Crystal Renn hates 'plus-sized' label

Crystal Renn hates being labelled as a "plus-sized" model.

The 24-year-old beauty - who shot to fame because of her curvy US size 12 figure - has recently lost weight to become a US size 8 and says she's not willing to change her figure to live up to other people's expectations.

In an interview on the Ford Models blog, she said: "I think that by placing a title on my head, which is 'plus-size', and then the picture that these people have created in their mind about what plus-size actually is, I've basically failed your expectations just with that."

Crystal - who has battled anorexia in the past - refuses to put on any weight just to please people because she is now in a healthy place with her body and mind.

She said: "I would have to have another eating disorder to live up to that expectation. I had anorexia because someone else set the standard for me and I wanted to follow it."

"If I followed what the public wanted from me. I'd be doing the same thing. I'd have a binge eating disorder.

"It's about individual health. You cannot tell if someone is healthy from the outside, because health is different for everybody at different sizes."