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Yvette Nicole Brown

Curvy Girl — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:26:37 +0000

Bio from TV.com: Yvette Nicole Brown, born August 12, 1973 in East Cleveland, Ohio, is an American actress known for her appearances in numerous commercials. As a child, she has always loved commercials. Her interest in acting grew as she attended school, joining school plays and local theater productions. After graduating from the university, Yvette made her way into Los Angeles, California initially to become a singer. But then auditions for commercials came her way and she soon began landing gigs on TV ads. She has also guest-starred in various sitcoms and television dramas. She is well-known in the younger crowd for her recurring role as Helen on the hit Nick show Drake and Josh. On the big screen, Yvette has appeared alongside famous actors and actresses in popular Hollywood hits including The Island and Dreamgirls (2006). She got a supporting role in the NBC comedy Community in 2009.
Acting credits include: The Big House, Sleeper Cell, Drake & Josh, Boston Legal, Hotel for Dogs, (500) Days of Summer, Community

Sherri Shepherd

Curvy Girl — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:10:40 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Sherri Evonne Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) is an American comedienne, actress, and co-host on the ABC daytime talkshow, The View. Shepherd was born in Chicago, Illinois to Lawrence A. Shepherd, as the eldest of three sisters. She had guest and recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends and Living Single as well as regular roles on Suddenly Susan and The Jamie Foxx Show. Perhaps her most successful role prior to The View was playing the main character of Ramona Platt on the comedy Less than Perfect. In 2007, Sherri Shepherd became a frequent guest co-host on ABC’s, The View. Shepherd eventually became a permanent co-host on Monday September 10, 2007.
Credits include: The View, Beauty Shop, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Sherri

Kate Dillon

Curvy Girl — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:03:25 +0000

Bio according to People.com: Kate Dillon was an overweight child who turned to anorexia to lose weight. She was discovered in 1991 by a photographer in her hometown of San Diego. Though severely underweight, she came in third in Elite’s Look of the Year contest, winning a $75,000 contract. By age 19, the lifestyle had taken its toll, and with the help of a nutritionist started to gain weight. After putting on about 30 pounds, she quit the business to study education in New York City. While there, she tried plus-size modeling and was quickly signed to Wilhelmina. She became on of the stars of the plus-size modeling world, and lectures nationwide about eating disorders. She is the founder of Echo, a nonprofit organization benefiting art programs for children.
Also: Dillon was named one of the “5o Most Beautiful People in the World” by People magazine in 2000

Missy Elliott

Curvy Girl — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:56:29 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Melissa Arnette “Missy” Elliott (born July 1, 1971) is an American recording artist, producer and actress. With record sales of over seven million in the United States, she is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one double platinum Under Construction. Elliott is known for a series of hits and diverse music videos including “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”, “Hot Boyz”, “Get Ur Freak On”, “One Minute Man”, “Work It”, “Gossip Folks”, “Pass That Dutch”, “Lose Control” and “Ching-a-Ling”. In addition, Elliott has worked extensively as a songwriter and producer for other artists, both alone and with her producer and childhood friend Timbaland. Elliott’s songwriting and production credits include work for a number of other top artists, among them Aaliyah and Ginuwine.
Albums include: Supa Dupa Fly, Da Real World, Miss E… So Addictive, Under Construction, This Is Not a Test!, The Cookbook, Block Party

Wynonna

Curvy Girl — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:52:34 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Wynonna Ellen Judd (born Christina Claire Ciminella, May 30, 1964 in Ashland, Kentucky) is an American country music singer. Her solo albums and singles are all credited to the singular name Wynonna. Wynonna first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother, Naomi, in the country music duo The Judds. The duo released seven albums on Curb Records. After The Judds disbanded in 1991, Wynonna began a solo career, also on Curb.
Albums include: Wynonna, Tell Me Why, Revelations, The Other Side, New Day Dawning, What the World Needs Now is Love, Sing: Chapter 1

Sara Ramirez

Curvy Girl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:49:47 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Sara Ramírez (born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican-American actress and singer. She won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python’s Spamalot, and is a member of the cast of Grey’s Anatomy. After graduating from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts in San Diego, California, she graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City, where she refined her skills as an actress.
Credits include: Grey’s Anatomy, Monty Python’s Spamalot (stage)

Brooke Elliott

Curvy Girl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:43:29 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Brooke Elliott is a American television/film/stage actress. She is most known for her role as Jane Bingum and Deb Dobson on Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva. Brooke was born in Minnesota and graduated college from Western Michigan University, where she earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Musical Theater Performance. She is a trained singer and has appeared in many Broadway shows such as Beauty and the Beast, Pirate Queen, Taboo and Wicked.
Acting credits include: Drop Dead Diva, Beauty and the Beast (stage), Wicked (stage)

Crystal Renn

Curvy Girl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:39:21 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Crystal Renn (born 1986 in Miami, Florida) is a plus-size model based in New York. Renn started her modeling career in high fashion at the age of 14 after being told to lose almost a third of her total body weight. This weight loss eventually triggered a health crisis, causing her to reassess her diet and exercise habits. After gaining 70 pounds and re-emerging as a U.S. size 12, she was re-marketed by her agents as a plus-size model, and now enjoys a highly successful career. In addition to working repeatedly with notable fashion photographer Steven Meisel and being the only plus-size model to appear on a Harper’s Bazaar cover, and appearing in four international Vogue editions, Renn has enjoyed lucrative contracts with many high-profile plus-size clothing manufacturers such as Lane Bryant, Evans and Torrid.
Books: “Hungry: A Young Model’s Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves”

Queen Latifah

Curvy Girl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:34:03 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, singer, model, actress and CoverGirl. Latifah’s work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination.
Albums include: All Hail the Queen, Nature of a Sista, Black Reign, Order in the Court, The Dana Owens Album, Trav’lin’ Light, Persona
Acting credits include: Set it Off, Chicago, Bringing Down the House, Taxi, Barbershop 2, Beauty Shop, Last Holiday, Hairspray, Mad Money, The Secret Life of Bees

Tricia Yearwood

Curvy Girl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:28:01 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as “strong” and “confident.” She is married to Garth Brooks, who discovered her in the 1980′s.
Albums include: Trisha Yearwood, Hearts in Armor, The Song Remembers When, Thinkin’ About You, Everybody Knows, Where Your Road Leads, Real Live Woman, Inside Out, Jasper County, Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love
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