Jade Runk

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Jade Runk
Born (1988-11-02) November 2, 1988 (age 36)
Georgia, United States
Occupation Fashion model [1]
Modeling information
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) [2]
Hair colorLight Brown
Eye colorBlue [2]
AgencyJag Models, [3] Ford Models, [2] Mother Model Management (mother agency)

Jade Runk (born Jennifer Darci May-Corsini; [4] November 2, 1988) is an American plus-size model. They [a] are best known for appearing in H&M's Summer 2013 beachwear campaign, which was featured on the front page of H&M's United States website in late April 2013. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Early life

Jade Runk was born in Georgia and later moved to Chesterfield, Missouri. Runk became a Girl Scout at age 5. [10] As a teenager, they were involved with her high school drama program and worked as a Girl Scout leader. their family rescued and fostered dogs. [11] They volunteered for the cat adoption center for Open Door Animal Sanctuary at Petsmart in Chesterfield, Missouri. [10]

Runk graduated from Parkway West High School in 2007. They graduated from Stephens College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing in 2011. [1]

Career

Runk was discovered in 2003 at 14 in a PetSmart in Chesterfield, Missouri by Mary Clarke of Mother Model Management while they were volunteering for the cat adoption department. [11] [12] At the time, they were a size 8, in between straight size and plus-size modeling. [10] The Clarkes told them they needed to either lose weight or gain weight to model. They chose to gain between 10 and 20 lb (4.5 and 9.1 kg) to a size 10–12 to become a plus-size model. [10] [12] [13]

They have appeared on Good Morning America and was profiled by Cosmopolitan . [11]

They initially signed with New York agency Wilhelmina Models in March 2004. [14] They later switched to Ford Models. [10] Runk starting modeling full-time in 2011 after she moved to New York City. [10] Their first major editorial was Body Language in US Vogue 's April 2005 Shape issue, which was photographed by Steven Meisel. [10]

In addition, they appeared twice in Glamour , most notably (in November 2009) nude with six other plus-size models including Ashley Graham, Crystal Renn and Lizzie Miller. [15] Other editorials include Cosmo Girl in February 2006, Marie Claire in October 2007, and several Seventeen editorials. [1] [12] Runk was also interviewed by Vogue Italia's Vogue Curvy. [1]

Their beachwear appearance in H&M's Summer 2013 campaign was featured on the front page of H&M's US website in late April 2013 and received extensive media coverage and spread rapidly through blogs and social media. [7] [8] [9] [10] As a result of the coverage, Runk wrote an op-ed piece for BBC on size diversity in fashion and their experiences as a model in May 2013. [8]

Runk has modeled for many plus size retailers, including two Marina Rinaldi campaigns in 2012. [16] [17] Jennie has also walked in several Elena Miro runway shows.

Personal life

Runk lives in New York City. They own a one-eyed cat, Jasmine. [10] Runk began taking a low dose of testosterone on July 14, 2024. [18]

Notes

  1. ↑ Runk is transmasculine and non-binary and uses they and he pronouns. [5]

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