People Are Praising This Running Magazine for Featuring a Plus-Size Cover Model

Messages of body positivity are so important that it is no surprise people notice when a magazine promotes body inclusiveness. Even Sports Illustrated featured its first plus-size cover model recently. Now, Women’s Running is embracing body positivity for a cover story, and people are noticing.

The latest issue of Women’s Running features model and trendsetter Nadia Aboulhosn. While, Aboulhosn is mostly known for her stylish Instagram, it turns out she is also a runner and fitness advocate.

She is the second plus-size runner to be featured on the cover of Women’s Running.

Aboulhosn, however, is an advocate for ending the labeling of models based on size. She told BuzzFeed, “I’m just trying to normalize what should have already been seen as normal.”

She does think it is great that she was selected to be on the cover because it is a more accurate depiction of the world. People of all sizes run. She sees it as a symptom of a larger problem that people her size are rarely featured in fitness magazines.

“It’s because society sees fit people as being smaller … People don’t think my body type is healthy,” she said.

Her message seems to be striking a cord with women across the country. Her fans, the magazine’s readers, and even people who know little about either seem to agree with the magazine’s decision to put Aboulhosn on the cover.

There has been an outpouring of support on social media, praising the model and the magazine.