text: An Australian plus-sized model has revealed her skinnier counterparts have only 'one cracker and a couple glasses of water' per day to keep thin in the lead up to fashion week. Laura Wells has found international success as a size 14 model, including appearing in Cosmopolitan and Australian Women's Weekly magazines. Having lived and worked with other less curvy models in New York City, Wells has seen the shocking sacrifices they make to keep skinny. Scroll down for video . Laura Wells (left) has found international success as a size 14 model, including appearing in Cosmopolitan and Australian Women's Weekly magazines . 'It goes to the extremes - no food being eaten, prescription dietary pills, agents telling girls that they’re only allowed to have one cracker and a couple glasses of water leading up to fashion week per day,' Wells told Australian Women's Weekly. The model believed this was not healthy and also took a toll on their mental health as well. 'These girls are going to the extremes to look like that and not being booked for any jobs and they're living with a plus-sized model who's working every single day, and comparing themselves to me who's eating really healthy,' she said. In the interview with the magazine, Wells also revealed she was very resistant to taking up a career as a fashion model. Wells was spotted by talent scouts in New York City in 2005 and said at first she was offended at being asked to be a plus-sized model because of her misconceptions about the term . The 177-centimetre beauty was studying science and law when she was spotted in New York City by talent scouts in 2005. She said she felt insulted the first time she was asked to be a plus-sized model because of her misconceptions about the term. 'I wanted to punch everyone in the face... [I thought] basically they were calling me fat,' Wells said. 'That was my perception of the word "plus size", that people were calling me "fat".' She has modelled for Myer, Macy's, David Jones, Bloomingdale's and Asos to name a few brands . Wells said while she was a plus-sized model who was defined as someone who was 'four to six sizes bigger than a standard model', she was not 'plus-sized in reality'. Since then Wells has gone to model for Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Myer, David Jones, Berlei and Asos. Despite her career breakthroughs, she thinks people's perception of body image still has a long way to go. 'It's slowly changing but not to the extent where it needs to be,' Wells said. 'It needs to be at the point where it’s celebrated anymore... Why isn’t it just seen as normal?'
target: Laura Wells is a successful plus-sized model who has worked in New York .
  She revealed agents tell models to eat a biscuit a day before fashion week .
  Wells also revealed the first time she was approached by talent scouts .
  They asked the Australian beauty if she wanted to be a plus-sized model .
  Wells said she felt like she wanted to punch them in the face for asking her .
  Her misconceptions about plus-sized models led her to think she was being called fat .