Crystal Renn was once a prominent plus-sized model.
Recently though, photos of the model have surfaced that show her having lost a tremendous amount of weight. Her critics, as a result, are riding her hard and criticizing her role in the industry and as a role model for young women.
The catch? The photos have obviously been retouched - causing uproar in the modeling industry and between Renn and her critics.
For years, models have been too thin. So much so, that it creates a lack of self confidence for many of America's adolescence reading prominent fashion magazines and buying up trendy clothing.
Renn, being a plus sized model, was a refreshing change of pace. She represented an opportunity for young women to embrace their bodies and to focus on style rather than weight.
People Magazine has more via CNN:
Crystal Renn was returning from a photo shoot in Paris for French Vogue earlier this month when she got some troubling news. Retouched photos of the plus size model, who famously overcame anorexia and exercise bulimia 7 years ago before rising to the top of her profession, had been released showing the size 10 beauty looking shockingly thin.
"You want to laugh because you know it's not you, but then you realize everyone out there seeing these images thinks it is," Renn tells PEOPLE. "I was obviously upset and concerned. I don't want some girl who's recovering from anorexia to see the picture and think I don't think that you can be any size and be beautiful. That's completely not what I'm about."
