About Charli Howard
Born 1991. Charli Howard is a writer and model.
Charlotte Howard (born 6 April 1991) is an English model, author and body positivity activist. She has worked in fashion modelling and has advocated for greater representation and diversity within the fashion industry. Howard is the author of several books addressing body image and mental health, including the memoir Misfit. In 2019, she became presenter of the BBC podcast Fashion Fix.
Modelling Howard has worked for numerous brands and fashion campaigns, including Maybelline, Redken, British Vogue, Allure magazine and Pat McGrath.
Howard had tried to model in her teens, but was rejected by numerous agencies. At 21, she was signed to a London-based agency after her friend submitted her Facebook photos without her knowledge.
In 2015, Howard was dropped by her then-London model agency for allegedly being "too big" to model. In response, she wrote a lengthy Facebook post that subsequently went viral, with thousands of shares, and appeared on Channel 4 news to share her side of the story.
In January 2019, Howard was announced as the new face of global lingerie brand, Agent Provocateur.
Books Howard published two books in 2018: Splash,
In 2026 she brought out her book Flesh: Decentering The Male Gaze and Reclaiming the Objectified Body, which she said was about "all the men that have sexualised me since I was seven".
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English Model
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Charli Howard was born on 6 April 1991.
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Charli Howard is a writer and model.
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