Plus Size Boutique Owner Marie Denee Announced as judge for the Miss Plus Top Model Awards

Online, November 1, 2009 (Newswire.com) - Plus size fashion blogger and contemporary plus size designer
boutique owner, Marie Denee, has been named as one of the judges for the 5th Annual Miss Plus Top Model Awards, which will be held at Celebrity Centre International in Hollywood, California on Sunday, November 8, 2009.

Marie will be one of several distinguished plus size industry professionals to judge which contestant will capture the coveted title of Miss Plus Top Model and have the chance to be featured on the cover of Miss Plus Top Model Magazine.

It's no surprise that Marie was asked to judge one of biggest plus size model competitions in California; as she is becoming a headliner at several events throughout the area. Last weekend, Marie Denee was featured as one of eight emerging women entrepreneurs at the California Women's Conference 2009.

Through the Opportunity Fund, a micro finance parter of Kiva.org, an organization that helps with loans such as the Opportunity Fund for small businesses, Marie was asked to be a part of the WE Invest booth at the conference. The opportunity afforded Marie the chance to converse with celebrities such as, Maria Shriver and Shawn Robinson from Access Hollywood about her eponymous online boutique, Marie Denee and blog, The Curvy Fashionista.

For more information or press inquiries, please contact: Renee D. Jennings: [email protected]

About The Curvy Fashionista and Marie Denee:

Marie Denee is experienced in retail, with ten years working in various retail stores as a stylist, fashion expert, or assistant manager. While working in retail, she observed the lack of fashionable options - the contemporary, highly fashioned, impeccably fitting, high quality fits that work for a woman's curves.

After completing her studies, Marie Denee set out to share with all the Curvy.Confident.Chic. Fashionistas she could reach that "we CAN don the latest and greatest of trends, fashions, and
styles that are made with US in mind!"

The idea of the boutique was ignited by her life's dreams and experiences, fueled by her blogging escapades through The Curvy Fashionista, and revved by her passion for Curvy.Confident.Chic. Plus Size fashion.

Marie Denee, launched this past September, is an upscale contemporary online boutique that offers today's fashion forward, curvy, confident, and chic plus size woman, a sanctuary where she can confidently shop the latest designer fashions in her size, without sacrificing her desires for premium, fashion forward, and impeccably fit options.

Marie Denee features lifestyle apparel and accessories carefully edited and sourced from all over the globe by designers who see fashion beyond a size 12. Consumers can find quality pieces from top plus size designers like Gayla Bentley, Kingley & Posh, Embody Denim by Natalie Wakeling, Melissa Masse, David Kahn Jeanswear, BGU and Amanda Uprichard, and many more.

Marie Denee is dedicated to fashion your curves and bring you fashions to keep you Curvy.Confident.Chic.

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