When
Chunkee
Monkey
Founder/President
Pamela
McDonald
first
posted
her
photos
to
social
media
network
sites,
it
is
fair
to
say
she
received
mixed
reviews.
“I
kept
geqng
a
bunch
of
likes
on
my
pictures
and
I
thought
that
was
kind
of
curious
because
I’m
a
big
gal,”
she
sad,
adding
that
some
of
the
social
media
sites
were
not
kind
at
all.
“I
got
on
one
group
site
that
was
viciously
cruel.”
The
comments
were
so
cruel
that
she
thought
about
never
posOng
photos
again,
she
said,
adding
that
the
cyberbullying
quickly
escalated.
“They
started
telling
me
that
I
was
ugly
and
disgusOng,”
she
said,
adding
that
the
cyberbullying
quickly
escalated.
In
response
to
the
bullying,
however,
other
members
of
the
group
quickly
came
to
her
defense.
“I
started
geqng
more
likes,
and
one
member
Ronald
G.
Thompson,
who
owns
a
costume
store
in
Pennsylvania,
sent
us
$700
worth
of
costumes,”
she
said,
adding
that
she
realized
that
there
is
a
market
out
there
for
in-‐between
models.
“I
started
looking
at
the
calendars
out
there,
and
realized
that
there
are
calendars
for
skinny
girls
and
obese
girls,
but
nothing
in
between.”
Aper
a
brainstorming
session
with
lifeOme
friend
Nikki
Clear,
who
is
the
company’s
vice
president,
Chunkee
Monkey
was
born,
she
said.
“Once
I
get
an
idea
I
have
to
go
with
it,”
she
said.
“We
started
taking
pictures,
and
started
looking
for
girls
to
join
us.”
The
group
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