French plus-size model says easier to get jobs in US than France as lawmakers move to ban ultra-thin models

Models at the third Pulp Fashion Week, an event held over Saturday and Sunday in Paris that features larger women on the catwalk. -- PHOTO: AFP.

PARIS (AFP): France's waif obsession means its fashion sector snubs many women with bigger body types, but there is no need for a ban on ultra-thin models, said the patron of a plus-size Paris catwalk show under way this weekend.

"It's a cultural blockage," explained Clementine Desseaux, a 26-year-old French model who lives in New York.