2o23 Special Guests

Jasmine is a professional dancer in her 30’s, and a mother of two daughters, raised in Queens, NY. After years of training, she booked her first commercial job as a dancer for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in 2017, working with Janelle Ginestra and Willdabeast Adams. She made history as being apart of the first Hip Hop dance squad to walk and perform in the parade. In addition to this, Jasmine performed on BET’s 106&Park as a singer and dancer, where she won two times in a row. Jasmine is a cast member on the Emmy-winning reality TV show on Prime Video: “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls”. Jasmine has performed with Lizzo on tour and live at the 2022 BET Awards. In addition to her performance accolades, she’s known in her community for training dancers and dance teams. She continues to do so by utilizing her talent, story, and motivational spirit. It’s not always congratulated, but it’s always respected. Jasmine wants the world to know that she is a product of her faith, both in herself and in God. Her biggest goals in life are to empower her daughters to follow their dreams, and to be the best version of herself while encouraging people to do the same. Her favorite saying is “be the best version of yourself, especially when no one is looking”.

Title: Christian & Plus-Size Fashion Influencer 

Bio: Sonja is a Christian, Plus Size Fashion Influencer who inspires women to find & embrace their style without shame! Her content helps women develop God-centered confidence through faith & fashion. Her own struggles with body image, failed relationships, and generational cycles led her into a loving relationship with God, that she transparently lives out online. Sonja uses her testimonies of growing in faith, embracing authenticity, and discovering her style, to connect with plus size women seeking to grow in spiritual confidence and identify their unique fashion sense!  

I’m a curvy fashion/lifestyle influencer. I believe I have a lot to share with women about confidence and the life of an influencer. I love inspiring women through fashion. 

​My platform is based on faith, fashion and body positivity. Most of my audience are women who are either new to church or have been in church their whole lives. We explore fashion together and break down stereotypes within the church community and the fashion world. 

Chané is a brooklyn born, queens raised experienced entertainer with a professional background in dance and modeling! From childhood she has graced many tv segments, magazines & stages. By the age of 13 she had the opportunity to work with Choreographer/Actor Hinton Battle, where she danced at the Ziegfeld Theater on the red carpet for the premier of Idlewild with Outkast & Patti LaBelle! Chané continued her career path in entertainment into adulthood and had the opportunity to walk for NYFW, FFFW, MTV's Made, & BET's RIP THE RUNWAY! She is currently signed with several agencies and has worked with clients such as Target, Party City, Amazon, Bustle, Pvolve, Ann Taylor & you might have seen her as the face of Curvy Girl by Ashley Stewart. She is seasoned in event coordinating, social media, content creating, and portfolio management. Chane’s strengths and networking in the industry pushed her to start Rock Your Confidence, her own mother agency in 2019. She currently books talent for auditions and life changing opportunities. She believes in the power of Being Your Own Brand to Create The Life of Your Dreams! 

Paris Phifer better known as Plus Model Paris is a Full Figured Model and Brand Ambassador from the DMV Area. She has a passion for modeling and loves being in front of a camera. Paris has been doing a variety of modeling such as print, showroom, and runway for 10 years. Her experience includes show room modeling, runway and as well as being featured on several websites.She recently was selected as the Cover Model for Crusade of Curves which is Curvy Community Fashion week that takes place every year in different cities. Paris enjoys her craft and continues to thrive and be an inspiration and advocate for women to love themselves and be confident within their bodies despite society's standards of what a full figured women is

Ivette Garcia (Curves with Coffee) is a plus size Latina content creator  from Philly who enjoys influencing the plus community to be comfortable in their skin through her sense of fashion.  Self-Confidence is where it all starts no matter the size, shape or gender.  She expresses her confidence through fashion and lifestyle content. She is your favorite Gordita and personal hype-woman. 

Janiece Bryant is a plus size model, influencer, brand ambassador and full time employee for ELOQUII! Janiece has served as a model, model coordinator, and production team member for Crusade of Curves for 5 years! While she loves the runway and being a model, she has recently developed a passion for being behind the scenes, helping to develop new models and serving as creative/posing director for local brands and photographers. Being an inspiration to women will always be Janiece's why. She wants women to feel confident and empowered in their bodies. 

Tazah Richardson has been a fixture on the DMV plus size fashion scene since 2006. Her career as a Plus-Size Model, Modeling Coach, Make-Up Artist, and now the current reigning Ms. Full-Figured D.M.V. 2022 has permitted her opportunities from print to runway to television appearances both nationwide and abroad internationally, all as a freelance model. She attributes much of my success to keeping a positive attitude while navigating the, sometimes not so glamorous, plus modeling industry. 

Teaching and coaching aspiring models and dancers is her passion. Growing up she had very positive role models in my life that contributed to her current success. Volunteering as a dance coach at Cardozo Sr. High was her way of contributing to the world she would like to see. She 

mentored young ladies to be positive influences in their communities in hopes to ensure they encourage others to come along after them. She taught them to pass on the blessings so they will forever be blessed. So it only made sense that she built her pageant platform around providing safe spaces for young artists to create and learn their crafts in the Washington D.C. area called F.A.D., which is an abbreviation for Future Artist of D.C. 

Striving to achieve her goals so that she can create new goals is how she lives her life. Speak things into existence and share your knowledge with the next in line and you will be fruitful in all that you do.