What are some legitimate chicago area petite-plus size modeling agencies?
There is no market for plus size petite models, so no, there are no legitimate petite-plus size modeling agencies in Chicago. There are, however, many companies out there that will tell you that you can model regardless of your height because they want you to buy their modeling classes, their products, etc.
Petite models in general can perhaps find fit work for specific plus sice designers, but not in photography. Generally a new designer will use girls who do not have model height because they can get such girls to work for free or for "exposure," which really is useless because exposure will do nothing for a girl who is not model material.
When there is only one plus size clothing company spending consistent and real money on advertising fashions in petite sizing (Laura Canada, who uses models 5'8"+ in advertising), then agencies have no need to hire models that are shorter than the norm. Where there is no demand, there is no supply - especially when there is no money to be made. If a woman happens to have some kind of other status that makes them desirable to represent, i.e. they are the children of famous people, or are famous for other pursuits, such as acting – then they may be the exception to the 5’8” rule. But there is simply no need for agencies to stretch their boundaries and cater those consumers who want to see smaller women because there is no work and therefore no money in it for them to do so. That doesn't mean that you can't work for certain companies that use petite models because they choose to do so, like Torrid - it just means that you won't be repped by an agency, with the possibility of a career like the taller girls.
I’m just the messenger here - you can try to buck for change all you want but ultimately I think anyone under 5’8” without that whole model package is on a fool’s errand to believe they will be the one to overturn a whole industry’s attitude to height. You can have all the sass and confidence you want, but you need to have the face and all the rest of it to make them even look at you in the first place
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