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"   Sigh. Unfortunately, we&amp;#039;re on the verge of bikini season, and quick fixes for summer weight loss are all we&amp;#039;ve been hearing about lately. But perhaps you should consider gaining weight for summer? One H&amp;amp;amp;M model did. So it&amp;#039;s nice to see that H&amp;amp;amp;M&amp;#039;s size 12 beauty who made waves when she modeled, among others, Beyonc\u00E9&amp;#039;s bikini line for the retailer \u2014 is not only aware of the implications of slapping celebrities&amp;#039; weight on magazine covers, but made her most important career decision based on wanting to provide positive body imagery for real teen girls. Runk says, via Radar: &amp;quot;I was given the option to lose weight and try to maintain a size four, or to gain a little [...] and start a career as a plus-size model. I knew my body was never meant to be a size four, so I went with plus. People assume &amp;#039;plus&amp;#039; equates to fat, which in turn equates to ugly. This is completely absurd because many women who are considered plus-sized are actually in line with the American national average, or a US size 12/14. There shouldn&amp;#039;t be anything negative about being the same size as the average American woman, or even being a little bigger. Some women are perfectly healthy at a size 16.&amp;quot; Runk, who says that she was an &amp;quot;awkward&amp;quot; teen who worried about her own weight, aimed to inspire plus-size women to &amp;quot;try on a bikini for the first time in years.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;This is exactly the kind of thing I&amp;#039;ve always wanted to accomplish, showing women that it&amp;#039;s OK to be confident even if you&amp;#039;re not the popular notion of &amp;#039;perfect.&amp;#039; This message is especially important for teenage girls. Being a teenage girl is incredibly difficult. They need all the help and support they can get.&amp;quot; For that matter, I&amp;#039;ve always noticed that the women who&amp;#039;ve worked particularly hard on a quick-result diet before summer look pinched and unhappy. Dunno about you, but Runk&amp;#039;s radiance in these bikini shots inspired me to go light on the Jillian Michaels DVDs and heavy on the cronuts. (Half croissant, half donut. You&amp;#039;re welcome.) Follow Anna on Twitter. Image via H&amp;amp;amp;M "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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