Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
No fees, cancel anytime.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
then open in external browser
and click "Open in External Browser" 
User submission
17.5K
This Is What Happens When A Plus-Size Model Tries To Recreate Gigi Hadid’s Nude Photo Shoot
We first met Diana Sirokai a while back in a previous post of ours, when she had spent a little time recreating shots of Kim Kardashian in her own, plus-sized style. Now she has teamed up again with fashion photographer Karizza to recreate another iconic photoshoot, this time the nude shot of Gigi Hadid.
Uploaded on Instagram with the caption “I was just wondering how a model my Size would look on this” the photo shows Diana nude apart from a pair of boots, hand across chest while giving a sultry look to the camera.
While most commenters on her post were positive and supportive of Diana and her efforts to promote body diversity in the fashion industry, there were the inevitable disagreements between those who embrace a body-positive image like Diana promotes, and those who believe that normalising unhealthy weight gain should not be encouraged. “I wanna tell you that I admire your strength to show yourself to the world and love yourself the way you do. Both of you look beautiful in the pictures,” said one user, striking the right kind of positive vibe that we believe lies behind Diana’s original intention.
No matter what your position on the issue is, Diana is undeniably a beautiful woman. Scroll down below to check out her recreation photoshoot, as well as some of her previous photos. It’s not a competition to see which woman looks ‘better’ in the pictures, just a way of showing that women of all sizes are beautiful. Simple!
More info: Instagram
RELATED:
This is Gigi Hadid’s iconic Stuart Weitzman campaign photo
Image credits: Stuart Weitzman / Mario Testino
Plus-size model Diana Sirokai came up with an idea to recreate that same photoshoot herself
Image credits: Karizza Photographer
She uploaded her photo on Instagram with the caption “I was just wondering how a model my Size would look on this”
Image credits: Karizza Photographer
Previously, Diana had asked a professional photographer to use Photoshop on her and her friend Callie’s bodies to show how much can be changed using computer software
Image credits: Karizza Photographer
In the same post, they showed the original image encouraging people to “Own who you are and slay”
Image credits: Karizza Photographer
Through her projects Diana spreads the body positivity message
Image credits: dianasirokai
She even shared an image of her body next to Kim Kardashian with an empowering note – “We are both women with different bodies”
Image credits: dianasirokai
The main message behind it is that everyone should love themselves, and that’s something that we can all get behind
Image credits: dianasirokai
727Kviews
Share on FacebookExplore more of these tags
What do you think ?
Biljana Malesevic 7 years ago
Why there is no middle ground in fashion industry? Either models are really skinny or really overweight to the point it's health endangering. Why not show a model who is average healthy size? Thou there is Iskra Lawrence, I just remembered. :)
A Ghost 7 years ago
There's Mindy Kaling who is very average sized but classified as fat
Load More Replies...
L and P 7 years ago
not this again..... why cannt the fashion-industry just get "regular" models? plus size is the same unhealthy thing than those old school skinny models.. I dont get it...
Pseudo Puppy 7 years ago
Traditionally speaking, thinner models were used, as most folks are thinner when younger, and "youth" is considered the "most" appealing, as it is during youth that women were available for marriage, therefore, more appealing to men. "All" models are the 'same' size, simply for consistency. "Models" were needed to display / show clothes, when fashion started to be mass-manufactured. So, for the sake of simplicity & cost-effectiveness, those displaying the clothes had to be able to fit the display-model of the clothes. The stores couldn't afford to have one of every item of clothing, in every size, to be used for 'display'.... so they'd choose one size, and hire models who were that size. This then continued on, as the fashion industry expanded. The reason for thinner models being preferred, from a construction point of view: less curves, therefore less tailoring required. ie it's "easier" to fit someone with less curves. I hope that helps explain the history behind it. :)
Load More Replies...
giovanna 7 years ago
No. You're morbidly obese. Don't "own" that. It's not a matter of appearance, it's a matter of health.
Lodogg 3323 7 years ago
Monilip, it wasn’t painters who considered fat a ‘beauty’ it was the style of the rich. They could afford to be fat because it showed they didn’t have to work like the serfs. They could gorge themselves all day. Much like today it’s the exact opposite, whereas status shows you can afford to eat healthy and work out and stay thin.
Load More Replies...
ivan bolitekurac 7 years ago
Random person:"I eat 6000 calories a day,i dont brush my teeth and i did not shave my legs and arm pits " Boredpanda:"Omg,you are so unique,beautiful and brave,can we make a story about you?"
Deanna Dilbeck 7 years ago
Diana, you are a beautiful woman. I looked like you at that age. Now I'm 52 and the weight I have carried for the past 35+ years has about destroyed my life. I can't walk with assistance. I can't get up out of chairs. I can barely breath anymore and unfortunately it is a result of the pressure on my joints and muscles that the extra weight contributed too. Love who you are, but please, please to physically keep your body in mind when thinking about your future.
Full Name 7 years ago
It's never too late Deanna. You lose weight in the kitchen and there's no time like the present. Your body will thank you.
Load More Replies... AKA 7 years ago
If she really loved her body, she would take care of it. Don't 'accept' yourself--improve yourself. Being the best you can be is a lifelong journey. This just glamorizes laziness.
Daria B 7 years ago
To improve yourself, you first need to accept yourself, though... Improving yourself involves a lot of studying and observation. If you don't accept yourself first, you're too shy or roo anxious to start anything.
Load More Replies...
Ellis 7 years ago
Skinny models: unhealthy Obese models: unhealthy Can’t the industry use regular models, with a healthy weight to promote body positivity and fashion brands (and everything else models promote)? I am sick and tired of seeing obesity promoted as “body positivity” - whatever the cause, obesity is just as unhealthy as anorexia/boulimia and neither of those “body types” should be promoted as a standard of beauty.
Victor Vakaras 7 years ago
I'm glad to see push back on these types of articles. You wouldn't glorify someone smoking or drinking to excess, but when people are very overweight you have no problem whatsoever. Being that heavy is torture on your body. Just stop with this s**t already.
Michelle Castiglioni 7 years ago
So what? She'll. Have to deal with it, then. Don't worry about younger girls emulating her...there are more than enough messages sending out the exact opposite.
Load More Replies...
Erin O'Brien 7 years ago
I was skinny my whole life until developing a tumor (I named it Marla bc Fight Club) in my noggin. The weight isn’t what’s made me unhealthy, it’s the extra hormones secreted due to Marla that have given me problems. Weight can be a symptom of a different problem. Short version: don’t f____ing judge others, because we’re all on difficult journeys and not all involve Krispy Kremes and corn dogs.
Jeni Leigh 7 years ago
I named mine Fred. He's gone now but the extra weight isn't so easy to get rid of.
Load More Replies...
Tess 7 years ago
Man people are really mean, she is beautiful. Yes she may be at a size that is risky but we don't know her situation, she might be trying to get healthier and in the meantime is embracing her body and trying to love it. I don't know, I feel conflicted. Yes we should strive to be healthy for our body types, some people are a bigger build or simply put on weight easier than others, when I see this I see someone trying to love themself in a world where size zero is deemed beautiful in the fashion world and doing the best they can. I don't see it as she's trying to say it's okay to be big or to try promote bad eating or not being healthy, I see it as her just trying to feel good again, a lot of these comments run the risk of promoting eating disorders by shaming her into being skinny. As someone that was bullied for being skinny, it's just sad that weight is such a big deal.
Tess 7 years ago
I know I sort of contradicted myself here at the end as yes this post is about weight so of course it's a 'big deal' here, I just wish it wasn't so much :-)
Load More Replies... Biljana Malesevic 7 years ago
Why there is no middle ground in fashion industry? Either models are really skinny or really overweight to the point it's health endangering. Why not show a model who is average healthy size? Thou there is Iskra Lawrence, I just remembered. :)
A Ghost 7 years ago
There's Mindy Kaling who is very average sized but classified as fat
Load More Replies... L and P 7 years ago
not this again..... why cannt the fashion-industry just get "regular" models? plus size is the same unhealthy thing than those old school skinny models.. I dont get it...
Pseudo Puppy 7 years ago
Traditionally speaking, thinner models were used, as most folks are thinner when younger, and "youth" is considered the "most" appealing, as it is during youth that women were available for marriage, therefore, more appealing to men. "All" models are the 'same' size, simply for consistency. "Models" were needed to display / show clothes, when fashion started to be mass-manufactured. So, for the sake of simplicity & cost-effectiveness, those displaying the clothes had to be able to fit the display-model of the clothes. The stores couldn't afford to have one of every item of clothing, in every size, to be used for 'display'.... so they'd choose one size, and hire models who were that size. This then continued on, as the fashion industry expanded. The reason for thinner models being preferred, from a construction point of view: less curves, therefore less tailoring required. ie it's "easier" to fit someone with less curves. I hope that helps explain the history behind it. :)
Load More Replies... giovanna 7 years ago
No. You're morbidly obese. Don't "own" that. It's not a matter of appearance, it's a matter of health.
Lodogg 3323 7 years ago
Monilip, it wasn’t painters who considered fat a ‘beauty’ it was the style of the rich. They could afford to be fat because it showed they didn’t have to work like the serfs. They could gorge themselves all day. Much like today it’s the exact opposite, whereas status shows you can afford to eat healthy and work out and stay thin.
Load More Replies... ivan bolitekurac 7 years ago
Random person:"I eat 6000 calories a day,i dont brush my teeth and i did not shave my legs and arm pits " Boredpanda:"Omg,you are so unique,beautiful and brave,can we make a story about you?"
Deanna Dilbeck 7 years ago
Diana, you are a beautiful woman. I looked like you at that age. Now I'm 52 and the weight I have carried for the past 35+ years has about destroyed my life. I can't walk with assistance. I can't get up out of chairs. I can barely breath anymore and unfortunately it is a result of the pressure on my joints and muscles that the extra weight contributed too. Love who you are, but please, please to physically keep your body in mind when thinking about your future.
Full Name 7 years ago
It's never too late Deanna. You lose weight in the kitchen and there's no time like the present. Your body will thank you.
Load More Replies... AKA 7 years ago
If she really loved her body, she would take care of it. Don't 'accept' yourself--improve yourself. Being the best you can be is a lifelong journey. This just glamorizes laziness.
Daria B 7 years ago
To improve yourself, you first need to accept yourself, though... Improving yourself involves a lot of studying and observation. If you don't accept yourself first, you're too shy or roo anxious to start anything.
Load More Replies... Ellis 7 years ago
Skinny models: unhealthy Obese models: unhealthy Can’t the industry use regular models, with a healthy weight to promote body positivity and fashion brands (and everything else models promote)? I am sick and tired of seeing obesity promoted as “body positivity” - whatever the cause, obesity is just as unhealthy as anorexia/boulimia and neither of those “body types” should be promoted as a standard of beauty.
Victor Vakaras 7 years ago
I'm glad to see push back on these types of articles. You wouldn't glorify someone smoking or drinking to excess, but when people are very overweight you have no problem whatsoever. Being that heavy is torture on your body. Just stop with this s**t already.
Michelle Castiglioni 7 years ago
So what? She'll. Have to deal with it, then. Don't worry about younger girls emulating her...there are more than enough messages sending out the exact opposite.
Load More Replies... Erin O'Brien 7 years ago
I was skinny my whole life until developing a tumor (I named it Marla bc Fight Club) in my noggin. The weight isn’t what’s made me unhealthy, it’s the extra hormones secreted due to Marla that have given me problems. Weight can be a symptom of a different problem. Short version: don’t f____ing judge others, because we’re all on difficult journeys and not all involve Krispy Kremes and corn dogs.
Jeni Leigh 7 years ago
I named mine Fred. He's gone now but the extra weight isn't so easy to get rid of.
Load More Replies... Tess 7 years ago
Man people are really mean, she is beautiful. Yes she may be at a size that is risky but we don't know her situation, she might be trying to get healthier and in the meantime is embracing her body and trying to love it. I don't know, I feel conflicted. Yes we should strive to be healthy for our body types, some people are a bigger build or simply put on weight easier than others, when I see this I see someone trying to love themself in a world where size zero is deemed beautiful in the fashion world and doing the best they can. I don't see it as she's trying to say it's okay to be big or to try promote bad eating or not being healthy, I see it as her just trying to feel good again, a lot of these comments run the risk of promoting eating disorders by shaming her into being skinny. As someone that was bullied for being skinny, it's just sad that weight is such a big deal.
Tess 7 years ago
I know I sort of contradicted myself here at the end as yes this post is about weight so of course it's a 'big deal' here, I just wish it wasn't so much :-)
Load More Replies...
Related on Bored Panda
217
237