Size matters as curvy Leonie wins big modelling contract

KATE MOSS may get all the attention but most women think of her more as dartboard material than fashion inspiration.

So to give fashion- conscious Irish females an alternative style icon, a contest yesterday awarded a modelling contract and cover-girl shoot to a new star who really fits their idea of fabulous.

Leonie Maher beat competition from some 5,000 entrants to be crowned the country’s most curvaceous woman in the contest run by SimplyBe.ie, an online fashion store that caters for larger women which, in truth, means most women.