Jennie Runk
| Jennie Runk | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 June 1989 Georgia, United States |
| Occupation | Fashion model |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hair color | Light Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Manager | Jag Models, Ford Models, Mother Model Management (mother agency) |
Jennie Runk (born June 13, 1989) 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.
Jennie Runk was born in Georgia and later moved to Chesterfield, Missouri. Runk became a Girl Scout at age 5. 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. She volunteered for the cat adoption center for Open Door Animal Sanctuary at Petsmart in Chesterfield, Missouri.
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.
Runk was discovered in 2003 at 13 in a PetSmart in Chesterfield, Missouri by Mary Clarke of Mother Model Management while she was volunteering for the cat adoption department. At the time, she was a size 8, in between straight size and plus-size modeling. 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.
She has appeared on Good Morning America and was profiled by Cosmopolitan.
She initially signed with New York agency Wilhelmina Models in March 2004. She later switched to Ford Models. Runk starting modeling full-time in 2011 after she moved to New York City. Her first major editorial was Body Language in US Vogue's April 2005 Shape issue, which was photographed by Steven Meisel.
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