In the conveyance system of a thin steel plate production line, there is a problem that the quality of the plate surface deteriorates over time because the plate is always in contact with rollers. To solve this problem, electromagnetic levitation technologies have been studied. We propose a levitation of an ultrathin steel plate that is suppressed and levitation performance is improved by doing this. In this study, in order to examine the levitation stability and to compare the levitation performance, bending levitation experiments were carried out using the 1-DOF model and a continuous model using a thin steel plate with thicknesses of 0.18 mm, 0.24 mm, 0.27 mm and 0.30 mm. Result showed that using the continuous model, as opposed to the 1-DOF model, resulted in a constant levitation performance regardless of the tilt angle of electromagnets. This demonstrates the benefit of using the continuous model for a bending electromagnetic levitation system.