SKORCH Holiday 2017 | Page 33

Skorch At a blazing 5’9’ and size 16 she did not fit into the Hollywood stereotype of beauty. size 16 she did not fit into Hollywood stereotype of beauty. Although she landed a few commercials, court shows, and pilots, her acting headshots were the key to opening the door to her new career.   After being signed with three talent agents and driving from Northern Cal- ifornia to Southern Califor- nia, she wanted more! She felt the same frustration and anguish of other plus size talents. In 2011, the door of plus size modeling was thrust open when she submitted to a talent agen- cy for plus size models. She began writing a column for a plus size publication and started her own talk show interviewing plus size designers and models. As a plus size model, she was very active in making tele- vision and radio appearances as well as producing, styling, and designing for live fashion shows. Most notably, her first national television exposure was on the “Queen Latifah” talk show in New York.    In 2016, amazingly it seems, that simultaneous- ly ChoyceTV.com and PlusSizeCasting.com were for- mulated. ChoyceTV.com is an international 24/7 Live Streaming Broadcast entity. PlusSizeCasting.com is a casting website geared towards plus size talent.