Ben Whit

Plus-size male model Ben Whit: "Ignore what social media says men should look like"

Ben Whit never dreamed of becoming a model, but after doing a Groupon photoshoot for fun, someone at the shoot suggested he send the photos to a talent agency, and in 2016 he was signed by Bridge Models, becoming the UK’s first plus-size male model.

“Being in front of the camera was different, obviously, to the lifestyle I was living at the time – I was a landscape gardener,” says...