Hello Everybody!

If you didn’t already know, Tomiko Fraser’s Goddess Gathering is an official sponsor of Hollywood NOW Love Your Body Day. The Goddesses will be sprinkling their love and positive energy through out the entire weekend of festivities!

XOXO
Chenese

Hello Everyone,

Last month I post a blog about a new project I was working on and needed help by asking plus size women to take a brief survey. The response was overwhelming and we got a lot of feedback: the good, the bad and the ugly which is GREAT and things are moving along nicely.

Now we are looking for feedback from the men!

Please click the link below to fill out the brief survey, your participation is greatly appreciated!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DFMPNTJ

XOXO

Chenese

I had the pleasure of interviewing my friend Kim Coles on PLUS Model Radio recently, it was a really entertaining and inspirational show, if you missed the show don’t worry, check it out in the archives at www.plusmodelradio.com

One of the things we discussed on the show was all of her fabulous upcoming appearances, one of which is Celebrity Catwalk, a star studded celebrity fashion show to raise money for the National Animal Rescue, Sept. 10th in Los Angeles!  In addition to Kim participating, I will be one of the celebrity models as well and hope you come out and support!

You can order your tickets online at www.celebritycatwalk.com or you can come to this special event with Kim Coles at Lane Bryant to get your tickets plus a free gift! See details below!

The National Curve Appeal Beauty, Fashion & Health Convention is an event that caters to the needs of full-figured women, sizes 12 to 26. This is a highly publicized, national convention/expo, fashion show and networking event that attracts sexy, confident, sassy, independent and sophisticated curvaceous woman. This expo offers a national platform that showcases fabulous and stylish clothes from some of the trendiest plus size designers and retailers. Additionally, it offers vendors that specialize in beauty services and products; fashion; bra fitting, body reshaping, style tips, makeup and hair advice, shoe fitting and most importantly; guidance on how to live a longer, healthier and happier lifestyle. There will also be an abundance of men that love and appreciate plus-sized women. This affair is truly like no other. Women everywhere are invited to celebrate the Project Curve Appeal movement, which takes place at the Riviera Hotel & Casino Monaco Tower, on the world famous Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada.

http://www.curveappealconvention.com

You’ve seen them on TV on “America’s Got Talent”, in a nationwide campaign for Torrid featured in Seventeen and Glamour magazines, and performing all over the country. Those 4 plus size beauties are looking to cast another girl to add to the group! Are you a gorgeous, tall, plus size girl who can sing and dance?

 “I am so sick and tired of the only role models for young girls being stick-insect models and celebrities. You girls are single-handedly proving – Big is Beautiful, Big is Sexy, Big is Talented!” –Piers Morgan

“You guys have got it all. You take the stage, you’ve got the confidence… besides that, you kick ASS singing!” — David Hasselhoff






Please send pics and resumes to glamazongirls@gmail.com for audition appointment.

www.theglamazons.com

Chenese Lewis Productions, LLC is One of the Top 500 Small Businesses Recognized for High Customer Engagement Rates in Email Marketing.

VerticalResponse, Inc. a leading provider of self-service email marketing, online survey and direct mail solutions for small businesses, today announced Chenese Lewis Productions, LLC as one of the winners in their new customer awards program, the Vertical Response 500. This awards program highlights the top 500 small business customers that have maintained very high email engagement rates—as demonstrated by their average email open rates and click through rates. To qualify for the awards, customers had to have sent at least four email campaigns in the first quarter of 2010, and mailed to a list size of between 100-500 opt-in subscribers.

“VerticalResponse 500 award honorees such as Chenese Lewis Productions, LLC are using email marketing successfully to grow their businesses, and like VerticalResponse they know the importance of creating engaging emails that provide true value to recipients,” said Janine Popick, CEO of VerticalResponse. “The open and click through rates of their email campaigns are a testament to their excellence in growing their small business.”

VerticalResponse 500 Awards: Criteria
The team of marketing experts at VerticalResponse identified the top 500 small businesses, based on email marketing performance and engagement in the first quarter of 2010. The following criteria was used to determine the VerticalResponse 500 winners:

- Open rates: average above 20%
- Click through rates: average above 4%
- Size of email send: average between 100-500 emails per email
- Number of emails sent: at least four email campaigns

Complete List of 2010 Q2 Winners: http://www.verticalresponse.com/vr500/winners-2010-q2/

Girl Scouts of the USA enlisted four models from Wilhelmina Curve to celebrate The Changing Face of Fashion. A set of videos exploring self esteem and personal empowerment from the perspectives of plus size models Lizzie Miller, Anansa Sims, Leona Palmer and Julie Henderson, The Changing Face of Fashion was directed and shot by lifestyle and beauty photographer Cathrine Westergaard. As a part of a new initiative at Girl Scouts to address the image of girls in the media, The Changing Face of Fashion is supported by findings from The Girl Scout Research Institute.

Beauty Redefined: Girls and Body Image Survey (2010), a nationwide survey which included more than 1,000 girls ages 13 to 17, shows many girls consider the body image sold by the fashion industry unrealistic, creating an unattainable model of beauty. Nearly 90 percent of those surveyed say the fashion industry (89 percent) and/or the media (88 percent) place a lot of pressure on them to be thin. However, despite the criticism of this industry, 3 out of 4 girls say that fashion is “really important” to them.

“The fashion industry remains a powerful influence on girls and the way they view themselves and their bodies,” said Kimberlee Salmond, Senior Researcher at the Girl Scout Research Institute. “Teenage girls take cues about how they should look from models they see in fashion magazines and on TV and it is something that they struggle to reconcile with when they look at themselves in the mirror.”

The health implications of the preoccupation with unrealistic images are serious. Nearly one in three girls say they have starved themselves or refused to eat in an effort to lose weight. In addition, more than a third (37 percent) say they know someone their age who has been diagnosed with an eating disorder.

Girl Scouts of the USA and the Dove Self-Esteem Fund have partnered to offer self-esteem programming for girls nationwide and will be focusing their core leadership program to address the issues of body image in the media in relation to self-esteem. In addition to program initiatives, Girl Scouts of the USA has been instrumental in the introduction of The Healthy Media for Youth Act (H.R. 4925) to Congress, by two congresswomen, Representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). This bill will work to promote healthy images of women in the media through a grant program that will support youth empowerment groups, media literacy programs, and further research into the effects of the media on women and girls.

For more information on The Changing Face of Fashion, go to: www.girlscouts.org/itsyourstory