MILLeNNIAL
Woman
Tisha Deshields, Owner and Founder of Original Belly works
Interview By Moguls Magazine Style
correspondent, Alicia edwards
I met Tisha a few years ago and I could not help but be
impressed with her transparent personality, her business
savvy and her ability to balance everything she does.
A former college athlete, Tisha Deshields, is as striking in
her favorite sneakers as she is in 4 1/2” heels. She is the
mother of 4, but doesn’t look a day over 35. Tisha is the
founder and owner of Original Belly works (OBw). OBw
offers a belly casting kit to those mothers to be, and a
prefabricated fiberglass sculpture for those who become
mothers through non-traditional methods like surrogacy,
foster care and adoption. Original Belly works is a premier
belly casting company offering fiberglass sculptures. A
creative and business genius, Tisha currently holds 5
patents. while Tisha is certainly as beautiful, poised and
polished as you would expect from a woman with her ever
growing list of accomplishments, she remains humble,
approachable and defies any negative stereotypes that
reality TV continuously perpetrates about Black women.
Moguls Magazine: What did you enjoy the most about
being pregnant?
Tisha from OBW: I enjoyed all 4 of my pregnancies. I felt like
I was the most beautiful woman in the world. Fortunately
for me, I did not experience the unpleasant aspects of being pregnant. I did not have any morning sickness, severe
weight gain, swollen ankles/feet, or traumatic deliveries.
So it was after 4 blissful pregnancies that you conceived
Original Belly Works? Actually it was when I was carrying
my 4th that I was awestruck by the beauty and promise
of a pregnant woman’s form. I realized that no gift could
be more poignant than providing the expectant mother a
way to preserv H H