They[a] are best known for appearing in H&M's Summer 2013 beachwear campaign, which was featured on the front page of H&M's United States website in late April 2013.
[11] They volunteered for the cat adoption center for Open Door Animal Sanctuary at Petsmart in Chesterfield, Missouri.
[3] Runk was discovered in 2003 at 14 in a PetSmart in Chesterfield, Missouri by Mary Clarke of Mother Model Management while they were volunteering for the cat adoption department.
[10] In addition, they appeared twice in Glamour, most notably (in November 2009) nude with six other plus-size models including Ashley Graham, Crystal Renn and Lizzie Miller.
[7][8][9][10] As a result of the coverage, Runk wrote an op-ed piece for BBC on size diversity in fashion and their experiences as a model in May 2013.