FFFWeek(end) LA - New & Aspiring Plus Model Seminar & Panel Discussion

What's Happening Fam!!!

The countdown to FFFWeek(end) LA has begun!!!!  And that means that once again it's time for me to EDUCATE & ELEVATE!!!

The What:  Full Figured Fashion Week(end)tm Los Angeles/New & Aspiring Plus Model Seminar & Panel Discussion

The When: Friday, October 29, 2010 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

The Where:  Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Directors I & II Ballroom
                       2025 Avenue of the Stars
                       Los Angeles, CA


Miss Sharon Quinn, The ORIGINAL Runway Diva 
(Plus Model/Singer/Actress/Columnist)

Star of Mo'Nique's FAT Chance, MTV's MADE, Cash Cab, Throwdown With Bobby Flay and most recently seen on The Style Network's "Ruby"; will be on hand to host and moderate the panel discussion.

Cover: $22.00 in advance, $30.00 at the door

The "All-Star" Line-up of Panelists (Subject to change) include:


*Fluvia Lacerda (Plus Model - "The Brazilian Bombshell")

Plus-size Brazilian model Fluvia Lacerda, is the star of "16", a short film that challenges the stereotypes of beauty currently set by the film, fashion and advertising industries. She was discovered by a magazine editor on a Manhattan cross-town bus and has not stopped working since. The only Brazilian working as a plus size model overseas; she has been called the “plus version of Gisele Bundchen”. Fluvia is one of the most known faces within the plus size industry and has been featured in ads for Fashion Bug, Torrid, Igigi & Monif C. and in Latina & Glamour Magazines.



*Madeline Figueroa-Jones (Editor-in-Chief, Plus Model Magazine)

Madeline Figueroa-Jones is a NY native and former plus size model. After appearing in several magazines, working for numerous designers she began reaching out to the plus size community by serving as a moderator for VenusDivas.com and Empowerment Editor for AmazeMag.com. As Editor for PLUS Model Magazine, Madeline has been producing issues which push the envelope with both exclusive interviews with some of today's top models and edgy fashion editorials aimed at featuring today's plus size modeling industry in it's truest light.

*Vernetta Jenkins-Collins (Reality TV Producer, Mo'Nique's FAT Chance)

A prolific reality/talk television producer, Vernetta has added her talents to a steady stream of engaging and provocative content for network shows including 4 seasons of BIG BROTHER for CBS. Vernetta completed her second run as Supervising Show Producer of MO’NIQUE’S F.A.T. CHANCE, the first Plus Sized Beauty Competition/Reality show hosted and executive produced by Academy Award winning actress/comedienne/writer, Mo’Nique for the Oxygen Network.

*Michael Anthony Hermogeno – (Former Head Photographer, Torrid!)

Michael Anthony Hermogeno began working in nightclubs back in 1996 part time. In 2002, he signed on with Shooting Star Agency in Hollywood photographing red carpet events, and in 2004, got picked up by Torrid.com, the plus size retailer owned by Hot Topic Inc as Head Photographer. Michael Anthony is currently the owner operator of his own photography company 8X10 Proofs Inc.

*Alana Chandler – (Plus Model/Actress, The Janice Dickinson
Modeling Agency): 

Alana Chandler, a plus-size fashion model, reality star, and lawyer. Born in Gary, Indiana. Alana got her big break when, in 2008, she appeared on Oxygen’s hit series The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. Alana has also appeared on various television broadcasts which include: Tyra Banks Show, MTV’S G’s to Gents, Judge Penny Family Court, BET’S Played By Fame, ABC’S Crash Course, The CW’s Farmer Wants a Wife, and most recently The Dr. Phil Show.


If you are even thinking of starting a career as a plus sized model, THIS is the seminar that you DO NOT want to miss!

Learn from professionals in the plus fashion industry:

How to make it or break it as a plus sized model on ANY level.

Why preparation is KEY!

How to develop a "signature" runway walk.

How to stack the deck in YOUR favor.

Knowing how much money you’ll need to get started.

Getting In Where You Fit In (Other branches of modeling)

Building your skills and using your personal budget

How to PROPERLY prepare for the open call.

How to avoid being put in a box or typecast

About investing in the business of YOU.

And SO MUCH more!!!

So to my West Coast peeps and aspiring models (new, old, pros & amateurs) come on down and get the knowledge.  Get in the KNOW before you GO (to agencies, castings & auditions)!

SPREAD THE WORD.....YA HEARD!!!

Click Here To Purchase Your Ticket NOW!!

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Lindsay Lohan to portray 70's Porn Star Linda Lovelace?

What the HEEZY??

Word on the street is that trouble actress Lindsay Lohan has just signed on to portray 70's porn actress Linda Lovelace in a biopic about her life.

Folks are saying that Lindsay's daddy, Michael Lohan is none to happy about his daughter's latest move and thinks that it (the film) will be the final nail in the coffin of her career.

Who knows? It MIGHT actually turn out to be the thing that turns her career around....lol...it's not like it hasn't happened before......Ya know?

I'mma keep on praying for Lindsay......

From the Guardian UK:

The LA Times quotes a producer on the independent production, to be titled Inferno, who confirms that Lohan has signed on the dotted line to play the star of infamous 1972 film Deep Throat. The official announcement will most likely be made at next week's Cannes film festival, which the actor is likely to attend.

"We've all thought that Lindsay would be a great choice for a while now, and we're all convinced that she is going to do it," Wali Razaqi said. "For at least a year, the director and I have gone back and forth imagining how awesome of a performance she could give if she was in the movie."

One of the first pornographic films to feature a plot, character development and reasonably high production standards, Deep Throat made a huge impact upon its release, though it was banned in the UK and was the subject of a number of obscenity trials in the US. It has been suggested that the film made more than $600m (£395m) from box office receipts and home video sales, putting it among the highest-grossing films of all time, though such figures are impossible to confirm.

Lovelace, real name Linda Susan Boreman, later denounced the film and its makers, becoming an anti-pornography activist. She said she had been forced into the career – often at gunpoint – by her sadistic first husband, Chuck Traynor.

CLICK HERE to read the full article.

Plus Sized Supermodel Emme Aronson to host FFFWeek(tm) 2010 Finale!!

Industry Icon and television host Emme Aronson (she is our very first plus sized supermodel) has been tapped to host the 2nd annual Full Figured Fashion Week (tm) 2010 Finale Runway Showcase on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 in New York City!

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets to FFFWeek(tm) 2010 Finale Runway Showcase

Here's a little background info on Miss Emme (via Wikipedia):

Emme is currently host of FOX's reality dating series More to Love.

She previously hosted Fashion Emergency on E! where she gave fashion advice to women of all ages. Emme is frequently seen on NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, and other cable networks about socially compelling and women-related issues.

Her "Simply Green with Emme" iVillage blog came about from her brush with lymphatic cancer in 2007, pondering all things for the quest of green living for herself and her family.

Emme posts as well for the Living channel on The Huffington Post on body image, self esteem, and related matters. Her New Year post for 2009^[3] is one of her most popular.^{[citation needed]}

Her column "Ask Emme" appeared monthly in Mode magazine in the 1990s. She's been named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" (1994 and 1999) and Glamourmagazine's "Woman of the Year" (1997). Ladies' Home Journal selected her as one of its "Most Fascinating Women of the Year" (1997) and as one of its "Most Important Women in America" (1999).

Her first book, True Beauty—Positive Attitudes & Practical Tips from the World's Leading Plus Size Model, was published in 1997. Also in 1997, she was invited to speak before aCongressional subcommittee about eating disorders.

Her second book, Life's Little Emergencies: Everyday Rescue for Beauty, Fashion, Relationships, and Life, was published in 2003. Her third book, written with her husband, Morning Has Broken: A Couple's Journey Through Depression, was published in January 2006. She and her husband wrote their first children's book What Are You Hungry For?, illustrated by Erik Brooks and published by Harper Collins, which was released in the summer of 2007

Project Runway's Daniel Vosovic to dress Gabby Sidibe?

According to NYMag.com's The Cut....Season 2 Project Runway contestant Daniel Vosovic recently approached the Academy Award Nominee's people with the possibility of dressing her in the future....from The Cut:

"He hopes that even as a small label he'll be able to dress celebrities for red-carpet appearances. "I’m a little obsessed with Zoe Saldana, but that’s too easy. You could throw combat boots and a paper bag [on her], and I guarantee she’d rock the shit out of it," he told us last night at the premiere of Breaking Upwards. "But I did approach Gabby Sidibe’s stylist, and we are going to hopefully be working in the future on something."

Finally! A designer with balls big enough to take on the challenge of dressing someone who isn't a size two! I hope they take him up on his offer....I would love to see what he would design for her!

Mo'Nique on the very last Barbara Walters Oscar Special

Mo'Nique sat down with The View's Barbara Walters for the first time since their 2006 run in when Mo' was a guest host on The View.....for those of you who don't remember Barbara landed in hot water for referring to Mo's newly born twins as "little creatures"...lol...you KNOW you can't talk about a black woman's kids....

Folks are saying she gave Barbara hell during that interview.....(well I didn't see that but you know how folks talk.....)

Check out the clip below:



Your thoughts fam?

Curvy Carpet Alert: The 2010 Academy Awards

The curvy girls came out swinging on the Curvy (red) Carpet at this year's 2010 Academy Awards Ceremony...Check out some of the beautiful fashions below:

Jennifer Hudson has been bringing her A game to the red carpet of late....You GO GIRL!!

Mo'Nique accepting the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture

Mo'Nique & Hubby Sidney Hicks

Queen Latifah

Oprah Winfrey

Director Tyler Perry

Academy Award Nominee Gabourey Sidibe

Meryl Streep gets props here cuz I love the dress

AND a big boy (Project Runway's Chris March) designed it

I absolutely LOVED this dress on Jennifer Lopez! Stunning!

Precious Cleans up at the 25th Independent Spirit Awards

Lee Daniels & Company took home 5 awards at last night's 25th Annual Independent Spirit Awards.....Congrats y'all!!!

Mo'Nique with her Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress

Gabourey Sidibe

(Uh...The Event was sponsored by LG...lol....that's why she has the vacuum cleaner)

Cast & Crew of Precious on the Red Carpet

Mariah Carey & Gabourey Sidibe

Geoffrey Fletcher, Mo'Nique & Lee Daniels

Precious took home 5 Independent Spirit Awards:

• Best Feature: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
• Best Director: Lee Daniels, Precious
• Best Female Lead: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
• Best Supporting Female: Mo’Nique, Precious
• Best First Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious

UK Designer Alexander McQueen Dead at 40

The Guardian UK reported this morning that Designer Alexander McQueen was found dead in his home in London. Here's what they're reporting:

The British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead at his London home at the age of 40.

His body was discovered at his property in Green Street, in London's West End, shortly after 10am today. Paramedics were called but he was pronounced dead at the scene. A postmortem has been scheduled but police said his death was not being treated as suspicious. They would not comment on reports he had killed himself.

A spokeswoman for McQueen said: "Mr McQueen was found dead this morning at his home. We're devastated and I hope you understand that out of respect to his family and his colleagues we're not going to be making any further statement."

His death comes just days before the start of London fashion week and a month before he was to unveil his new collection at Paris fashion week.

To read the full story CLICK HERE:

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The Legendary Etta James has Alzheimer's Disease

Damn. If you know me personally, you know that I have learned quite a bit about Alzheimer's disease over the last 10 years and I am SO very sorry to hear this news...

According to Rhymes With Snitch:

"Singing legend Etta James has been secretly battling Alzheimer's Disease for more than a year. Ms. James had been admitted to Community Hospital in southern California a week ago to treat an infection, but her son has revealed that his mother had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's over a year ago and has battled it in secret ever since. Donto James, who plays in his mother's band, says his mother is suffering from speech difficulties and has contracted the potentially-deadly MRSA virus."

PRECIOUS Gets SIX Academy Award Nominations!!!

Congrats are in order for Precious stars, Gabourey Sidibe & Mo'Nique for their Academy Awards nominations for Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress and to Lee Daniels for his nomination for Best Director for Precious.

In addition to the above nomination the film also received nominations for:

Best Picture

Best Adapted Screenplay

Film Editing

The film scored a total of 6 Academy Award Nominations.

Can't wait to watch the broadcast next month on March 7th!

Congrats to everybody!

Red Carpet Arrivals: More of the 2010 Grammy Awards Weekend!

Jennifer Hudson performs at Clive Davis' Pre Grammy Gala

Gayle King at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy gala

Mya....simply because I am digging the dress....

Lalah Hathaway sparkles in pewter

Beyonce....The big winner of the night with 6 Grammys....GO GIRL!!!

David Otunga & J. Hud....lol...just because.

I'mma give a shout out to Jamie Foxx for ALWAYS showing his baby sis (on the left) love....

Ciara & Rhianna...

I know...not curvy at ALL...but why do these outfits make me wanna clean my house?..lol

Jennifer Hudson & Clive Davis

(The purple leather dress is TO DIE FOR!!!)

On the real...this chick's career is headed for the STRATOSPHERE!!! She's about to fill Whitney's shoes BIG TIME!!

New Reality Show for Toni Braxton & Co?

Word on the street is that Toni Braxton and family have a new reality show in the works called "Braxton Family Values"....Hmmmm...this sounds familiar....didn't The Jacksons have a show with a similiar title (Jackson Family Values)....or is it just me? No word on who's producing....

Caressa Cameron is the new Miss America 2010

Congrats to Caressa Cameron from Virginia...Last night she became the 89th woman and the 8th BLACK woman (if you count Suzette Charles stepping in to fill Vanessa Williams shoes) to be crowned Miss America. The 22 year old broadcast journalism student TOTALLY blew away 53 hopefuls by belting out Beyonce's "Listen" from Dreamgirls and by telling parents that the way to combat childhood obesity was to turn off the TV & Video games and GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY! (TOTALLY agree with that advice....remember when kids did that EVERY day?). She also won a $50,000 (US) scholarship.

Btw....LOVED her from the minute she put on that YELLOW evening gown...Awesome!

Continued success to you sister!

Red Carpet Arrivals: The 2010 Grammy Awards Curvy Chick Edition!!

The curvy sisterhood SHOWED OUT on the red carpet during this weekend's Grammy festivities......Don'tcha think? Feel free to comment....but be nice...please?

Jennifer Hudson is absolutely stunning ...looks like she's lost all of that baby weight!

Sigh...just cuz she's a lil chunky monkey too...lol...Snooki from The Jersey Shore

Niecy Nash KILLS it in a champagne colored gown!

Vocalist SUPREME.....Ledisi!

Not an "Official" Curvy chick...but I love this sista and her music! Kudos!

Gabourey Sidibe at Ne-Yo's Pre-Grammy Brunch

Ya gotta give props when and where props are due....Rhianna is STUNNING in this Elie Saab Gown!

American Idol's Mandisa Hundley flaunts her newly slimmed body in pink.

Gospel Duo Mary, Mary

Mary J. Blige....Just Because.....

Oprah's BFF Gayle King

Rapper Twista...wonder where he's been...

Natalie Cole and Ashanti (only here because I LIVE for the color of Natalie's dress!)

Busta Rhymes