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Simply Yours says, ask a plus size model a question!

Mrs T : 7 July 2009

Simply Yours has arranged a filmed interview with plus size model Erika Elfwencrona. Instead of them creating a series of penetrating questions, they are asking you my dear reader to think of some.

Now before you ask who is this model, Erika has become a very busy plus size model for the likes of Anna Sholtz, Littlewoods, Bravissimo and of course Simpy Yours. If you want to know more about her, here is a large chunk of text from the Mirror, 'Meet some of the country's plus-size models'...

Erika, 22, from London, was spotted by a scout and started modelling as a nine stone 16-year-old but - not realising her body was still developing - worried as she started to fill out.

She says: "Even though I was 5ft 9ins I was convinced I had to be thinner. My parents grew so worried about the number of times I disappeared into the bathroom to weigh myself, they took away the scales.

"But though I got down to my target weight of 7st 5lbs, my weight started to yo-yo. When I did eat something, I wouldn't be able to stop. It would start with a little bread. Then I would have some more with a little piece of butter. I would end up eating half the loaf. When my agency called me in and suggested I take a break, it was a relief. I took a step back from fashion and went back to college to study.

"I ate normally and my body became the shape it was meant to be - 11 stone. Two years later, I went back to my agency, happier and healthier than ever. They were wowed by my appearance - and this time took me on as a plus-size model.

I am busier than I ever was. I am signed to plussize agency 12plus and travel the world.

"I have starred in the Simply Yours underwear TV commercials and I also model for plus-size designer Anna Scholz, as well as Littlewoods and Bravissimo. I am beautiful because of my weight - not despite it. And my boyfriend agrees."

You can find more of Erika Elfwencrona at 12plus.com and if you want to see her strutting her stuff then here is a video of her advert for Simply Yours (opens in a new window).

So now you know more about her, what do you want to ask? Leave a comment below, they will be sent over to Simply Yours and your name may be read out during the interview. How cool is that?

Don't leave it too long though, as the interview is happening in the next week or so!

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