Editor’s Note: This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities and their impact on our region. The series builds on The Star’s efforts to improve coverage of local communities. Do you know someone we should interview? Share ideas with our reporter J.M. Banks.
Jorge Fuller has spent much of his adult life in front of an audience, whether teaching in a classroom or performing poetry on stage. But it’s his work as a plus-size male model that has pushed him into an even more visible and challenging role.
Over the past four years, Fuller has made a name for himself in Kansas City’s modeling scene, emerging as a powerful advocate for body positivity and self-expression. He says that as a plus-size Black man on the runway, he’s not just walking for himself, he’s walking for the students and community members who never imagined they could…