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===Normal-size=== [[File:Camille Kostek in California, September 2017 3.png|alt=Refer to caption|upright|thumb|[[Camille Kostek]] is a normal-size or "middle model" at size 4/6.]] Also known as the "in-between" and "middle models",<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/not-middle-sized-models-fashion/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/not-middle-sized-models-fashion/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Why aren't there more 'middle' sized models in fashion?|last=Holt|first=Bethan|date=2018-11-10|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-08-15|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> they are neither considered catalogue size (0β2) nor plus-size (10 up).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brit.co/why-middle-models-left-out-of-traditional-fashion-industry/|title=Why the Average American Woman Is Being Left Out of the Traditional Fashion Industry|website=Brit + Co|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15|date=2018-05-30}}</ref> There is criticism that these models have been left out of the conversation because fashion companies and brands opt to employ the extremes of the spectrum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/news/fashion-style/myla-dalbesio-calvin-klein-plus-size|title=Myla Dalbesio on Her New Calvin Klein Campaign and the Rise of the 'In-Between' Model|last=Chernikoff|first=Leah|date=2014-11-07|website=ELLE|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/video/today/56403610|title=Size 10 model: Controversy over my body 'so surreal'|date=2014-11-11|website=TODAY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref> Model [[Camille Kostek]] who was on a solo cover of [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue|''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue]] in 2019 has stated that she was told by a well-known international modelling agency "...that it was too bad that I wasn't a size 10. That plus size is a big market right now and it's too bad I wasn't measuring bigger. My size (4/6) is considered an "in-between size", meaning I'm not a straight model nor plus model, I'm right in the middle.<ref>: {{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BeoQ0xDHUTD/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BeoQ0xDHUTD |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=CAMILLE KOSTEK on Instagram: "Recently I experienced a situation that rattled me for a moment, so I wanted to take it to my page for whoever is open to reading.I madeβ¦"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/camille-kostek-change-her-body-until-sports-illustrated-cover-185820847.html|title='Sports Illustrated' model Camille Kostek was told to adjust her measurements|website=yahoo.com|date=10 May 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref> Actress [[Mindy Kaling]] has described this body type in her 2011 book ''Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me?'' writing, "Since I am not model-skinny, but also not super-fat... I fall into that nebulous, 'Normal American Woman Size' that legions of fashion stylists detest... Many stylists hate that size because, I think, to them, I lack the self-discipline to be an aesthetic, or the sassy confidence to be a total fatty hedonist. They're like, 'Pick a lane.'"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/middle-sized-models-and-women-are-ignored-2016-7|title=There's a group of women that the clothing industry is ignoring β and it's costing them tons of money|last=Schlossberg|first=Mallory|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
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