Overweight people promote plus-size fashion

HAIKOU - At a height of five-foot-seven and weighing in at 220 pounds, 30-year-old Zhong Yun is a bit bigger than most Chinese, but he has never failed to present himself in a fashionable way korean long sleeve pure black.

Donning brown aviators and a denim shirt tucked into faded jeans, he looks like he might've just come from a photo shoot.

Zhong is a Chinese entrepreneur who seeks to help other overweight folks look and feel stylish, despite a lack of clothing tailored to their specifications.

"I want to help fat people become fashionistas," he said.

With the rapid development of Chinese society and economy, the wide availability of fatty food, increasing car ownership and less exercise have all had an effect on the body size of the people long dress korea maxi ethnic.

Statistics show that every one out of at least five among China's 1.3 billion people is overweight, and 120 million are obese.

At 198 pounds, 30-year-old Wu Nan is the heaviest "official model" for Taobao, a Chinese website equivalent to eBay. Nicknamed "Pangpang" (fatty in Chinese), Wu is a professional plus-size model.

However, she said she used to isolate herself because of her weight.

"I gained 70 pounds after giving birth to my son. I felt totally distorted," she said, adding that she quit her job as a French translator and locked herself indoors at home. "I was afraid of meeting friends. I didn't go to clothing stores, because they didn't offer my size."

During the three years following her pregnancy, she tried every means to lose weight, but never succeeded. But one day, she saw a picture of a British plus-size woman named Chloe Marshall, a size 16 and competitor in the Miss United Kingdom beauty pageant.

"I thought, 'why don't I give myself a second chance?' A chance to be beautiful without being slimmed down," Wu said.

She went to a plus-size tailor not far away from her home in South China's city of Shenzhen and volunteered to be a model.

"I gradually accepted the larger me in front of the camera," said Wu, "I was still trying to lose weight, but I love who I am now."

"Being overweight usually causes stress, which in turn makes the weight situation even worse," said Jiao Donghai, director of the Weight Reduction Center at the Shanghai Xiangshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine pure white chiffon skirt.

Jiao believes stress can cause endocrine disorders, as well as decrease the willingness to socialize and exercise, all of which can aggravate weight problems.