Get Shamed for Losing Weight?

    One day, curvy model Jordyn Woods was minding her business, posting an Instagram of herself exercising, as models do. Then the comments started to pour in. As Woods explained it to Barbie Ferreira in a Teen Vogue video, “If you post that you’re working out they’re [commenters] going to say, ‘oh, don’t get too skinny’ or ‘why are you working out if you love your body?’” Barbie replied, “I posted a picture of me at the gym, similarly, and people were like, ‘no! I thought you were confident!’”

  • NewsYahoo Life

    Plus-Size Model Loses 250 Pounds, Gains Hate Mail

    Rosie Mercado, a plus-size model who has been modeling since 2009, recently lost nearly 250 pounds, and said: “And I’m still plus-size, can you believe that?”