098: Ameni Esseibi: The First Curvy Model of the Arab World on Breaking Beauty Standards in Fashion

Ameni Esseibi is someone who has spent years challenging the fashion industry to make room for her — and won. She is the first plus-size Arab model, a body positivity advocate, a Jean Paul Gaultier ambassador, a Paris Fashion Week runway veteran, and a woman who has built an entire career on the radical act of showing up exactly as she is. Born in Tunisia, raised in Dubai, and educated in the…