Plus-size models to meet demand for fuller figures

Vicki Mooney, once a size 32 and morbidly obese, will later this week launch V+ Models — Ireland’s first plus-size model agency. The mother of three said V+ Models would fill a gap in people’s lives for healthy role models with a fuller figure.

“We will work with clients to show their clothes fitting real women, the same women who make up 42% of the market.”

She expressed regret the life-saving obesity surgery that gave her a second chance in life was no longer available at Dublin’s St Vincent’s University Hospital.