'I would go to castings and not fit a thing': Robyn Lawley recalls being 'embarrassingly sent home' at go-sees and hating her size 14-16 figure as she vows to never diet again

Robyn Lawley has opened up about her struggle to find work as an AU size 14-16 model.

The 25-year-old supporter of size diversity recalls going to castings as a teenager and becoming increasingly downcast after finding she wasn't able to fit their tiny sample clothes.

In a lengthy post shared on Instagram on Monday, the Sports Illustrated model says she was 'embarrassingly sent home constantly' and grew to hate her figure before she learnt to embrace her shape regardless of the industry's standards. 

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Time to accept all body types: Size diversity supporter Robyn Lawley recalls how she grew to hate her natural figure after not being able to fit into sample sizes at castings as a young model

Time to accept all body types: Size diversity supporter Robyn Lawley recalls how she grew to hate her natural figure after not being able to fit into sample sizes at castings as a young model

Now keen to encourage other young women to accept their bodies regardless of size, she and her agency are supporting a campaign to broaden size diversity in modelling and at large. 

Sharing her experience as a 19-year-old, the soon-to-be mother wrote: 'My agent Chelsea Bonner was the only agent to put me on contract upon meeting me 6 years ago.

'The first thing she told me after years of having to diet too [sic] extremes, having to go to castings and not fit a thing to being embarrassingly sent home constantly, and hating my naturally sized Aus 14-16 body "You don't need to lose any weight, you just need to be you, you're perfect just as you are".

'You have no idea how happy and amazing that was to hear as a teenage girl. ACCEPTANCE. She promised me work and travel and for the first time in years I believed it.

'It's time we started to embrace #sizediversity EVERYWHERE'.

Over it: The 25-year-old, who is due to give birth to her first child any day now, says she gave up unhealthy dieting size years ago

Over it: The 25-year-old, who is due to give birth to her first child any day now, says she gave up unhealthy dieting size years ago

'Our beauty is in our differences': The model and her agency are supporting a size diversity campaign

'Our beauty is in our differences': The model and her agency are supporting a size diversity campaign

Robyn also vows never to diet again and says she hasn't been counting calories since she was signed to her first contract.

'I will tell you a secret, the first time you give up diets, or terrible fat free, sugar free toxic whatever foods and embrace real food the happier you will ever be. 

'I will NEVER diet again and I made that pact to myself 6 years ago #loveyournaturalsize #changeiscoming #realfoodftw #robynlawleyeats'.

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Monday, the model's agent Chelsea says a representation of all types of bodies isn't just important, it's essential.

'It is essential to have a varied view of beauty from the one standard ideal. More often than not it's also totally unachievable for the majority of women. 

'This narrowed perception prey's on and fuels the idea that we as woman are not valuable unless we can achieve it. It's a cycle of emotional abuse as far as I'm concerned and leads to terrible health issues both mental and physical.'

'It's ludicrous': The Australian model was angered by suggestions she is the first plus size model to appear in Sports Illustrated after shooting the above images for the publication
'It's ludicrous': The Australian model was angered by suggestions she is the first plus size model to appear in Sports Illustrated after shooting the above images for the publication

'It's ludicrous': The Australian model was recently angered by suggestions she is the first plus size model to appear in Sports Illustrated

She adds that she saw supermodel potential in Robyn from the start.

'The first thing I noticed was her extraordinary bone structure, her face is absolute perfection. 

'We talked for quite a long time and although she was young she was so articulate and clever. I knew immediately what her potential was, one of the first things I saw in my head was a Ralph Lauren campaign. 

'I actually phoned my mum straight after she left and told her I had just signed the world's next super model.' 

Just two days earlier Robyn again took to social media to declare it is 'ludicrous' that people are calling her the first plus size model to pose for Sports Illustrated's 2015 Swimsuit Issue.

Saying the publication never referred to her as curvier than average she wrote on Facebook: 'It's ludicrous to call me plus size and I've stated that publicly pretty much every step of the way, of my career, @si_swimsuit are at the forefront of embracing women of a variety of sizes!'

Blossoming: Robyn was one month pregnant at the time of the shoot 

Blossoming: Robyn was one month pregnant at the time of the shoot 

'They've been doing that from the beginning and they have not once called me plus size, it's about time we forgo labels and embraced size diversity in the fashion world and mainstream media!!! #loveyournaturalsize.'

The model, who is 6ft 2in and size 12, shot the images last year in America's Jackson Hole when she was one month pregnant, she is due to give birth any day now. 

Robyn recently spoke on America's Today Show, saying it's a struggle to be accepted in the industry and also for herself to accept her own body. 

'When I first started I really had an immense hate for my body. I held it really accountable for holding me back,' she said.

'And I just felt disappointed, you know, I was like "Why didn't I get a skinny body?" [This is] such a feat and I'm really happy and I'm so thrilled with Sports Illustrated for using me.'

Embrace your size: Robyn also said: 'It's about time we forgo labels and embraced size diversity in the fashion world and mainstream media'

Embrace your size: Robyn also said: 'It's about time we forgo labels and embraced size diversity in the fashion world and mainstream media'

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