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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
Yes sometime ago, Whitney Thompson winning the America’s Next Top Model made waves, a ‘plus size’ girl winning the title, but then we concluded that a size 10 is certainly not a plus size.
A real plus size girl who has made ripples in the beauty pageant circuit is Chloe Marshall who won the Miss Surrey title a beauty competition in the United Kingdom.
This title is part of the regional heats for going on to the Miss UK competition. It will be very interesting to see, when she participates in the Miss England competition, whether she is chosen winner, a genuine plus size girl!
Chloe Marshall is a size sixteen and at 5 feet 10 inches she weighs 176 pounds. Chloe Marshall’s critics have called her ‘fat’, ‘unhealthy’ and ‘a bad example’, which is sad, because these people presume that anyone who is a size sixteen must be Continue Reading…
by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
It has been called ugly and to be truthful, it is somewhat shocking at first glance. But what it is, is an artists’ vision and this artist did not want to be just painting pretty pictures. What CNN has called the Overweight nude is a painting by Lucian Freud and was sold for $33.6 million. This makes it making it the most expensive painting ever sold by a living artist, thereby breaking the previous world record. Continue Reading…
by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
I really liked this post that Nancy did a while back about the 39 ways to live a better life in 2008. If of all the 39 I had to pick one that I liked best, I would pick no. 6 : Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007, because by following this faithfully you take care of your physical, mental and spiritual well being!
Putting this into practice can really make a difference in your life. What with work and looking after the kids and home I was really not getting any time to read, or so I thought! So I resolved to take at least some time out for myself everyday and read.
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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
