Hello World! Finally my first blog, I swear it’s been a year in the making, but I finally got it together. I am a plus size woman living in Los Angeles pursuing a career in entertainment, originally from Louisiana…Baton Rouge to be exact. Growing up I hung with the popular crowd, dressed in the latest fashions, dated cute boys, excelled in academics, and basically had a wonderful childhood full of positive reinforcement and praise, all while being big! Never once in my life have I ever felt set back, unable to achieve, or ashamed because of my size. As a result my outlook on body image is very different from many. I rarely think negative thoughts about myself in regards to size, because I don’t have negative experiences to associate it with.
When I feel like I’m not looking my best on a certain day I attribute to not putting enough time into my outfit because a lack of time or interest, maybe I should have put a little make-up on because I’m looking too plain, maybe I need to go to the salon and get my hair done….all of those things I can easily fix and go back to being flawless J I never go as far as thinking there is something wrong with me and I’m not beautiful or worthy. I know that has a lot to do with the confidence that was instilled in me growing up. So when women tell me they wish they were confident like me or ask what can they do to feel better about themselves, I don’t have the magic formula, I don’t have a time machine that can take you back to ten years old to tell you that you are smart and beautiful as my mom did for me. But all hope is not lost and it’s never too late to start loving yourself!
So I’ve been spending the last 5 years of my live dedicated to empowering women to love their bodies as they are. It all started when I entered a beauty pageant and chose promoting “Positive Body Image” as my platform. What started off as something to promote out of an obligation became a passion which has been a fun and fulfilling journey. Promoting my platform transformed into me being a love your body spokesperson and now we are coming to phase 3 with the positivity plus blog. So while surfing the net if you are bombarded with unrealistic images of beauty, 101 products to give you the perfect body, and how to lose 99 pounds in 2 days…..alas your oasis awaits…enjoyJ
6 Comments
June 21, 2008 at 4:52 am
Chenese, you have started this blog off right. I can’t wait to read more about you!
June 21, 2008 at 6:12 am
Squee!
June 21, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Great job. I’m glad that someone is representing plus size women. I too have been on a journey to empowere and inspire women, I do so with my writing and motivational speaking. Look forward to hearing more…
Jahzara
June 23, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Chenese,
Welcome to the world of blogging I look forward to reading what you have to say.
June 23, 2008 at 4:25 pm
watch out for the big girls!!!
August 28, 2008 at 5:48 am
Super blog. I definitely love your attitude. The truth is the truth is the truth. And you spoke the truth.
To your success,
William