From the San Francisco Chronicle

At 31, Johanna Dray is breathtakingly beautiful, with shoulder-length black hair and big, dark eyes. When she stands up, however, she reveals what has kept her out of most major fashion magazines and catwalks in Europe, including this month’s Paris fashion shows: a voluptuous figure clad, one recent evening, in chic black pants.

“The fashion industry is still really snobby,” said Dray, who became one of France’s first plus-size models a decade ago, and remains among the country’s most successful. “There are only a handful of designers who have used big women for their shows. It’s still pretty closed.” Full Story »