Plus-Size-Diva

I got this and wanted to pass the information along in case any of you haven’t seen it yet and live or will be in the casting areas:

House Of Curves casting call changes.

August 22 – Atlanta
HOC’s ATL Casting Call has not changed but it is NOT an open casting it is by appointment only! Saturday August 22 10am-1pm

For appointments email your contact info and a photo to info@hocagency.com

September 12 – Detroit
HOC’s Detroit casting call has changed from August 29th to Saturday September 13 it is an open casting call and does not require appointments

-Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Brick House Designs @Northland Mall
12PM-5PM

Any more questions let me know!

FULL DETROIT CASTING CALL INFO

The #1 Fashion Magazine for plus size women “SKORCH Magazine” and Detroit’s #1 Full Figured Talent Agency “House of Curves” brings the curvy women of Detroit a Awesome Opportunity!

Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Brick House Designs @Northland Mall
21500 Northwestern Hwy
Southfield, Mi
12PM-5PM | Cost: FREE!
Photography By: Celebrity Photographer KJ Anderson

—- Let the Curve Factory Develop You into the next Plus Size Star!

House of Curves is a developmental plus size talent agency that focus on developing & casting beautiful & talented plus size women in modeling, dance, acting, & singing. HOC’s mission is the advancement of plus size women in today’s entertainment industry.

—- Be a Cover Girl for SKORCH Magazine

SKORCH Magazine is going to print internationally and needs fresh faces for the cover. HOC has been given the honor to cast for SKORCH Magazine! This could be your opportunity to be on the cover of an international fashion magazine! Get a $5 coupon toward your 1 yr subscription as a thanks for coming out.

Subscribe at skorchmagazine.com to stay in the loop!

——— Requirements:
*Target Demographic
Gender: Females ONLY
Sizes : 12-26
Age: 15 – 35 ( 18+ w/ proper id or passport, under 18 require a parent/guardian present & birth certificate)
Height: OPEN
Ethnicity: All Welcomed & Encouraged to attend!
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY – Comp Cards & entertainment resumes are strongly suggested but not required.

—– Audition
Actresses: 30 sec. Monologue (Your Choice)

Singers: 30 sec. Acappella voice sample (Your Own Selection)

Dancers: 60 sec. SOLO Routine (Your Own Selection)

Models: Must be in at least a 3inch heels (no wedges!) wearing form fitting clothing. Be prepared to perform your best runway walk!

Still have Questions? Email Info@hocagency.com or call 248.937.0301

Go get em’ Ladies! Good luck to all that attend and audition!!!!

Be Big, Beautiful and Bold!

I think that we all deserve a treat every once in a while and if you’re like me there are some things you can do with out and some things that you can’t…lol

I love to shop…I don’t always feel great emotionally when I get done, but I still love to shop. Shop for me, shop for my girls…who ever! But there are times where I will pick something up that I really really like, but by the time I get to the register I have talked myself out of it and have laid it down somewhere.

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I’m just curious if anyone of you have watched the “Plus Size” or “regular” version of the Bachelor? You know I say Yay for the station picking up a show that has some curvy women on it. I think it’s great.

BUT, and this is a HUGE but…After watching this show for the last couple weeks I have found that I can’t stand the women! What makes it so bad is that I made a comment to my husband and he said I do it too….

Let me tell you what I am talking about…These women are not ugly by any means, some of them are quite beautiful. Read the rest of this entry »

Every year I dread buying me a swimsuit, but I have one place that I go to above everywhere else. I have bought several swimsuits from them over the last few years and each one I have loved.

This is my favorite online site to shop for plus size swimwear, it’s called Always For Me

If you need a good swimsuit, that fits your body, I recommend checking out their site. Not to mention…they are having an awesome sale right!

Be sure to bookmark them and check them often as they have lots of sales and you can grab some really cute swimsuits for pretty cheap!

Just wanted to share this site because like I said, it’s one of my favorites and when I seen their sales, figured I’d let ya’ll know!

Wow I didn’t realize exactly how out of shape I am until yesterday! Don’t get me wrong, I am a big girl…and I know it. But I am still active. I like to play racketball, and do other stuff too. However, I took my daughter skating and we were having lots of fun, until I busted my ass…lmao!

I landed wrong and hurt my knee, it still hurts today. Have you ever heard…help I can’t get up…lol Well that was so me last night. I don’t know if it was because I hurt my knee or cause my big behind was down on the ground but I couldn’t get up. I had to crawl my way to the step, which as you can imagine…didn’t help matters much!

I laughed it off, but damn my knee hurts!

I have to admit, I was a bit humiliated but oh well…I was having fun. So I’ve decided that my workout, which I will be restarting…hmmm I think I’ve said that a few times…lol will include squats to get my thighs and legs back in shape! LOL

Love you guys! Chin up! You’re beautiful!

So today hasn’t been that great of a day. I just got back from my vacation, which was good, but I’ve done a little soul searching and something occurred to me. I have stopped living. I have built up these walls around myself and I have literally blocked people out. I don’t do things that I use to enjoy because I feel like the ‘fat girl’ everyone is watching. Talk about some self esteem issues. Wow!

I realized I don’t go out anymore. I don’t go dancing, as a matter of fact I caught myself saying these exact words…I don’t dance anymore because of my weight. I feel embarrassed.

I have let the one thing that I have fought my whole life, take over. It’s infuriating! It’s frustrating!

But to top that off, I am so worried about getting hurt, that I have built sky high walls and built up expectations of my ‘friends’ that no one will ever be able to reach. Friends?…what friends. I have shut them out. I am so worried about what people think that I have tunneled myself a cave of seclusion…and it’s getting lonely.

Do you ever have those ‘ah ha’ moments when you realize that you are the root of your problems, even though you have been blaming others.

The question that lingers…how do you gain the confidence, the self belief to just say to hell with it? I get tired of the prejudgements and I get tired of letting them get to me. But I’ve yet to reach that ‘to hell with it’ point. But I am striving for it!

One brick at a time I’ll get these walls down and I’ll start living the life I dream about.

So here comes another summer. We have our beach trip planned and I am so looking forward to it. As you may have read, we had planned to go to Myrtle Beach this year. Well….plans have changed.

Usually we spend a week in Panama City Beach, but we wanted something different this year. We ended up canceling Myrtle Beach too…BUT on a good note…

We are spending 2 glorious weeks in Palm Beach! In a beautiful 5 star resort situated right on the beach! I am SOOOO looking forward to it! Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever felt like there was so much chaos going on around you and that you’re smack dab in the middle of it…and you realize that you just need to breathe?

I’ve got some things going on in my life that I think are going to end up making me make some really big changes. It’s scary but in the back of my mind, I keep thinking….but I’ll finally be able to breathe…I’ll finally be able to just be me. Knowing this, doesn’t seem to make it any easier though.

But at the same time, I feel like it’s ok. We’ll be just fine.

It’s just so confusing and frustrating!

I know this post seems like a lot of rambling…but I’m just trying to get my head straight. I’ll post more details soon though!

I was out hunting for some good articles to stick up here, and found this one. It’s a tad bit long…but well worth the read!

Do you ever find yourself apologising for your size? It is a sad fact of life that many women do these days. We’ve become indoctrinated into thinking that big is bad and thin is beautiful, and that the emaciated waifs we see in the media have the perfect must have figure

Yet, history shows it’s actually big women that men find most attractive. The works of Renaissance masters like Botticelli and Rubens show that even the Medieval female was the object of immense fascination and scrutiny. Yet, the women immortalised on these ancient canvases little resemble the super slim celebrities of the modern age. Rather, Renaissance women are often depicted as gloriously full figured, with full bosoms, ample tummies and large bottoms.

Yet, they were still celebrated as objects of beauty… Read the rest of this entry »

So today hasn’t started out that great. I went yesterday and got my hair cut. I wanted something different so I went super short which I haven’t done for a couple years now. I prefer my hair short like this but now I am battling a case of what I like to call….my fat face syndrome.

I feel like what was hid behind my longer hair is now exposed and I look ridiculous. Every time I walk by the mirror I try not to look. I don’t know if I just don’t like the cut, or if I don’t like the cut because of my ‘fat face’.

So needless to say, everything is ‘fat’ today. I truly hate days like this. It’s like when I get going in my mind, it’s hard to stop the insults to myself. It’s truly frustrating especially when you want to be positive and not beat yourself up over issues like weight.

UGH! It’s just not going to be a good day…