South Korean plus-size model Vivian Geeyang Kim poses for a photo shoot in order to update her online clothing shop at a studio in Seoul. AFP PHOTO
South Korean plus-size model Vivian Geeyang Kim poses for a photo shoot in order to update her online clothing shop at a studio in Seoul. AFP PHOTO

Kim, who is a US size 10, runs an online clothing shop and publishes a fashion magazine specifically for plus-size women in South Korea—a first in a country where beauty is defined by rail-thin teenage K-pop stars and TV actresses whose diets are strictly controlled by their management.

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