About

Alex LaRosa is an international model living in Los Angeles, CA. She first started modeling in 2009 and has gained an increased amount of attention as an up and coming plus size model in the past two years. While she is most known as one of the faces of SWAK Designs, Alex has shot campaigns for multiple plus size fashion brands such as Living Doll LA, Size Appeal, ModCloth, Huudaverti, A Clothes Mind, and Chic and Curvy Boutique.

Alex hit the runway at Los Angeles Fashion Week for her first runway show in Spring 2013. Since then, she has continued to walk the runway for the Orange County Fashion Showcase and a number of the Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall shows. Once having booked the show from a nation-wide model casting, Alex LaRosa became a crowd favorite at the highly-praised Full Figured Fashion Week in summer 2013. Alex could be seen modeling notable designers and brands such as Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Vince Camuto, Ashley Stewart, Curvezz, Nakimuli, and more!

Alex uses her platform as a plus size model to start and continue conversations about the importance of size and race diversity in the modeling industry and beyond. She is committed to being a spokesperson for the body positive movement and has been interviewed by Huffington Post Live, Plus Model Magazine, Daily Venus Diva and more. Alex will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Fattitude, where will she will contribute her insight and opinions of the fashion industry and the world of plus size modeling. Aside from modeling, Alex is a scholar and community organizer. She is a recent graduate of Occidental College and has a Bachelor’s of Arts in Critical Theory & Social Justice. She has committed herself to a life of social awareness and focuses her work on issues of racial equality and the U.S. incarceration system. Alex teaches creative writing class to incarcerated youth and is an advocate for the body positive movement

Alex LaRosa is currently working on several upcoming projects! With her career well on its way, Alex is looking forward to continuing to model, travel, inspire others along the way.

Represented by:

IPM Model Management
304 Park Avenue South
11th Floor
New York NY, 10010
+01 212-213-1977