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Amber Riley
We fell in love with singer-songwriter Amber Patrice Riley when she played Mercedes Jones on the television series Glee . She performed an “ I Will Always Love You ” tribute to Whitney Houston days after Houston ’ s untimely death . Riley went on to become the first African American woman to win Dancing With the Stars . She is still sexy and curvy , but experienced a significant weight loss due to health issues , as well as the strenuous rehearsal routine for DWTS .
Anansa Sims
Anansa Sims is the daughter of supermodel , Beverly Johnson . Although more curvy than overweight , Sims is proud to fall into the plus-size model category . “ My mom contributed so much to society by showing that black is beautiful . Now I realize my contribution can be being a real-size or normal-size model , showing women that it is OK to have some meat on your bones and it is OK to love yourself that way ,” Sims said .
Shonda Lynn Rhimes
is an award-winning screenwriter , director , and head of her own production company , ShondaLand . Rhimes has become a household name since creating Grey ’ s Anatomy , and the highly addictive Scandal television series . She is also the executive producer of the legal drama , How to Get Away with Murder . ABC has also picked up her new drama , The Catch , for their 2015-2016 season . Thanks to Rhimes , ABC has a “ Thank God It ’ s Thursday ” (“ TGIT ”) lineup of her shows . Since Rhimes represents as a plus-size woman of power , we ’ d like to think “ TGIT ” actually stands
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