Curvy influencer calls on airlines to make seats bigger because they don't fit her size

A curvy influencer has angrily called on airlines to make their plane seats bigger because her 'big' bum won't fit in them.

Gracie Bon, 26, from Panama, shared a video of the challenges she faces every time she takes a flight as a plus-size woman, pouting on the plane as she struggled to put on her seat belt.

She was then seen walking across a moving walkway through the airport, looking behind her to smile as she showed off her figure.

The Panamanian Instagram model exclaimed: “Planes should have bigger seats.

“So today I had a flight and even if I flew in first class I wouldn't fit on the plane – so this is a petition for all airlines so big girls like me can fly.”

Gracie insists: 'It's not my fault I have such a big butt. Please make them bigger.”

She shared the clip on Instagram to her 4.5 million followers, where it went viral with 1.3 million views and 3,500 comments.

However, not everyone agreed and viewers were quick to claim that her problem was self-inflicted after she opted to undergo body modification surgery.

One user wrote: 'What you need is a bigger brain,' while a second wrote: 'It's your fault. You paid for the operations.”

Another commented: 'Buy two chairs instead of one, you clearly have enough money to afford them.'

Meanwhile, others joked: 'Take the train' and 'Buy two seats instead of one, you clearly have enough money to pay for them'.

Someone else jokingly wondered: 'Who else is it? No one forced you to undergo the operations.”

The clip shows the plus-size 26-year-old woman pouting on the plane as she struggles to put on her seat belt

Others wrote: 'Are you accidentally letting them operate?' and “Stop operating to make it bigger.”

However, some users agreed with the model, with one commenter writing: 'Agreed. I definitely need a bigger seat and a seat belt that doesn't have such a hard buckle. Can they throw in a container that fits over big breasts?'

Another added: 'I agree! One of my cheeks always runs over.

Meanwhile, a third joked: 'Let's start a riot! This is unjust and unfair!'.

Someone else said: 'The only surgery she had was a tummy tuck. Her hips are naturally so big.'

It has not been confirmed what operations the Panamanian model has undergone.

The debate over whether taller people should pay for an extra airplane seat or get one for free has divided opinions for years.

In 2023, a plus-size influencer is doubling down on her demand that airlines scrap their 'discriminatory' policies and give overweight passengers extra seats for free, as one expert suggested it was her human right to get what she wants.

Gracie insists: 'It's not my fault I have such a big butt. Please make them bigger'

Jaelynn Chaney made headlines when she called on the FAA to offer “an extra free seat, or even two or three seats, depending on their size” to obese fliers.

Chaney, from Vancouver, Washington, conceded that other passengers may have to foot the bill through higher fares.

In a new interview with CNN Travel, Chaney – who is a size 6XL – claimed that airline policies are “discriminatory” and that it is unfair that they have to pay more than thinner people.

The debate also comes just after an 'obese' woman who paid for an extra seat to accommodate her height revealed that a mother had asked her to give up the second seat and 'squeeze' it so her toddler could use it. could use – and when she refused, it led to a major disagreement.

The self-described “fat” woman, 34, who did not share her name, opened up about the situation on Reddit last month, taking to the internet to ask if she was wrong for not sacrificing one of her seats for the youngster.

Under the subreddit Am I the A**hole? she explained that she was “flying across the country” to see her brother for Christmas and decided to “book an extra seat so everyone can feel more comfortable.”

She said “everything was going smoothly” until a mother sitting in the same row approached her as she was boarding and “told her to sit in one seat so her 18-month-old son could fit in the other.”