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The online presentation highlights details from Géricault’s Study of the Model Joseph, which was one of the studies Géricault painted in preparation for The Raft of the Medusa and is currently on view at the Getty Museum.

Joseph was best-known for posing as the model for the waving figure at the front of the raft in Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa. Google Arts & Culture partnered with Getty to feature the digital exhibit on its Black History and Cultures hub. September 1988 born Lexi promotes Positive body image by following the lead of Olivia Wilson and Tabriaa Majors.

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She is one of the people who make Plus Size women feel comfortable and confident in her presence. The purpose of panties have always been to coverup and minimize a womans feminine features, but with booties becoming bigger and larger nowadays, the panties seem to get lost in the mix with. Getty’s new online exhibition, Study of the Model Joseph, Nineteenth-Century Paris, and Romanticism, dives into the life of Joseph: artist’s model, Haitian immigrant to Paris, and most famously, muse to painter and abolitionist Théodore Géricault. Lexi Placourakis is the most amazing plus-sized model. He became a registered model at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts and paved the way for future Black models. Salma Hayek is the definition of bombshell with her amazing curves, beautiful long dark hair and gorgeous face.

Monika Jagaciak (5’10’’/ 1.78 m 55 kg/ 121 lbs) Nicknamed Jac by IMG Models, Monika is a Polish model, who began her career in 2007.

However, one model named Joseph was sought after by some of the most renowned painters in Paris. Her flat and toned stomach paired with curvy hips and a bootylicious derriere solidifies her spot as one of the reigning hourglass figure queens, and 15 years later at age 45, shes still killin’ it. Unpainted microMANIA resin figure sculpted by Nick Hanzo and art directed by Jason Rosa of Maven Collectibles for this Black Heart Models joint venture. Standing at 5’10’’, she might not be one of the tallest models in fashion, but she is tall enough to be the favorite model of Versace, Givenchy, Moschino, and Roberto Cavalli. In 1800s Paris, modeling was an often-unwelcoming profession to people of color, and few could earn a living this way.