Irish model Tia Duffy is hoping to ignite a global conversation about body image since landing a new body confidence campaign in Canada.

The 25-year-old plus-size model from Dublin moved to Toronto in 2015, and she has been working for a "beauty without size" approach to the fashion industry.

"I feel like it's taken me a long time to get here, a lot of campaigning a lot of ups and downs but the bottom line Is did it," she said.

"I became an international model/ spokeswoman after entering beauty pageants 10 years ago and never fitting in. Now my goal is to get my talks on body image all over schools in the USA and Canada maybe a TED talk who knows but I'll keep going. Anything is possible."

Tia currently features in the #BeBodyAware campaign, shot by Tianxiao Zhang, which aims to create equality in the modelling world, recalling occasions where some photographers and stylists who re ... Read more »