"We're really trying to do the runway show to show what we want to see in these fashion magazines and it starts with us, the reader," she added. "Being a young woman of color and dealing with body issues and having naturally curly hair, I've always struggled finding a role model in these magazines."

Her friend and fellow Spark-member Britney Franco, 13, agreed.

"I want teen girls to be shown how they are in magazines so that girls in real life won't have to feel bad about their bodies when they shouldn't."

Teen Vogue's Senior Public Relations Director Erin Kaplan told Fox411 in a statement,

"Teen Vogue makes a conscious and continuous effort to promote a positive body image among our readers. We feature healthy models on the pages of our magazine and shoot dozens of non-models and readers every year and do not retouch them to alter their body size. Teen Vogue pledges to continue this practice."