'Big is beautiful': Kenya’s plus-size fashion show celebrates bold beauty


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Models present designs by local designers during the main event during the East African Plus Size Fashion Affair. Photo: AFP

In African wax print dresses and tight-fitting evening wear, the "plus-size" models strutted up the runway in Kisumu, western Kenya, in a special event designed to celebrate the beauty of larger women.

Started nine years ago, the East Africa Plus Size Fashion Affair is, according to founder Winnie Wenga Walcott, the only event of its kind in Kenya despite the fact the region "has mostly really plump women".

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