Jennie Runk

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Jennie 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)

Jennie Runk (born Jennifer Darci May-Corsini; [4] November 2, 1988) is an American plus-size model. She is 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. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Early life

Jennie Runk was born in Georgia and later moved to Chesterfield, Missouri. Runk became a Girl Scout at age 5. [9] As a teenager, she was involved with her high school drama program and worked as a Girl Scout leader. Her family rescued and fostered dogs. [10] She volunteered for the cat adoption center for Open Door Animal Sanctuary at Petsmart in Chesterfield, Missouri. [9]

Runk graduated from Parkway West High School in 2007. She 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 she was volunteering for the cat adoption department. [10] [11] At the time, she was a size 8, in between straight size and plus-size modeling. [9] The Clarkes told her she needed to either lose weight or gain weight to model. She 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. [9] [11] [12]

She has appeared on Good Morning America and was profiled by Cosmopolitan . [10]

She initially signed with New York agency Wilhelmina Models in March 2004. [13] She later switched to Ford Models. [9] Runk starting modeling full-time in 2011 after she moved to New York City. [9] Her first major editorial was Body Language in US Vogue 's April 2005 Shape issue, which was photographed by Steven Meisel. [9]

In addition she appeared twice in Glamour , most notably (in November 2009) nude with six other plus-size models including Ashley Graham, Crystal Renn and Lizzie Miller. [14] Other editorials include Cosmo Girl in February 2006, Marie Claire in October 2007, and several Seventeen editorials. [1] [11] Runk was also interviewed by Vogue Italia's Vogue Curvy. [1]

Her 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. [6] [7] [8] [9] As a result of the coverage, Runk wrote an op-ed piece for BBC on size diversity in fashion and her experiences as a model in May 2013. [7]

Runk has modeled for many plus size retailers, including two Marina Rinaldi campaigns in 2012. [15] [16] Jennie has also walked in several Elena Miro runway shows.

Personal life

Runk lives in New York City. She owns a one-eyed cat, Jasmine. [9]

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