Forever Yours Lingerie and LUCY Clothing: A Curvy Conclusion for … – SYS

LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 06/14/12 — Forever Yours Lingerie and LUCY Clothing wrapped up their model search contest at midnight May 15th with a flurry of 11th hour submissions. Seeking six women to be the new faces of a national advertising campaign this fall, the contest organizers announced the six selected winners this morning – all lower mainland women and all without traditional modeling experience.

“We received over 250 applications from a range of women from Vancouver Island to Hope, BC,” said Forever Yours Lingerie and LUCY Clothing owner, Sonya Perkins. “There were so many great ladies, it was difficult to get the finalists down to 20; we ended up with 23 finalists in total.” With the various fittings and test photo shoots complete, the six winning entrants are now set to get down to business.

Newly awarded winners Sarah Baarda, Yogeeta Lai and Kaleigh McDonald will be modeling on behalf of Forever Yours Lingerie with Chelsey Hibbs, Tiffany McFadyen and Danielle Keil strutting various styles for Perkins’ fashion boutique LUCY Clothing. “It is incredibly humbling to be selected to represent a brand like LUCY Clothing,” remarks contest winner, Tiffany McFadyen. “I’m still in shock; the other finalists are all gorgeous!”

The Forever Yours Lingerie and LUCY Clothing Model Search was born out of a desire to find women who best represent the stores’ customer base. “We were looking for real women who could wear the bras and clothing lines that we sell in each of our locations,” notes Perkins. With a modeling industry that profiles women sized 8 to 12 as ‘plus size’, Perkins was frustrated by the idea of having to fit fashions to models who would most likely never shop at one of her boutiques.

All of the finalists for both the lingerie and clothing lines were fit to fashions that are available in each retail location – none of the pieces were altered. Most refreshingly, the photographs released by Perkins and her team have not been airbrushed. “We know it is common in the industry to alter a model’s photographs, we haven’t done that with any of our finalists’ images,” states Perkins.

Each of the winners will be provided with a $500 wardrobe; a 3-month paid modeling contract with the possibility for renewal and all will become the faces of a national advertising campaign and launch of the online Forever Yours Lingerie and LUCY Clothing boutiques. Don’t be surprised if you see some of the other finalists as part of the fall 2012 launch, Perkins rumored. “We met so many great women that we are considering hiring some additional local ladies to help us with our modeling needs as we move forward.”

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Forever Yours Lingerie and (LUCY) Clothing were founded by Sonya Perkins and born out of the frustration to find fashion-forward, contemporary bras, lingerie and clothing for the curvy woman. With the unique brands sourced from across Canada, the United States and Europe, their Fit-Specialists and knowledgeable team of fashion-lovers will finally allow you to have fun with fashion.

To learn more about the best choice in lingerie and plus-size fashions, visit www.foreveryourslingerie.ca and www.lucyclothing.ca.

For our #CurvySearch updates, follow us on Twitter @FYL_Lingerie and @LUCYClothing

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Choosing to Represent

I attended a DCCC Women’s Power Luncheon today with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi in celebration of her 25 years of service. Congresswomen Karen Bass and Jackie Speier were there to introduce all of us at the well-attended event to 9 strong women Congressional candidates from across the country. And after listening to each one of them speak about their individual campaigns, backgrounds, and reasons for taking on such challenges, I can report first-hand that all nine of these women are strong. They have drive, and they are committed. They have chosen to put themselves on the line, to be of service for you and me. It is a difficult, time-consuming job to be in public service, especially, I would say, for women, as they are very much in the minority. Yet all of these women are determined to do so.

Congresswoman Lois Capps (CA-24) and Congresswoman Betty Sutton (OH-16) are both already members of Congress who are currently engaged in campaigns. They’re both slogging it out in difficult, but they say winnable campaigns so they can represent us.

The new candidates currently campaigning for seats are: Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Chief Val Demings (FL-10), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Gloria Romero Roses (FL-26), Pam Gulleson, (ND-AL) and Shelley Adler (NJ-03).

I encourage all Democrats to support them, even if these ladies don’t happen to be in your city or state. The issue is not just about taking back the house, which of course, is ultimately the goal. It is about electing more women into office — especially now, when the stakes are so high. A few more women might bring civility back to Washington. Something certainly must.

Congress is nowhere near balanced, and therefore, our voice, the woman’s voice, which is critical, is not being sufficiently heard. Congress has 535 voting members. The House of Representatives has 435 members; 76 of them are women. The Senate has 100 members; 17 of them are women. You see? No balance. By the way, there were plenty of men at this luncheon today. One very special man, Astronaut Mark Kelly was there, and along with his courageous wife, Gabby Giffords, former Congresswoman from Arizona, took to the stage to introduce House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. The standing ovation Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly received, was well-deserved.

Mark gave a moving, powerful speech about Nancy Pelosi, and the extraordinary gains she has made during her 25 years of service, while Gabby stood by him, nodding in agreement, and smiling her brilliant smile. He noted that eventually they both hope that Gabby will be the one delivering these speeches, but for now, he is her stand-in. Quite a stand-in; he commanded the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Mark spoke about how important it is for women to have a voice in the policies and practices of our government — of our country. But he knows better than most what a sacrifice some women make to serve our country. He also knows that his wife is a role model for all of us, because she is not a quitter. She is determined to regain her strength and her health, and fights for it every day. At one appropriate point in Mark’s speech, when he quotes her battle cry of “fight, fight, fight,” she raised her arm and punched the sky three times. And we all recognized that this gesture was dramatic. It took her months of physical therapy to regain much of her movements and strength, and it is an ongoing process.

When House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi came up on stage, it was clear that she also has learned the battle cry, and isn’t about to forget it anytime soon. Nancy was preaching to the choir, of course. She had us at “hello.” But after she told us some personal recollections about the courage of Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords, and the resolute loyalty of her husband, and reinforced what we had already surmised about the new candidates we met, she shared a couple of memorable quotes with us. The first one is courtesy of Thomas Edison and goes like this:

We often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work.

And finally, she wrapped up her remarks by sharing a portion of a prayer that was written, in part, for her.

A person dies, and goes to Heaven to meet with God. God asks him, ‘Where are your wounds?’ The person looks at himself, confused, and replies, ‘What wounds, I have no wounds!’ God says, ‘Was there nothing worth fighting for?’

Getting more women into Congress is worth the fight. Taking this opportunity, even though it’s dressed in overalls, and looks like work, is still an opportunity. This is not just a woman’s issue. Getting more balance, civility, and cooperation into our government is a human issue.

And P.S. Women do a lot more than make cookies and wear cute panties, although we do that too.

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