• "V" magazine is the latest publication to feature plus-size models
• While those working in the industry think it's exciting, they're not expecting more work
• Plus-size models typically don't get a shot at high-fashion spreads and beauty campaigns
• Agents say it will take more than these two spreads to change that

Dorothy Combs, owner and principal agent of the boutique plus-sizeagency Dorothy Combs Models in Miami, Florida, tries to keep her modelsencouraged despite the challenges.

Although larger models arerarely, if ever, chosen to lead high-end clothing campaigns or workfashion week, "I don't feel that they're restricted that much. It justdepends on the model and what the client is looking for," Combs said.

Sheadded that while "it's great exposure to be in the magazines, itdoesn't pay the bills." Instead, it's a steady diet of catalog shootsthat are truly the models "bread and butter."