The Curvy Blogger

Madison Plus posted my FNO experience! This is only the first part of it, follow this link for the whole post!!! <3

By the time I got to Lane Bryant it seemed like most of the crowd had already been there. But that was great for me! Know why? BECAUSE I got to meet Ashley Graham and Lizzie Miller, two beautiful plus size models who I look up to a great deal. They were both very sweet and got pictures with me and my good friend, Natalie, who was assisting me!

Natalie and I also got compliments for our outfits we were wearing! Also, everyone working at Lane Bryant was kind and so helpful!

READ MORE HERE!!

I am sooooo excited for this weekend in NYC!!!! AHHHHHH I have been invited to 3 events so farrrrr! :D I wish I wasn’t a student and could stay all week! (Not that I would be invited to shows, but It would be fun to ppl watch!)

<3333 COME MEET ME! I want to meet my followers!

I have so much to tell you all! I am going to try to keep it short and sweet though, because I have a huge assignment due tonight for class. :(

1. I did not end up signing with Wilhelmina of PA. I talked to a few professionals and they said that it is NOT normal for you to pay up front. And I also talked to a plus size model who works for them, and she said that she has been with them for a year and hasn’t gotten any work.Besides, I always had an un-easy feeling about them, so no thank you, I will continue to freelance. (And kick ass)

2. I went to NYC this past weekend. I had the best weekend anyone could ask for.

Friday: Drove, walked around the city with all of our luggage! My back still hurts from that. And we went to the Young, Fat and Fabulous Conference Meet up! My good friend Kevin (not the boyfriend) decided to let me go explore and have a good time while he went to visit the Brooklyn bridge! I will be posting pictures from meeting all these awesome ppl tomorrow. :) I felt a little out of place at first because a total of maybe 5 people knew who I was! I didn’t meet any followers of mine. :( But it was good after I really pushed myself to talk to as many people as I could! Made some new friends! :D Then Kevin and I went to party with some crazy irish friends on the roof of their appt. Needless to say we were up til about 4AM.

Saturday: Wake up, go meet my cousin in the Bronx to drop off our stuff at her place before we run around NYC. Kev and I are so tired that we just take our time getting to the National History museum to meet up with some Irish folk again. We get some pizza and relax for a bit. It was a hot day. Thank God the subways have air conditioning! After the museum we walk around looking for somewhere to eat, find it and I invited a friend of mine (that I met at the YFFCON) to chill with us. Her name is Aryn and shes a cutie. Finally we all decide to go out that night, shop a little bit for dance appropriate outfits and go out until 5AM.

Sunday: Didn’t want to wake up. But did, got ready for my shoot at 4. We were a little bit late (subway construction), but the shoot was a good time. Made some good contacts. :) I love meeting new people so much! I also love getting feedback! Kevin and I headed to the train station, and made our train with perfect timing. Everything else went well. Got home around 2AM.

Monday: Had a shoot for ModCloth at 8AM. I had to drink LOTS of coffee. lol. Then I worked for a few hours, and got ready to go to this surprise concert that I planned for Kevin (my boyfriend this time)! I brought him to CAKE! IT rainedddddddd. A lot. But heard good music, and slept all night.

Now I am trying so desperately to finish this stupid paper due for my marketing class tonight. I feel so behind in life! ahhhhhhhhh STRESSSS

Anyways. Tomorrow, I will be posting some fun pictures from this weekend! Are you as excited as I am?! haha

So, turns out I am going to NYC this weekend! :) I am going to the Young, Fat, and Fabulous Conference “meet up” :D. I hope they talk to me! I am so un-known when it comes to “fat”shion bloggers! haha

But anyways, I will be running around NYC on Saturday with my friend from Ireland! :) I will be staying in the bronx. My computer won’t be with me and I don’t have a smart phone… So yea, no real way to get ahold of me. But it would be awesome to see any of you! :D

OK, my computer is going to die. TTYL lovers! <333

“You are so beautiful, it must be disheartening to not hear from the agencies.”

By:  http://cheechitbaby.tumblr.com/

Yes, It can be really difficult. Especially on days when I remember that to be successful in this industry I need a good agency. It is mostly frustrating because I am so passionate about it, and I usually feel helpless.

I am glad I am a student and work at ModCloth.com, they are good distractions. Otherwise I might go crazy from just sitting around waiting for something to happen.

At the same time I wonder if I wasn’t in school or working, would I do better putting 100% into modeling. But my recent trip to NYC humbled me a little more than I expected, more discouraged than humbled I suppose.

But to be honest, if I gave up now I wouldn’t be happy. I have never before been so passionate about something. I usually go through phases with different hobbies and such, but I have been modeling for 2 years, and I haven’t gotten sick of it yet!

What’s in store now? Who knows, but my article on ModCloth seems to be getting a lot of responses! Also, I am taking a dive into freelance modeling to see where that gets me. Maybe someday I will write a book about this whole struggle… Who knows what is in store for me, and for all of you! Our futures are so bright!

I totally went off on a rant sorry about that Cheech! ;) But the answer is yes, it is. But it is worth it, and hopefully will be in the end.

<3 Happy Friday Everyone!

P.S. WELCOME New Followers!!! :D So, nice to have you here!

P.S.S. Thanks for the comment Cheechitbaby!

As most of you know, I went to NYC yesterday. I went to follow my dreams and get signed by Ford Models or Wilhelmina.

Here is the story-

I stayed at a fellow models house Tuesday night in Harrisburg, then we woke up at 5AM to leave for NYC. We didn’t get on the road until about 6:40 AM, haha typical models for you. JK! ;) We got to Queens at about 10AM, at her aunts to drop off her car and catch a train (that turns into a subway, I thought it was sweet) into the city to Wilhelmina. Wilhelmina is one of the top modeling agencies in the world, they have models such as Fluvia!

Unfortunately my friend got the addresses mixed up from Ford and Wilhelmina, so we were at Ford when we were supposed to be going to Wilhelmina. We were also running late as it was, the open call was done at 12. So we were on Fifth avenue, when we were supposed to be on Park Avenue. Thank GOD they were close to each other, we hauled our 46 inch hips to Wilhelmina. We made it just on time to the open call. We were the last models there.

Wilhelmina gives us a little piece of paper to fill out, then we hand it in with our portfolio, and wait. We only had to wait for about 10 mins. Thank goodness there was a baby model and a Scottish man to keep me distracted because it felt like an eternity. I was already sweating from running, and my heart was working over time because I was so nervous. Finally a tall, super thin, beautiful black woman came out. She said my name and asked me to follow her. I followed, I am so surprised I didn’t trip. I could tell before she started talking she wasn’t interested. She had this expression on her face, like pity, so I started to slowly fall off of my cloud 9. Thank goodness she was really nice, she asked if I had any experience. I told her I was with two good agencies back home (forgot to tell her about ModCloth.com, and my venus magazine shoot)… She told me I was not what they were looking for at this time, but she suggested I go to Wilhelmina PA. She said I could move up if I started there. Which would be sooooo cool. :) So no to Wilhelmina (for the both of us), but that’s OK, I was after FORD anyways.

Fords open call was at 3pm, so we had some time. I was pretty upset. Mostly because I was thinking that Wilhelmina is not as good as Ford, so if they offered me a contract I would have to wait until Ford saw me. I got off my high horse, and realized that if Wilhelmina didn’t want me- what were the chances at Ford? But I tried desperately to shove that out of my head, we had some food and relaxed at Bryant Park until it was time to walk over to Ford.

We get to Ford (Crystal Renn’s agency) and I couldn’t help but dream that Crystal Renn will just walk in while I was there. I even took it as far as she would stop and say “wow, your gorgeous” and talk to her agent to sign me. Hahahaaaa I told you I am a dreamer. So, I was excited for Ford because I knew exactly what I was going to say when they asked me why I wanted to Model for them. My friend who has been there before told me that I would wait in a line and show someone my portfolio and they would look at me and ask me some questions. I was excited for that, because then I would have some time one on one with the person and win them over! ;) But they did the same thing as Wilhelmina. You fill out a form and put your port with it and some dude takes it to a different room to see who they want and who they don’t. But when he brought all of the portfolios he brought in, out again he said the names who he calls Ford is not interested in. He called my friends name… and then mine.

Crushed. I was totally and completely crushed. My friend headed for the elevator, but I wanted answers. I wanted to know what I could do better, what they wanted. If I ever had a chance to model for them, If I should keep going. So, I walk back up to the man and ask him something along the lines of “What can I do differently” he said with an attitude, “uh, go to different agencies”.

Crushed even more. I thanked him for his time, and get in the elevator with my friend. Going down.

(Solution post in a little bit)