There can be a lot of opportunity in this type of modeling due to a huge majority of American women actually naturally falling into the plus-sized category, there has been a huge growth of models starting their career in this category. Traditionally, plus models were sizes 6 to 8 US (4 to 6 UK), but with the plus fashion industry changing as rapidly as it has, the industry has seen a rise of models of all shapes and further size diversity. Plus size models are gaining a lot of traction, especially on social media, and designers are continuously expanding their size ranges to embrace this growing market in Albany, New York.