Showing posts with label SOMW Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SOMW Chicago. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Letter from a plus size model

This letter was posted on the Chicago blog not long ago, but there has been questions about plus size modeling within our New York community so we decided to share this with you in case you haven't checked our Chicago Blog: http://somwchicago.blogspot.com


Since my childhood, I have always been chubby! Nothing was easy for me. My friends kept on teasing me and my family always criticized my weight. But more importantly, I couldn’t find any clothes that could fit me! I have been on many diets but none of them were successful! I couldn’t slim down anymore, so one day; I decided to stop everything and start to take care of myself.

At 18, I met a photograph who asked me to pose for him. He told me that it would help me to boost my confidence. As a result, I decided to take a shot! When I saw the snapshots, I was astonished! Never in my whole life, would I have thought about that kind of result. It totally changed the opinion I had of my body and myself, in general. After I published these pictures on internet, I got many compliments and tons of photographers asked me to model for them as well.

I am now a plus size model. I love my curves, I’m proud of them; and I’m not ashamed of showing them. I also like fashion and am always seeking for something different. I took part in many contests.

One of them was “Miss Ronde France 2009” (translated by “Miss plus size France 2009”.) in which I finished 2nd. In May, I participated in the contest of “Miss plus size Universe”.


During my free time, I pose for many photographs, especially the talented and beautiful Velvet d’amour! I am the representative and the « face » of many clothing brands. I’m also planning on acting. Today, I’m proud of being curvy, it became one of my main trump card.

Monday, March 1, 2010

finally March is here...

We are glad to see a little of sunshine around now...means spring is very very near...

And with every spring new faces, new campaigns and new adventures...

Lets start with Red Models...they have been doing for a less than perfect word to use AMAZING with their mens board...and we are not talking about their TV SHOW on Centric, but their boys are on campaigns for companies like H&M, they are walking every major show in Fashion Weeks around the world...and on top of that we know they are getting ready for bigger things to come...which is just logical when they are about to become the next powerhouse.



Major Models...well we were honored to use their models for most of our shows this past fashion week season, new faces like Ruthie are truly fresh air to everybody...the young, the chic the fierce...



Ford with their amazing new girl Eleonora already getting top model status after just a few months of signing with them...




In a notch big things are coming...and of course so are we preparing for more...

have a great month everybody!

And remember to check the MIAMI and CHICAGO blogs also:

somwmiami.blogspot.com
somwchicago.blogspot.com

Monday, February 22, 2010

Welcome to the family Jordan Yates


We met Jordan a while back while he was still modeling in New York (signed with Red Models)...of course life takes a lot of unexpected turns...months later Jordan has become a very successful entrepreneur in the Chicago area...

and of course we had our eye on him for a while...we snatched him and "tattooed" SOMW on him...we are proud to announce Jordan Yates has joined the ranks of the SOMW family and will be managing SOMW CHICAGO which will be launched in May 2010.

Welcome to the family Jordan we are sure you will do an amazing job!

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