on larry king now plus size models test holiday and zach nico the average male waist size in america is forty inches and meanwhile most major brands especially designers won't produce clothing more than a thirty six a lot of people assume that people that are all the way it is are lazy that we sit around and eat all day and it's quite the opposite i work out. by i've been big my whole life i don't remember a moment where i haven't been something that comes along with the industry telling people that this culture of thin look is now the new body type that's also a multibillion dollar industry to sell people products to become something that they might not be natural but it's an attainable goal to look that way and that we're staying in fashion magazines and it's damaging plus i didn't grow up with everyone my size as representative as handsome as desirable and if i was a young kid and i saw someone like me on the cover of a catalog or a magazine what would that have done for my personal self-esteem knowing that i could be a bigger person and still be celebrated all next on larry king