Christina Schmidt, Award-Winning Plus Size Model and Actress
Christina Schmidt Plus Size Model, Actress
Christina Schmidt was born on September 16, 1987 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She took acting classes under fellow Canadian actor and renowned acting coach, Dean Armstrong (best known as Blake on Showtime’s Queer As Folk). She also trained with The Second City, Chicago’s world-famous improvisational theater.
After debuting in the 2000 short film Notes from Mother, Schmidt auditioned for and won the role of Terri MacGreggor in the hit Canadian TV show, Degrassi: The Next Generation, from 2001 to 2004.
Degrassi brought Christina international fame. In 2005, at the Young Artist Awards, she won the award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Best Supporting Actress for her role as Terri on Degrassi.
After three seasons, Schmidt left the show to pursue her career as a professional print plus size model. Under the B&M Models agency in Toronto, Ontario, she was featured in the Fall 2007 ad campaign for MXM, a Canadian junior plus-size clothing line. Christina also models for Torrid, the U.S. company selling plus size fashion apparel and accessories for women and girls, sizes 12 thru 26. She also models for Nygard, a Canadian-based plus size womens clothing manufacturer supplying over 200 retail stores in North America. She is also featured as the main professional runway models on the TV show How To Look Good Naked Canada. Christina is a size 14 and is 5’7 tall. Her curvy measurements are 43-36-44.
In an interview, Schmidt said she thinks “girls with curves have an advantage.” “Curves are always good!”, she said. “Like a dress. Look at Beyoncé. Did you see the Oscars, the dress that she was wearing? Her curves made it look so much better than if a skinny, skinny girl was wearing it. And jeans always look wicked on girls with curves. And tank tops…I think curves are in.”
Christina also spoke about being a role model: “I think that is so cool. And even if I was just to have one girl look up to me, and say that, “You helped me, helped me feel good about myself,” that would satisfy me. But having lots of girls — I think that is just so amazing. It makes me feel so good. I think that’s my favorite part about being in this industry, is having other girls look up to me, having a positive influence on other girls, helping other girls feel beautiful about themselves. I love that. For sure one of my favorite parts about the industry.” An Interview with Christina Schmidt
