Self Help

Plus Size Models Unite

I know I’ve mentioned this website before, but I really do love them and admire the two gorgeous and hard-working women that put this site together. Plus Size Models Unite is a great blog and resource for models in the industry and even for people who generally just believe in a healthy image. I like… Read the Rest…

Embraceable You!

I recently was featured on the Madison Plus website as their new Fresh Face. I really am honored to be a part of a such a beautiful movement; where models can be themselves–happy and healthy. Madison Plus is based out of New York City and offers a common ground for the fashionable, modern, and average/plus-sized… Read the Rest…

De Rossi and Some Good, Healthy Laughter

One of my favorite comedians, Ellen DeGeneres, is married to a beautiful woman, Portia de Rossi. De Rossi published a book this month revealing what unhealthy habits she had developed from modeling and acting at a young age, and how those habits almost killed her. Yes, the story is a very raw and sad illustration… Read the Rest…

Haute and Healthy Women

Have you been noticing the popularization of  healthier women in the modeling industry? I’m seeing women that look like…us! Athletic, beautiful, curvy, health conscious, and very fashion aware women! It is certainly an exhausting battle that much of the modeling industry is fighting now, advocating that healthy and happy models are what we want our… Read the Rest…

Wilhelmina: Curves for Change

I was so excited when I found out about Wilhelmina’s “Curves for Change” initiative! Curves for Change is bringing attention to the modeling industry’s bad reputation for using models that are dangerously thin, and promoting the new push for healthy-sized women in the industry. Truly fantastic! I looked at my schedule to see if I’d… Read the Rest…

Tips on Eating a Vegan Diet

People often express how much they would love to eat a vegan diet, but they just don’t know how it would be possible to eat that way, everyday. Does this sound like you? I believe that making the decision to become a vegan–or even a vegetarian–is a completely personal decision. Whether the doctor has ordered… Read the Rest…

Here’s a Tip…Tip!

The story goes like this: I was at a bar with a guy I was interested in. I ordered two beers totaling up to a whopping $5. The bill came. I pulled out my money waiting for the guy to tell me that he insisted on paying. After all, it was just $5. He didn’t… Read the Rest…

Keeping the Tiger Woods Syndrome At Bay

Ever been done wrong by a man and left to wonder what you were going to do to get revenge? Worried that one day he might lie, cheat, or steal? Well worry no more! Cheers to the cheap and easy way to keep every woman’s worries at bay. And even if you’re one of the… Read the Rest…

A Mint That’s Really Refreshing!

Okay, I’m totally not a financial guru, but I do know some things about spending–and saving–money. Of course, when we really want that new dress in Neiman’s at full retail price, we instinctively tear the dress off the, “Dolce & Gabbanna,” garment rack and race towards the register armed with our American Express. And before… Read the Rest…

Beck PRIDE: Proud To Provide

If you choose to, you can click HERE for the podcast and follow along! Disregard the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. Ignore the social opportunities. Stay focused on the moment you’re in. “Emily, smile for the cameras! Over here, look over here!!”…Click!SnapSnapSnap! Click! My mind began to churn with thoughts as I began… Read the Rest…

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