This plus-size MALE model is the very first to sign to a top agency
Zach Miko is making headlines all over the world as he becomes the first plus-sized male model to sign with renowned, global agency IMG Models.
The 26-year-old is the first of the agency's so-called BRAWN division which will depart from the a-typical male models we see in the fashion industry today.
Zach recieved international attention when he became the first plus-sized male to model for top US brand Target and was then scouted by IMG on Instagram.
"Being a man of size, I never imagined for a minute that this would be a possible career,' Miko said to Buzzfeed
"Then, Ivan [president of IMG] told me about his dreams for the fashion industry: diversity, inclusion, evolution. I knew then I hadn’t just found an agency, I had found a home.
"I consider myself a beefy, stocky kind of guy or whatever buzzword you want to use. I’m in the fashion business and I’m required to dress fashionably and yet I have size issues.
"It becomes defeating when I don’t consider myself morbidly obese, but I go to certain stores they don’t have my size."
IMG, which houses world-famous names such as Kate Moss and Gigi Hadid, is using Zach to launch it's new plus-size male division, Brawn.
Yeah, now we just can't wait to see Zach on a runway.
