Velvet d'Amour has been creating quite a stir in the modeling industry over the past couple of months. It all began when Jean-Paul Gaultier had Velvet model in one of his runway shows in some extremely risque lingerie. While this created a lot of controversy and generated a lot of criticism in some aspects of modeling it has done nothing but advance Velvet's modeling career and future potential.

Velvet has been all over TV, radio and magazine since the original runway show and has appeared on TV shows like Entertainment Tonight and The Tyra Show. While some people are taking Velvet's opinions out of context, she assures everyone that she is not against smaller models at all. She thinks that everyone should feel beautiful, regardless of their size. She and a few other plus-size models have been traveling around promoting themselves and their images.

The 300 pound model has dealt with her fair share of eating disorders over the years and has come to the conclusion that your weight should not determine whether or not you're beautiful. In my opinion, Velvet is creating a positive environment for the modeling industry, which has clearly been too focused on weight in the past years. Whether a model is big or small should not affect the modeling industry as a whole. Each designer has their own view of what will sell their clothing and Velvet is proof that there's room for everyone in the industry.