Bird, you my friend, are a fool. I am proof that you are so wrong it's sad.
When I first started in this industry, I worked for an agency. By far I was the fattest girl there, and I was working alongside some gorgeous, victoria's secret model-types. I was the most popular girl there, this is a fact, and not my imagination. Why? Because there are already so many slim girls out there, that that all look the same at agencies after awhile, and people like variety.
Why don't serious agencies accept fat girls? It's not because there isn't a demand for it you silly man. It's because they think, like you, that we aren't a popular body type, and therefore they don't know how to market us properly.
I met with a popular Montreal agency when I first moved here to sign up with them, they told me "we can't promise you'll do well, bigger girls usually don't" well unfortunately for them, I knew how wrong they were from the previous agency, so I decided to go independent instead of working for an agency that doesn't understand the market, and by God look at me now!
Go away Bird, you're a sad soul.
Even those "healthy weight range" figures can be misleading. For instance, AR's website indicates that she is 5-1 and 160 pounds. And, based on photos, she might be classified as "thick," but most definitely not fat. My view is that she is a curvy and beautiful young lady.
While I appreciate the point you're trying to make samclemens, I am a proud fatty and still beautiful nonetheless. You can be beautiful AND fat, the two are not exclusive of each other
Also, in reference to BMI, it's been proven time and again that BMI Stats are not an accurate representation of health.