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Gettin’ Down With The Thiccness! Black Panther’s Winston Duke Reacts To Unexpectedly Becoming A Plus-Size Modeling Icon

<p>Through his high-profile modeling debut&comma; <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;rihanna-michael-b-jordan-and-all-the-beautiful-black-panther-2-premier-moments&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Black Panther<&sol;a> <&sol;em>star Winston Duke has inadvertently become &&num;8220&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;style&sol;black-panther-star-winston-duke-says-he-was-surprised-to-learn-hes-plus-sized-after-modeling-debut&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">the face of the plus-sized modeling movement<&sol;a>&period;&&num;8221&semi; However&comma; the actor notably &&num;8220&semi;had no idea&&num;8221&semi; that he fell into the plus-size category&comma; though he&&num;8217&semi;s embracing the title&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Winston Duke&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m The Ambassador For Plus-Size Modeling Now&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>While appearing on <em>Live with Kelly and Ryan <&sol;em>on Wednesday&comma; Winston was asked if any additional offers followed his modeling debut at the <em>Savage X Fenty Show Vol&period;<&sol;em> 4 back in November&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1588157209971662849" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Despite responding with a simple &&num;8220&semi;no&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Winston noted that one surprising development has come out of his modeling experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p id&equals;"mntl-sc-block&lowbar;1-0-8" class&equals;"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">&&num;8220&semi;No&comma; but I&&num;8217&semi;ve now been crowned the face of the plus-sized modeling movement&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"mntl-sc-block&lowbar;1-0-9" class&equals;"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block">He continued&comma; noting that he had no idea that he was &&num;8220&semi;plus sized&period;&&num;8221&semi; However&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s openly embracing his status as the &&num;8220&semi;unofficial ambassador&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p id&equals;"mntl-sc-block&lowbar;1-0-10" class&equals;"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">&&num;8220&semi;I had no idea&comma; apparently I&&num;8217&semi;m plus sized&period; So&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve been running around telling people to watch how they talk to me because I&&num;8217&semi;m the ambassador for plus-size modeling now&period; Unofficial ambassador&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Winston proceeded to humorously add that his feature for <em>Esquire <&sol;em>fueled the revelation as well&comma; as he saw people refer to him as a &&num;8220&semi;plus-sized man&&num;8221&semi; for the first time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p id&equals;"mntl-sc-block&lowbar;1-0-18" class&equals;"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">&&num;8220&semi;There were all the tweets saying&comma; &&num;8216&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re so glad&&num;8217&semi;—I was like&comma; the cover for <em>Esquire <&sol;em>magazine recently—and they&&num;8217&semi;re like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s so good to see a plus-sized man be dressed really well&period;&&num;8217&semi; And I&&num;8217&semi;m like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m plus-sized&quest;'&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14px&semi; font-weight&colon; 300&semi;">Winston wrapped up by noting&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve just been going with it&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m a plus-sized guy&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ll take it&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Ck8oOWaJDvo" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Actor Serves BAWDY On Instagram<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>While speaking on Winston being a plus-size icon&comma; we have to add that he stays showin&&num;8217&semi; off on IG&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whether he&&num;8217&semi;s lounging in shorts or cracking watermelon and papaya with his thighs&comma; Winston isn&&num;8217&semi;t afraid to put his thicc legs on display&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cm3BBYyrExL" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cl6rQY0gyXT" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CmCEK51gMei" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fruits aren&&num;8217&semi;t the only things that buckle under the pressure of Winston&&num;8217&semi;s thighs&comma; though&comma; as exemplified by a story he recently shared on <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The actor specifically recounted being asked to wrestle with Chadwick Boseman during a screen test for <em>Black Panther<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;We were going through the scenes&comma; and they&&num;8217&semi;re like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;We just want to see how you guys are going to be together&comma; how you&&num;8217&semi;re gonna play&period; So&comma; could you wrestle or something&quest; Could you wrestle around&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Winston ultimately agreed to it&comma; though &&num;8220&semi;the first thing that happened was &lbrack;his&rsqb; pants split open&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I got in there and I&comma; like&comma; crouched down&period; And the first thing that happened was my pants split open&&num;8230&semi;We saw it&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"b0vMDZaBP&lowbar;o" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shoutout to Winston Duke&comma; and we hope to see him pursue other modeling opportunities in the future&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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