Big Curvy Love: A Plus Size Podcast

Reigning Miss Fuller Woman Canada 2016, Vanessa Nash-Gale joins us on the Big Curvy Love podcast to talk plus size beauty pageants. Her day job is working as a professional hair stylist and makeup artist in Toronto so we can only image at night she wears her crown and does fabulous things dancing around in her undies being the plus size beauty queen she is.  

Roz the Diva is a professional plus size pole dancer and instructor. She was featured on season 10 of America’s Got Talent where Howard Stern said she was too fat to have a career in fitness and didn’t know why anyone would want to hire you. Well we know exactly why. She is amazing and there is so much more to her story than pole dancing. Roz has a degree in business, is a professional stunt woman and is the founder of Dangerous Curves. She is a personal trainer and group fitness instructor who is rocking it in New York City. If you want to know about pole dancing for plus size women this episode is a must. 

Award-winning plus size burlesque performer, Lillian Bustle talks us through the art form, what we can expect to learn in our first burlesque class and what it takes to make those sparkly costumes. Lillian says she takes off her clothes artistically in front of crowds, which has taught her to love her body. You might have seen her TEDx talk Stripping Away Negative Body Image or heard her as the co-host of The Body PosCast.  

This episode we chat with plus size supermodel Liris Crosse, who I now have a girl crush on because she is straight talking and awesome. She’s paved her own way in the plus size modeling business and been working for a solid decade. You might have seen her in Vogue and Cosmopolitan magazines as well as in the Lane Bryant & Ashley Stewart campaigns. I loved seeing her on the Project Runway finale last year walking in Ashley Nell Tipton's clothes at New York Fashion Week.  In 2014 Liris created her Life Of A Working Model Bootcamp course. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it really takes to break into the modeling industry and get paid, then this is an amazing episode that talks a whole lot of truth. You'll also hear shout outs to Gwynnie Bee, Eloqui, Torrid, Tess Holliday, Plus Model Magazine, Full Figured Fashion Week, and  Fashion to Figure.

Amy Pence-Brown stripped half naked, stood blindfolded wearing a black bikini at a farmers market in Boise, Idaho. She asked strangers to draw a heart on her body in support of self-acceptance. That video went viral and has been viewed more than 150 million times. This episode of the Big Curvy Love podcast we interviewAmy Pence-Brown s who is a body image activist, fat feminist and mother who believes in telling a powerful story of vulnerability, courage, and body positivity as well as taking a stand for something you believe in.    

FabUplus Magazine is the only body positive, health, fitness and lifestyle magazine dedicated to women with curves. .  We are chat with the Founder and Editor in Chief, Shannon Svingen-Jones about how she went from sitting in a doctors office seeking weight loss surgery to launching the only plus size magazine available in stores. 

Jes Baker is a blogger, activist, speaker and author. She is the force behind Smash the Scale, Love the Mirror, #FatGirlsCan and The Abercrombie and Fitch Counter Campaign “Attractive and Fat” She is The Militant Baker! During this podcast Jes Baker talks about how a break up led her to the write the global viral sensation "Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls...So I Will," which resulted in her first book.  We also talk about what it means to be an activist, what happens once a book is released, and plus size travel. I adore this interview and hope you will too!  

Marie Denee takes us behind the scenes of The Curvy Fashionista at talks about what really happens to all the clothes she gets from brands, who is on her team, what was behind her move to Atlanta, who her blogging inspirations are and what is coming up at the TCF Style Expo in Atlanta. 

Plus size dating discussion and tips from therapist and dating coach,Krista Niles who runs a psychotherapy practice in Oakland. What is deliberate dating? Why is OK Cupid the best dating site for plus size women? Common dating mistakes people make.

Gwynnie Bee is the Netflix for plus size clothes. It's a plus size clothing subscription I've been a member of for two years. This episode I  talk to Kelly Augustine about the how the back end of Gwynnie Bee works, what it takes to be an influencer and first fit reviewer. 

We get under your clothes and talk plus size lingerie in this episode of the Big Curvy Love podcast! Chrystal Bougon joins us in the love lounge. She is the owner and founder of Curvy Girl Lingerie AKA America’s first ever plus size lingerie brick and mortar boutique! We start out chatting about plus size lingerie and delve into the world of adult toys for plus size women, the issues curvy women face in buying sexy lingerie, why Chrystal chose to create her own reality tv show rather than hand it over to producers, plus size sex and how she came to be published in Jes Baker's book Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls. 

This episode we talk to Julie Creffield of The Fat Girl’s Guide to Running Julie is a blogger and a jogger. She is plus size athlete, running coach and author of From Slouch to 5K, Getting past the first 30 seconds, and 99 ways to run with a baby. She is the founder of The Fat Girls Guide to Running, which is the worlds only resource specifically designed for plus size runners. Julie’s mission is to get 1 million plus size women running, as part of her global Too Fat to Run? Campaign. If you ever though you were too fat to run you need to listen to this!  

Why are there no leading ladies in romantic comedies who are plus size? Michael Elliot the screenwriter behind Carmen: A Hip-Hopera Like Mike, Brown Sugar and Just Wright wants to change that! He's launched “Project Curvy Girl Movie Star” and is on a mission to make a movie with a plus size woman as the romantic lead (and not just as the fat and funny friend). 

This week on the Big Curvy Love podcast I'm joined by Pamela MacNaughtan who is a travel blogger and the woman behind Savoir Faire Abroad. She is a solo female traveller and yes, she’s plus size! Pamela has been blogging for 6 years and is based in Canada. During the show we discuss what it means to be a plus size traveller, challenges faced, how to prepare and what to look out for when arranging your vacation. 

CeCe Olisa  is the plus size lifestyle blogger and YouTube personality behind Plus Size Princess.com.  She is also the creator of the #PSPfit plus size workout videos and co-creator of The Curvy Con with Chastity Garner of Garner Style.  The CurvyCon is a lifestyle conference for curvy women based out of NYC>  During this episode CeCe and I chat about what it's like to be a full time plus size blogger, the secrets behind her amazing outfit shoots, her PSP fit revolution and of course the Curvy Con.

Shaffone Myers joins me on the Big Curvy Love podcast this week and we chat about plus side brides and weddings. Shaffone myers is the owner and CEO of the word’s only magazine for plus size brides, Pretty Pear Bride. She is a certified wedding and event planner and has a biology degree so she knows the real science behind love too!

Jen Wilder joins me on the Big Curvy Love podcast this week and we chat about her latest entrepreneurial venture,  The Plus Bus. Jen is a Los Angeles based fashion designer ant he co-founder of The Plus Bus. We chat about how it came about, what to expect when you visit the plus bus and where the bus will be next. We also discuss  what you should and shouldn't bring to a clothes swap , what you can expect in terms of sizing, pricing, and quality of clothing and I also ask for tips on how to host your own plus size clothes swap in your town!     

On this episode of the Big Curvy Love podcast we talk plus size dating and relationships with Joanne Rallo who is a plus size model and has appeared in many print and fit model campaigns, commercials and on the runway. Joanne was crowned Miss Plus Top Model 2014 and is an inspiration.   

We talk plus size beauty and everything you need to know about plus size brazilian wax (including the questions you are too embarrased to ask. We also talk about big girl problems such as chub rub, underwire bras snapping and face sweat. This episode is real!

We discuss the plus size fashion grenades Jessica is throwing into the industry through Skorch Magazine and Cool Gal Blue, how positive hashtags change lives and how much space there is for up-and-coming entrepreneurs in the plus size industry.  

Plus size fitness expert and trainer Louise Green founder of the Body Exchange chats with Kelly Glover about plus size fitness. Can you be fat and fit? What are tips to getting started when you think you're too far gone?     

Chubstr founder, Bruce Sturgell, chats with Kelly Glover about big men's fashion, how men’s fashion fits with the plus size revolution and what the heck is the correct term for a big and tall guy anyway?