Dangerous Curves Cycle 5 - WINNER ANNOUNCED
http://i.imgur.com/taeO42r.png Yep, you saw it correctly, Beech has opened up yet another fun-filled modeling competition! With Dark Shadowz, Faery Fae, and On Location coming to an end all at o...
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I have a kinda long intro but I hope that's okay. I thought it's everything Jocie needs to say, and any shorter wouldn't say it all?
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The name's Jocelyn Johnson! I'm five-foot-nine, two-hundred-twenty pounds, and 32 years old (and maybe one of your older models in this agency!) and I am a graduate student working on my master's degree in fashion design with a minor in fashion photography! I've loved fashion for so long.
While I was growing up all my friends were wearing straight up Levi's from the Levi's store, you know, the $100 ones, and I was lucky to get a lower end pair of Levi's from Kohl's for $30. I mean sure it's all the same. But eventually I got utterly frustrated with it, and convinced my mom to sit me down and teach me how to sew my own clothes. I was kind of a cybergoth anyway and needed my neon purple corsets. Corsets are something I do, sure, but my passion is goth clothing. Besides the spiral steel boning is kind of hard to get ahold of sometimes for corsets. Ace, my little foster brother, wears them almost religiously though so I have to… and let me tell you, corsets for males are a whole 'nother animal.
Ace has been a constant lifesaver, using his inheritance to help me start my business. Right now it's run from my apartment in San Diego, but I sell on Etsy and do custom pieces, as I have an adjustable dress form. In my off work time I study at the Art Institute, which Ace also helps me with, bless his little heart. He says free clothes are worth it, but I think he's just being nice.
I've always been a “fluffy” girl, as Ace calls it. He doesn't like to say “fat.” I don't mind it, but “fluffy girl” is really cute, so I say that. I suffered with binge eating for a long time, and I've actually lost a significant amount of weight since then and would like to lose another fifty pounds, but I don't binge eat anymore! And I love exercising too! My eating disorder messed with my ability to shed pounds, though, so I'm still fluffy, but it's okay. I'll get there someday. I just have to love myself as I am now because why the heck would I not?
Ace is slowly but surely convincing me to start up my plus line of clothing. I call it “Plush by Jocie Johnson,” as a nod to the “fluffy girl” moniker. My most proud accomplishment is making an overbust corset for a woman with an H cup and a 35 inch (corseted) waist and 46 inch hips. Whew, that was a hard one! Ace thinks I should make more plus custom corsets. I say it's a headache… but who knows what the future holds?
So we got Ace's father to take a picture of us while he was in delivering us lunch from In 'n Out. He's so cool about everything now that he no longer drinks. Ace says he's now like he used to be. He gets off work around lunch and always wants to make sure his kids are fed. He delivers to Ace's twin Alice at the Sephora store at Fashion Valley Mall too. Ace and I had just gotten our nails done, and I guess we wanted to show them off. Ace wanted to flip off the camera, but I caught him and covered it up, because this is professional. He's wearing a creation I made, and it's not done yet (still needs the Swarovski crystal embellishment) but he's going to wear it to a fancy Valentine's dinner with his boyfriend Cameron! He says to please excuse the fact that he hasn't put his hair extensions in. I think we can excuse that, cause he looks stunning as usual. And he just wanted me to put in here that so do I. I mean I like my outfit of the day, it's cozy. So yes, Ace and I slayed today!
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1539/24366485423_e8da8fb6f7_o.png
The name's Jocelyn Johnson! I'm five-foot-nine, two-hundred-twenty pounds, and 32 years old (and maybe one of your older models in this agency!) and I am a graduate student working on my master's degree in fashion design with a minor in fashion photography! I've loved fashion for so long.
While I was growing up all my friends were wearing straight up Levi's from the Levi's store, you know, the $100 ones, and I was lucky to get a lower end pair of Levi's from Kohl's for $30. I mean sure it's all the same. But eventually I got utterly frustrated with it, and convinced my mom to sit me down and teach me how to sew my own clothes. I was kind of a cybergoth anyway and needed my neon purple corsets. Corsets are something I do, sure, but my passion is goth clothing. Besides the spiral steel boning is kind of hard to get ahold of sometimes for corsets. Ace, my little foster brother, wears them almost religiously though so I have to… and let me tell you, corsets for males are a whole 'nother animal.
Ace has been a constant lifesaver, using his inheritance to help me start my business. Right now it's run from my apartment in San Diego, but I sell on Etsy and do custom pieces, as I have an adjustable dress form. In my off work time I study at the Art Institute, which Ace also helps me with, bless his little heart. He says free clothes are worth it, but I think he's just being nice.
I've always been a “fluffy” girl, as Ace calls it. He doesn't like to say “fat.” I don't mind it, but “fluffy girl” is really cute, so I say that. I suffered with binge eating for a long time, and I've actually lost a significant amount of weight since then and would like to lose another fifty pounds, but I don't binge eat anymore! And I love exercising too! My eating disorder messed with my ability to shed pounds, though, so I'm still fluffy, but it's okay. I'll get there someday. I just have to love myself as I am now because why the heck would I not?
Ace is slowly but surely convincing me to start up my plus line of clothing. I call it “Plush by Jocie Johnson,” as a nod to the “fluffy girl” moniker. My most proud accomplishment is making an overbust corset for a woman with an H cup and a 35 inch (corseted) waist and 46 inch hips. Whew, that was a hard one! Ace thinks I should make more plus custom corsets. I say it's a headache… but who knows what the future holds?
So we got Ace's father to take a picture of us while he was in delivering us lunch from In 'n Out. He's so cool about everything now that he no longer drinks. Ace says he's now like he used to be. He gets off work around lunch and always wants to make sure his kids are fed. He delivers to Ace's twin Alice at the Sephora store at Fashion Valley Mall too. Ace and I had just gotten our nails done, and I guess we wanted to show them off. Ace wanted to flip off the camera, but I caught him and covered it up, because this is professional. He's wearing a creation I made, and it's not done yet (still needs the Swarovski crystal embellishment) but he's going to wear it to a fancy Valentine's dinner with his boyfriend Cameron! He says to please excuse the fact that he hasn't put his hair extensions in. I think we can excuse that, cause he looks stunning as usual. And he just wanted me to put in here that so do I. I mean I like my outfit of the day, it's cozy. So yes, Ace and I slayed today!
