http://dailyvenusdiva.com The #1 Plus Size Magazine for Women with Curves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:15:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/02/03/seven-ways-to-have-the-best-valentines-day-ever/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/02/03/seven-ways-to-have-the-best-valentines-day-ever/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:09 +0000 Daily Venus Diva http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29793 Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and if you listen closely you’ll hear America heave a collective sigh of resignation (from the couples who must run out and buy obligatory gifts) and gloom (from the singles who feel like hiding sulkily under the covers). Yes, many people dread this seemingly benign holiday more than a trip [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/02/03/seven-ways-to-have-the-best-valentines-day-ever/feed/ 0 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/02/01/brazil-plus-size-beauty-pageant-sets-a-new-beauty-standard/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/02/01/brazil-plus-size-beauty-pageant-sets-a-new-beauty-standard/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:23:25 +0000 Daily Venus Diva http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29704 If you watch beauty pageants on television, you may think they are reserved for everyone but plus size beauties but alas! There are beauty pageants just for plus size women and the best thing about them is that they are worldwide. On Monday Jan. 30, 2012 the Brazil plus size pageant took place with plus [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/02/01/brazil-plus-size-beauty-pageant-sets-a-new-beauty-standard/feed/ 0 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/02/01/love-is-in-the-air-we-have-sweet-gifts-for-you/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/02/01/love-is-in-the-air-we-have-sweet-gifts-for-you/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:47:56 +0000 Editor-In-Chief, Stephanie Penn-Danforth http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29578 Photo Courtesy of David’s Bridal Just the other day I found myself thinking about how fast the month of January came and went. If feels like yesterday it was the first day of 2012 and now we’re entering the second month of the year. Initially, we were going to celebrate Plus size entertainers this month [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/02/01/love-is-in-the-air-we-have-sweet-gifts-for-you/feed/ 0 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/31/inspirations-for-love-life-white-dress-stressed/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/31/inspirations-for-love-life-white-dress-stressed/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:57:08 +0000 Shanda Freeman http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29544 The day is almost here! Like many of us women, this is the day you’ve waited for all your life. The love of your life has proposed, you have that ring and now it’s time to plan that special day! You are happy for all of 5 minutes. Then it sinks in. “What am I [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/31/inspirations-for-love-life-white-dress-stressed/feed/ 1 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/26/self-love-quote-of-the-day-i-can-do-everything-skinny-girls-can-do/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/26/self-love-quote-of-the-day-i-can-do-everything-skinny-girls-can-do/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:41:57 +0000 Daily Venus Diva http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29316 “I can do everything skinny girls can do, trust me. I honestly think Hollywood is getting real. They’re saying, ‘Hey this is what a lot of America looks like,’ a lot of America doesn’t wear a size 2. I think the studios and the media are starting to realize that overweight people want something they [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/26/self-love-quote-of-the-day-i-can-do-everything-skinny-girls-can-do/feed/ 0 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/24/the-power-of-forgiveness-part-1/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/24/the-power-of-forgiveness-part-1/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:11 +0000 Features Editor, Cassandra Jones-McBryde http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29227 Forgiveness is a heavy word,  heavy because of the implications. When I think of forgiveness I think of acceptance; acceptance of what someone has said or done towards me, that at the end of the day whatever they did to harm me was  alright because I have moved on. Who would ever be worthy of [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/24/the-power-of-forgiveness-part-1/feed/ 0 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/23/self-love-quote-of-the-day-i-love-my-body-my-boyfriend-loooves-my-body/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/23/self-love-quote-of-the-day-i-love-my-body-my-boyfriend-loooves-my-body/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:44:07 +0000 Editor-In-Chief, Stephanie Penn-Danforth http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29241 On the heels of her 31st birthday Christina Aguilera graced the cover of the February 2012 issue of Marie Claire. In the feature article she talks about being a Diva, her thriving career and negative feedback from fans criticizing her weight gain. In the article she lashes back to those talking negatively about her curves. [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/23/self-love-quote-of-the-day-i-love-my-body-my-boyfriend-loooves-my-body/feed/ 1 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/22/curves-rock-fashion-weekend-solidifies-chenese-lewis-as-event-host/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/22/curves-rock-fashion-weekend-solidifies-chenese-lewis-as-event-host/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:04:22 +0000 Editor-In-Chief, Stephanie Penn-Danforth http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29173 The world is starting to realize that curvy girls rock. With lifestyle events geared toward plus size women and plus size fashion shows with curvy divas rocking the runway, Baltimore, MD is ready to celebrate the plus size community by hosting Curves Rock Fashion Weekend (CRFW), Baltimore’s first plus size fashion weekend. CRFW has an [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/22/curves-rock-fashion-weekend-solidifies-chenese-lewis-as-event-host/feed/ 0 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/20/the-fashion-bloggers-of-detroit-present-a-thrift-store-crawl/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/20/the-fashion-bloggers-of-detroit-present-a-thrift-store-crawl/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:37:02 +0000 Daily Venus Diva http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29138 Join the ladies of FASH DET as they celebrate their love for thrifting and vintage shopping with a thrift store crawl! They will meet up first for hello’s and greetings. Then they will head off for a afternoon of thrifting fun!   Stores They Will Hit That Girl Clothing Lost & Found Chocolate Shop Vintage [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/20/the-fashion-bloggers-of-detroit-present-a-thrift-store-crawl/feed/ 1 http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/19/xtacy-ink-an-artistic-form-of-modeling/ http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/19/xtacy-ink-an-artistic-form-of-modeling/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:36:17 +0000 Editor-In-Chief, Stephanie Penn-Danforth http://dailyvenusdiva.com/?p=29007 For every modeling agency that says you’re too short, too plus or you don’t have the right look, there’s a modeling troupe that will accept you for who you are allowing you to embrace the things about you that mainstream fashion deems unattractive. This is the case for Detroit, Michigan based modeling troupe Xtacy Ink. [...]]]> http://dailyvenusdiva.com/2012/01/19/xtacy-ink-an-artistic-form-of-modeling/feed/ 1