Tara Lynn

Not to be confused with Tara Flynn.

Tara Lynn (born July 26, 1982) is an American plus-size model^[5] from Tacoma, Washington. She is best known as a lingerie model for plus-size clothing.

Tara Lynn
Born	(1982-07-26) July 26, 1982 (age 42) Tacoma, Washington, USA
Modeling information
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Agency	IMG Models (New York, Paris, Milan, London, Sydney)[1][2][3] Francina Models (Barcelona) Heffner Management (Seattle)[4]

Early life

Tara Lynn was born on July 26, 1982, in Tacoma, Washington, where she grew up.^[6]

Career

Tara Lynn drew attention in the fashion world after being featured in V and in the French Elle’s plus-size fashion shoot. She has also appeared on the cover of the June, 2011 Vogue Italia on the Spanish July 2010 XL-Semanal, in Elle-Québec and in Time magazine in 2010.^[7] She has also been featured Glamour.^[8] She appeared on the covers of various issues of Lucky Fall Jeans' promotional magazine.^[9]

Tara Lynn has appeared in advertisings for H&M.^[10]

When Tara Lynn was the covergirl for Elle, the picture was accompanied by the tagline 'The Body' implying that hers is the shape women should aspire to - rather than a slim figure.^[11] Since then, Lynn has become one of the faces of plus-size modelling.^[12] In an interview she admitted to being bullied at as a teenager: 'I was a size 14/16 (UK size 18 - 20) in high school, and it wasn't the easiest thing. (...) As a 16, I definitely felt like my weight was holding me back. I was supposed to have these bones protruding from my body and clearly that's not the case, and not the way my body's meant to be.^[13]