Everyone is obsessed with the show "Orange is the New Black": with the remarkable writing, captivating characters, and the twists and turns of the drama-filled episodes… you can’t go wrong with watching it! One of the most influential characters within the show is Daya, with captivating the watchers with her love interest in the charming Officer Bennett, her feisty attitude with her mother, and her soft spot for her baby, what’s not to like? But now, with all of us now waiting anxiously for the next season to come on to Netflix after the cliff hanger they show left us with, we now can be blow away by the actress yet again with her life outside of the screen. Everyone knows that the Daya actress has a beautiful curvy body and is not afraid to show it off when it comes to award shows and the Red Carpet. However, being an actress and attending award shows isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be when you are a plus-sized individual.
Dascha Polanco was invited to the Red Carpet mentioned in an interview with "Vogue Magazine" that she has attempted to reach out to a few designers and high-end brand names but was turned down by every one of them because they don’t carry her size and refuse to dress her. She continued to tell the interviewer that she loves to shop in high name brand stores and mix up her own style, however when it came down to asking those brands if they could dress her for the next red carpet event, the brands responded with not having her size in their clothing and that maybe in the future they will try with plus size clothing. This kind of response was not something that Polanco was going to put up with. She declares that she is done with their close-mindedness and will no longer be wasting her money in establishments that don’t accept women in all shapes and sizes.
The dominant sizes in the fashion industry are mainly zero, two, and four. When it comes to most fashion industries, they consider size eight to be plus size. Size eight! Seeing the average clothing size for women in the U.S is sizes 12 to 14, the fashion industry is clearly deranged with their idealistic on the female body. In the U.S. the average female model that we see walking the runway is averaged at 0-00.
They need to promote bodies of all sizes when it comes to modeling, to give young girls and women the confidence booster they need to see that they are beautiful no matter what size they are. This is why women like Dascha Polanco are so important this day in age, women need more voices when it comes to fighting against what is considered the “ideal woman” and “beautiful.” The high-end brands that tossed Polanco to the side when she inquired about using their brands at the red carpet, should have jumped at the opportunity to push past their limits and explore new territory that is: plus sizes.
Because of Dascha Polanco rejection from these clothing lines, she is now motivated to generate her own lines of fashion that can encourage women to love their bodies. You go girl!
