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It is a pleasure to see Images NY model Kelly Spina in the editorial pages of the August 2009 issue of Seventeen magazine.

Kelly has been a favourite of plus-size-beauty aficionados for nearly two years now, ever since her first Seveteen images debuted.

In fact, it seems that Seventeen is a bit too enamoured of Kelly's early work for the magazine, because the image in the current issue is actually a near-duplicate of a picture that appeared in the August 2007 issue of Seveteen. Both photos show Kelly in the same outfit, and offering a similar pose (only the facial expression is somewhat different)--hence both were clearly produced during the same shoot.

Nevertheless, while one would have preferred a new shoot with Miss Spina, who grows more gorgeous every time she is seen, it is still a treat to see her work appearing in such a prestigious publication.

In fact, we have taken this opportunity to finally add Kelly to our survey page, and to build a gallery (linked below) for her. With editorial appearances in Seveteen Prom and Glamour magazines, a good deal of work for Fashion Bug, and representation by a top New York agency (where she is listed in the high-fashion women's division, as the agency's only plus-size model), not to mention her remarkable beauty and obvious talent, Miss Spina deserves the tribute.

Here is Kelly's image in the August 2009 issue of Seventeen:

We hope to see Kelly's career flourish in the near future.

- New Kelly Spina gallery