Plus-size model working in Greggs after losing work 'due to rise of weight loss jabs'

A PLUS-size model from North Wales has taken a new job at Greggs, as she says she has struggled to find work due to the rise in weight loss jabs and that agencies “no longer want people who look like people”.

- By TAITE JOHNSON & OLIVIA STRINGER

Megan Byrne, 26, has been a model for 10 years, but said that over the past 12 months her work has dried up.

The mum-of-one, from Wrexham, said modelling agencies now wanted a specific look, and no longer wanted models with “saggy skin” or “bingo wings’.

She put this down to the rise in popularity of weight-loss jabs such as Mounjaro.

Megan, who is a size 14, said: “They want a specific type of plus-sized model, it’s the type that can still wear absolutely anything.

“Opportunities have dried up for almost every single plus-size model out there.

“They don’t want people who look like people any more. It was such an uphill battle to get even half of the way there and thanks to weight-loss jabs it feels like we're starting back at the bottom.

“Being skinny through weight-loss injections is an epidemic”

‘The award-winning model's work has depleted so much, she has had to get a job in Greggs to be able to provide for her family.