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Anna Nicole Smith, former legendary
Guess Model, Playboy's Playmate of the Year
1993 and pop sex culture icon. |
Kirstie Alley, star of Showtime TV
Show "Fat Actress" detailing life of
overweight actress in Hollywood and former
Jenny Craig spokeswoman. |
Tocarra Jones, starred in "America's
Next Top Model" and "Celebrity Fit Club"
episode "telling off the judge" about her
weight. |
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Kate Dillon, Plus Size Model
posed for covers of Vogue and MODE Magazines
and plus-size clothing retailers. Dillon
featured as guest on TV Show "America's Next
Top Model", talking to contestants about
body image and self-esteem. |
Mae West, performed vaudeville at
age five, burlesque under name "The Baby
Vamp" raising eyebrows of the lascivious
"shimmy" dance. Later, she started writing
her own risqué plays, first staring role on
Broadway was in a play she titled "Sex." |
Laila Ali, professional female boxer
and daughter of legendary boxer Muhammad
Ali, new host on revival of NBC TV Show
"American Gladiators" and is an image of a
woman with a strong, fit and toned body. |
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Serena Williams, former World No. 1
ranked American female tennis player won
eight Grand Slam singles titles and an
Olympic gold medal. Recently posed nude in
Jane Magazine showing her strong, thick sexy
body in all its beauty. |
Jennifer Lopez aka J. Lo, singer,
actress, designer, producer is the richest
person of Latin American decent in Hollywood
according to Forbes made her claim to fame
movie "Selena" and her notorious "sexy big
butt." |
Mo'Nique, comedianne, host and
actress "Showtime at the Apollo", "The
Parkers" and "FAT Chance", role model for
voluptuous women proving you don't have to
be a size 0 to be sexy. She authored recent
book "Skinny Women are Evil!" |
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Alicia Keys, Pianist, Songwriter, R&B
Soul Singer and Actress has sold over 25
million albums worldwide, won eleven
Grammy's, Billboard, American Music and
NAACP Awards for her soulful love songs.
Current hit CD "As I Am" sold millions. Also
loved for her her strong, sexy, curvy
beautiful body. |
Marilyn Monroe, legendary sex symbol
considered large in her time. She wore a
size 12 dress, lifted weights regularly,
which meant she was more muscular than
waiflike. Yet men found her incredibly sexy.
Even today, years after her tragic death,
she is considered one of the greatest sex
symbols of all time. |
Oprah Winfrey, won multiple Emmy
Awards host of "The Oprah Winfrey Show"
highest rated talk show in TV history. Over
the years, her personal "ups and downs" of
weight loss and gain have been made public,
she's the world's only black billionaire and
possible the most influential woman in the
world. |
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Tyra Banks, host of hit show
America's
Next Top Model and WB's Tyra Banks Show,
recently spoke out about People
Magazine claiming she's FAT, has always
stressed the importance of body confidence. |
Jill Scott, R&B singer and Plus Size
Model recently needed a bra to support her
buxom curves. She designed the popular
"Butterfly Bra" which is carried by
plus-size store Ashley Stewart. |
Mia Tyler, Plus Size Model, actress
and musician is daughter of Aerosmith lead
singer Steven Tyler, modeled for H&M, Lane
Bryant, Vogue and starred in reality TV
series Celebrity Fit Club in 2005. |
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Dana Owens aka Queen Latifah, Oscar
nominated actress and music artist,
currently appears in Cover Girl ads, figure
of Curvation plus-size apparel and
intimates, and part of "Project Curvation",
an awards program championing confidence in
women. |
Emme, Super Plus Size Model, E!
television host "Fashion Emergency",
best-selling author and clothing designer;
has collectible doll named after her, named
Glamour's "Woman of the Year" (1997) and
selected twice by People Magazine as one of
the "50 Most Beautiful People." |
Velvet D'Amour,
appeared in John Galliano's Spring 2006
‘Everybody is Beautiful’ and Jean-Paul
Gaultier's 2007 Spring/Summer prèt-â-porter
shows, and recently appeared as a judge on
Oxygen Channel's TV Show Mo'Nique's "F.A.T.
Chance"" |
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Kim Kardashian,
stylist, Hollywood socialite, model, TV show
personality on hit E! reality show "Keeping
Up with the Kardashians" which followed her
posing nude for Playboy Magazine. Also known
for her "voluptuous" butt. |
Jennifer
Hudson, Academy Award winning
American Plus Size actress and singer.
Finalist FOX TV Show "American Idol", won
Oscars and Golden Globes for performance of
"Effie" in musical motion picture
"Dreamgirls" and Vogue cover girl. |
America Ferrera,
actress in
Indie movie "Real Women Have Curves", lead
role ABC TV Show "Ugly Better"she portrays a
girl who her peers find extremely
unattractive. Listed in "Time 100:
Most Influential People in the World." |
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Kimora Lee, Plus Size Model, author,
actress, head designer/ CEO of Baby Phat
Clothing, KLS, and former wife of Russell
Simmons. |
Beyonce, American R&B singer-song
writer, record producer, actress and pop
culture icon also famous for her "curvy"
body and coining the term "bootylicious." |
Jordin Sparks, was the 2007 winner of
American Idol who began plus size modeling
after she won a model search for plus size
store Torrid. |
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Crystal Renn,
suffered from anorexia and became a
plus-size model after regaining her health.
She's been featured in multiple editorials
in each of Vogue’s U.S., Italian, French and
German editions, and an appearance on the
catwalk of Jean-Paul Gaultier for his Spring
2006 prêt-à-porter collection.
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Chenese
Lewis, actress, host, plus model, and
advocate not only walks the walk as a
confident and sexy plus size role model who
appeared on BET's hit show "Hell Date" she
talks the talks as being a Love Your Body
spokesperson. She produces size positive
projects such as the 2008 Flawless Calendar
and Hollywood NOW's Love Your Body Day. |
Natalie Laughlin,
was the first plus-size model to have an
advertisement feature on a billboard in New
York’s Times Square, an honor repeated four
times by client Liz Claiborne. Laughlin was
also the first plus-size model to appear in
the U.S. edition of Glamour magazine.
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Dove Modes for Real Beauty, worldwide
marketing campaign launched in 2004 included
advertisements, video, workshops, sleepover
events and even publication of a book and
production of a play showcasing women of
different shapes and sizes. Idea is to
"celebrate the natural physical variations
embodied by all women and inspire them to
have the confidence to be comfortable with
themselves." |
