The new tv channel Syfy, formerly known as the Sci Fi Channel, will include PLUS Model Magazine on this weeks episode of Mary Knows Best.
The reality series Mary Knows Best is about Mary Occhino who is a successful author, radio host, psychic intuitive and mother of three. The show chronicles the poignant and often funny situations that Occhino and her family get themselves into on a daily basis. Her children, Jackie, Chris and Carl, are a mismatched group of siblings consisting of a skeptic, a paranormal investigator and a reluctant psychic.
Mary’s daughter Jackie wants to be a plus size model and has an editorial in this months edition of PLUS Model Magazine! You can check out how she was made “model” ready on this weeks episode!
Plus Model Magazine Announces Exciting Changes, US Television Appearance And The Magazine’s Direction For The Remaining Of 2010
New York, NY – July 24, 2010 – PLUS Model Magazine, the premier virtual magazine celebrating the plus size industry, welcomes Marie Denee – The Curvy Fashionista, to the “PLUS” family. After completing her studies, Marie set out to share with all the Curvy. Confident. Chic. Fashionistas she could reach, that “we CAN don the latest and greatest of trends, fashions, and styles that are made with US in mind!”
Since the launch of The Curvy Fashionista, Marie Denee has interviewed some of the industry’s leading designers, models, and pioneers as well as championed the latest fashion trends, entertainment news, and body image issues within the plus community.
Most recently Marie was chosen as one of 31 bloggers to take part in Society Stylist’s “Little Black Dress Experiment” Tours America. For more information visit www.societystylist.com.
As PLUS Model Magazine’s Fashion and Style Editor, Marie will be working closely with our newly appointed Executive Fashion Editor, Reah Norman, on providing the latest Fashion Trends for our PLUS readers. The emergence of talented fashion designers over the last five years will also be featured by our talented duo.
Reah Norman has been part of the PLUS Model Magazine family for a number of years and an integral part of its success. As the magazine continues to grow, so has our need for one person to lead PLUS in a very “Fashion Forward “ direction. As the Executive Fashion Editor, Reah will bring her expertise to all aspects of the magazine.
Our August Issue is due to be “live” on the first and will feature one of Los Angeles most sought after models, Denise Bidot. This hot Latina will “knock your socks” off in this sexy and denim inspired feature photographed by the very talented, Inez Lewis.
Bringing it back to NYC will be photographer Stanley Debas as he partners with celebrity stylist Spry Lee Scott for our September Issue. Featuring the beautiful, Sarah Flack, the Fashion Issue will feature trends inspired by your curves!
Lucaspictures will bring our third annual SHAPE issue, which is set to push the envelope to the limit for PLUS as we bring Australia’s, City Chic, to the NY shores. Brazilian super model Fluvia Lacerda makes her third appearance on our cover and will show her fans more than ever why we all love her curves.
We have some more exciting news coming very soon about our latest television appearance, here in the US. Please join our blog at www.plus-model-mag.com to receive the news first.
Are you excited? We certainly are!
About PLUS Model Magazine:
PLUS Model Magazine, the premiere virtual magazine celebrating the plus size fashion, beauty, arts and plus size modeling industries, inspires YOU to thrive in your curves, crave contemporary fashion and design your life on your own terms, sans apologies.PLUS Model Magazine brings aspiring and professional plus size models the information and resources needed to have a successful plus size modeling career. And for fashion conscious women with curves, we also report on the best beauty tips as well as plus size clothing companies and designers styling for today’s modern plus size women.
PLUS Model Magazine Welcome’s Swimsuits For All In The June 2010 Issue
New York, NY – May 20, 2010 – PLUS Model Magazine, the premier virtual magazine celebrating the plus size industry, welcomes Swimsuits For All (www.swimsuitsforall.com) with a cover featuring Wilhelmina Model Bernadett Vajda. Bernadett is a veteran of the plus size industry and has been seen in numerous catalogs, websites and television segments such as Good Morning America, The View and The Today Show.
Swimsuits For All has long been known as the place for women of all sizes to shop for swimsuits flattering to their bodies. In this month’s issue, “Swimsuits” is bringing our readers an opportunity to win a $1,000 American Express Gift Card with the “My Fabulous Body” contest. The contest will run for twelve weeks from May 24 until August 24, 2010. Each week a winner will be chosen and walk away with a $100 gift card. The grand prize winner will be announced in the July 2010 Issue of PLUS Model Magazine. For more information on the contest visit www.swimsuitsforallcontest.com.
In addition to numerous editorials from some of our favorite photographers, we are pleased to welcome Michele Weston, former Editor of Mode Magazine, as our guest editor of the Utilitarian Desert Pictorial. Michele says, “Seems like the Utilitarian Desert trend took over most runways for Spring/Summer 2010. Personally, I love trying new trends, but not every one really works for us “fuller figure ladies.” How do you get this trend to work for your curves this summer?” Find out in our June 2010 Issue of plus coming to you LIVE on June 1st.
With plus size models gracing the media, we are sure to see new comer, Caralyn Mirand, doing the same very soon. Caralyn was one of the finalists for Tyra Banks’ “Teen Fiercely Real Model Search” a few months back. Her obvious beauty and comfort in front of the camera made us curious to meet this young lady. Her first editorial, sponsored by Faith 21, will impress you.
Summer is almost here and New York City is in a near frenzy in anticipation over Full Figured Fashion Week. If you have not secured your attendance, visit www.fffweek.com for the schedule of events and ticket information. PLUS Model Magazine is a proud media sponsor of Full Figured Fashion Week and will be present during the days’ events. If you cannot attend please follow us on Twitter ( @plusmodelmag) as we update you and bring you the latest.
PLUS Model Magazine is also pleased to announce our media sponsorship with The Curvy Revolution. The events are taking place next February 2011 in Las Vegas. For all the details visit: www.thecurvyrevolution.com
About PLUS Model Magazine:
PLUS Model Magazine, the premiere virtual magazine celebrating the plus size fashion, beauty, arts and plus size modeling industries, inspires YOU to thrive in your curves, crave contemporary fashion and design your life on your own terms, sans apologies.
PLUS Model Magazine brings aspiring and professional plus size models the information and resources needed to have a successful plus size modeling career. And for fashion conscious women with curves, we also report on the best beauty tips as well as plus size clothing companies and designers styling for today’s modern plus size women.
RE/DRESS NYC and Lucaspictures
Model Search Official Rules & Entry Details
Contest Date: February 1st through February 28th
Re/Dress NYC, a curvy shopper’s dream come true, is the premiere vintage & resale clothing boutique specializing in sizes 10 and up. Re/Dress NYC has an the largest plus size vintage collection from sizes medium through 4x. It’s also a buy * sell * trade establishment allowing women to sell clothing for cash or store credit, which is a an environmental and recession friendly way to refresh a wardrobe. Their contemporary clothing ranges from the cutest inexpensive Torrid dress to high-end designers like Anna Scholz, Tadashi and Marina Rinaldi. Their unique pieces have been seen in the NYTimes Style Section, Bust Magazine, Plus Model Magazine and more. This 3000 square foot shop excels at personal shopping with their helpful sales staff, roomy dressing rooms and a friendly down to earth vibe. New stock comes in every single day. (www.redressnyc.com)
Photographer, Luke Jones, has been working with plus size models for the past 11 years in NYC. His clients include Igigi.com, Trudiva.com, The Plus Academy and Big Girls United. Luke works along side his wife, Madeline Jones (Editor of PLUS Model Magazine) as the staff photographer. Together they are passionate about contributing to the plus size industry and providing images for models, designers and industry professionals. (www.lucaspictures.net)
Eligibility: All entrants must meet the Model Search requirements and pay the processing fee.
Participants must be female, at least a size 18 and no younger than 18 years of age. All entrants must be a citizen of the United States. We are looking for non signed talent.
How to Enter: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Entrants must write a 250 word essay and tell us what you love about your body and what 3 things you would say to someone who’s struggling with self love. Along with your entry please include two jpeg pictures that best represent yourself. Email your entry to modelsearch@redressnyc.com . You can also enter by visiting the RE/DRESS NYC store on February 20th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm and receive a $10 off coupon to use at the store.
Some of the pictures may be posted on the Re/Dress NYC site, facebook page & twitter. Please be sure to only send pictures to which you own the rights to.
A $10 processing fee must be paid to paypal@redressnyc.com at time of entry.
All expenses incurred during the application process is the sole responsibility of the participant.
Prizes: The Grand Prize winner will be the featured model in the first Re/Dress NYC campaign by Lucaspictures. The featured model will also be featured in 18PLUS at www.plusmodelmag.com . Second prize winner will receive a photo shoot with Lucaspictures. Third prize winner will receive $100 Gift Certificate to Re/Dress NYC.
The winner will be announced on PLUS Model Radio. (Date to be announced)
Have you ever heard of the expression everything that can go wrong will? Well this must have been the theme of my editorial shoot for this month’s PLUS Model Magazine. I have never had a shoot where so many things kept going wrong over and over again, let me explain…
The photoshoot date was set for Tuesday January 19, 2010 in Long Beach. I woke up early that morning to shave, pack my model bag, stop at the grocery store, and for the 45 minute drive ahead…despite my procrastination and waiting until the morning to do everything thing, I made it to the location at my call time of 11:00am, on the dot! Things seemed to be off to a great start, until the cell phone ranged….
I was sitting at the table with my makeup and hair team Marlene G & Jo Williams, we were about to start getting ready for the shoot until Inez Lewis (the photographer) calls Marlene’s cell to tell us she was having car problems and at the auto repair shop, but they didn’t have the part she needed to fix the motor for her windshield wipers. That week in Los Angeles it had been raining everyday and we were having El Nino storms, that day was no exception. Since it hardly ever rains out here, a lot of us don’t keep up with our windshield wipers because we hardly ever use them. I was guilty of that as well and got new windshield wipers the day before! The shoot was in jeopardy of being cancelled because we had no photographer, so everyone looked at their calendars to see if we could reschedule, no other date worked for everyone, we had to shoot that day or it wasn’t happening. So after thinking of several ways to solve the problem, Reah Norman came to the rescue, my fabulous wardrobe stylist, and picked up Inez on her way to the shoot! Crisis solved, Inez and Reah were on the way and though we are off schedule by hours, we were still going to make it happen, and then the cell phone ranged….
We started hair and make-up, our goal was to be ready before Inez and Reah made it to the location so we wouldn’t have to waste anymore time. Jo’s cell phone ranged and it was one of her family members telling her to turn on the news because there was a TORANDO about to hit Long Beach!!! When does a Tornado ever come to Southern California???!!!! When I have a big photoshoot scheduled, that’s when! So we turned on the news, which was super dramatic like we were all about to die, the weather started to get really bad, and the rain came pouring down. Jo, was surprisingly excited by the bad weather and loved it, she was like a storm chaser anticipating its arrival. Marlene was extremely nervous and about to have a panic attack and planning escape routes, I had to keep telling her to calm down. I honestly don’t know whose reaction I found more disturbing…lol. The tornado came and went, luckily we weren’t in the area affected, but we were really close to those who were!
Finally Reah and Inez made it after they had been stuck on the freeway for hours trying to get there! We started the shoot and everything was going smoothly, then Marlene gets sick and starts to feel really bad. I thought we were going to have to stop the photoshoot and take her to the emergency room. She starts vomiting and you can literally see the pain and discomfort on her face. She told us not to worry about it she was ok, and if it kept up she would go to the doctor. I was hoping she didn’t fall out because obviously she was in severe pain. Despite all setbacks we all came together, worked hard, and the shoot turned out great! Luckily we didn’t let all of the stress affect our skills! So in the end everything turned out great, so I thought, until I got the e-mail…
Fast forward to this past weekend, it’s Saturday, January 30th, 2 days before the February issue of PLUS Model Magazine comes out and I’m e-mailing back and forth with Madeline (editor of PLUS Model Magazine) we were discussing multiple things through e-mail but the line that caught my attention the most was something like: I’m waiting for your pics from Inez…I’m about to e-mail her. I was in shock, I had assumed that everything had been turned in, did this photoshoot have a damn omen!! Turned out Inez had been shooting back to back and was actually on a photoshoot that day, her work is so great, she is in high demand! I called Inez to see what was going on and she apologized for being so last minute but assured me that she was going to get them to Madeline in time to put in the magazine 100%. Still nervous about the extreme last minute, I found comfort in her promise and was hoping for the best, seemed like all was well again, until I got the e-mail…..
Sunday morning, January 31st, a day before the release of the magazine Madeline and I get an e-mail from Inez, HER COMPUTER CRASHES. OH MY GOD, I can’t take it anymore, this was officially the most difficult photoshoot I have ever had in my life, it had given me a nervous breakdown, heart attack, and brain aneurysm (ok, not really) but I swear it felt like it!!!!! I felt sick to my stomach, the pics had to be in the February issue because it wouldn’t make sense to have a Valentine editorial in March!!!!!!!! Finally we got an e-mail from Inez Sunday afternoon, she was back up and running, and finally working on the pictures. Literally hours before the February issue was released my editorial was being uploaded to the PLUS Model Magazine website, barely making it in!
This experience has truly been a roller coaster ride. I don’t know why everything seemed to go wrong, my theory is that when everything goes wrong the results turn out great, and it’s true the pictures did turn out great! I don’t know who is going to see these picture or what opportunities are going to come my way as a result, but it has to be something because this was way too stressful…lol
So if you haven’t already PLEASE checkout my Valentine’s Day editorial in the February edition of PLUS Model Magazine entitled: An 18PLUS Valentine’s Wish because after all of that I may never shoot again! Yeah right, not even believable right?!
PLUS Model Magazine (http://www.plusmodelmag.com) the premiere virtual magazine celebrating the plus size fashion, beauty, arts and plus size modeling industries is pleased to announce that Chenese Lewis has been named Editor of 18PLUS. Approaching her second year as host of the extremely popular PLUS Model Radio, the #1 podcast for plus size women, Chenese is not only a familiar face to PLUS readers, but to the plus size community as a whole. She brings passion, dedication, and creative talent to her new position as well as industry expertise. Chenese has quickly become one of the community’s quintessential experts able to lead as well as blend and connect the plus size industry with the plus size woman.
Always dedicated to pushing the envelope, PLUS Model Magazine plans to feature plus size models and entertainers size 18 and above in a section called “18PLUS”, as a result of reader feedback. 18PLUS will be a new addition to PLUS Model Magazine starting in 2010, and has already been introduced in the PLUS Model Magazine Blog and mentioned on Good Day Street Talk on Fox TV . PLUS has always included models and entertainers size 18 and above, but the new monthly section will further diverse each issue of PLUS Model Magazine to consistently show a wider range of plus size beauty.
“Chenese is a well loved leader in the plus size community, with her Love Your Body campaign she is a voice for women of all sizes, as a result she has a very diverse group of fans and supporters which gives her the ability to carry our message of acceptance further. I can’t wait to see her take 18PLUS to the next level!” shares Madeline Figueroa-Jones, PLUS editor.
About Chenese Lewis
Chenese Lewis is an actress, host, and plus size model. She made history by being the first woman crowned Miss Plus America in 2003 and as a plus size model she has modeled for many companies including Torrid, Kmart, and served as the celebrity face for Sizeappeal. Her unique story and prestigious career have been featured by countless media outlets such as Dr. Phil, The Insider, and Figure Magazine. As an actress her work on B.E.T’s hit show “Hell Date” showed her impeccable improvisational and comedic skills, which kept millions tuning in weekly. The Louisiana native is the Chief Creative Officer for Chenese Lewis Productions, LLC a media company established in 2007 based on the principal that you don’t have to be a size 0 to be beautiful. She is the creator and host of Hollywood NOW’s “Love Your Body Day” an annual event where women of all sizes come together to celebrate a day of self-acceptance to promote positive body image and PLUS Model Radio, the #1 podcast for plus size women.
About PLUS Model Magazine
Launched July 1, 2006, PLUS Model Magazine is the premiere magazine celebrating and inspiring the plus size fashion and plus size modeling industry. Designed as a fusion of technology and gloss, PLUS inspires the plus size woman, one of more than 40 million females in the United States alone who wear a size 14 and up, to thrive in her curves, crave contemporary fashion and design her life on her own terms, sans apologies. PLUS Model Magazine brings aspiring and professional plus size models the inspiration, information and resources they need to know to have a successful plus size modeling career. The pages of PLUS also embrace fashion forward designers and plus size clothing companies working to redefine fashion for curves.
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