NEDAwareness Week Collage Contest!

PLUS Model Magazine is a Proud Partner of NEDAwareness Week

February 21 -27, 2010

“It’s Time to Talk About It”

NEDAwareness Week Collage Contest!

In your ideal world, what would mass media look like?

NEDA wants to know what you think our media culture could look like if

It helped facilitate high self-esteem
It represented diverse conceptions of beauty
People were valued for attributes other than looks
There was no airbrushing
Advertising didn’t exploit insecurities
It celebrated creativity in self-expression

We invite you to enter your commentary and/or criticism in the NEDAwareness Week Collage Contest and show us where you see media activism taking us.

What do you get if you win?

If you are chosen as the winner of this contest, your collage will be featured in the NORMAL In Schools (NIS) Gala Fundraiser, Inside Out…Experiencing Normal, and on the homepage of the NEDA website! In addition, you will receive a free gift bag of NEDA gear! Click here for more information on the NIS Gala.

NORMAL In Schools (NIS) is a 501(c)3 arts-and-education organization which brings NOR•MAL (a hip, rock ‘n roll musical), an accompanying curriculum, clinical psychologist and person-in-recovery to schools to educate about eating disorders and related issues.

What are the collage contest requirements?

*A collage is a work of art on a single surface composed of various materials not normally associated with one another.

You cannot submit any images that infringe or violate someone else’s rights or violate the law.
You must submit your collage photo via email* in a jpeg file format (limit 2 submissions/person)
Physical dimensions can not exceed 36” x 48”
Your collage must address the theme question, “In your ideal world, what would mass media look like?”
Your submission must include:
- Your first and last name (if you do not want your last name listed publicly, please make a note in your submission email)
- Home state
- Collage title
- Description./artist statement (optional), 200 words maximum
- Collage dimensions
- Email Address
- Phone number

The deadline for submitting your collage is January 15, 2010, 12:00 noon EST. If you are selected as the winner, your original collage must be framed and delivered to NORMAL In Schools by February 10, 2010.

Any submissions that fail to meet these requirements will be ineligible.

How do you submit your collage jpeg?

Please email your submission with the information required above in the body of your email and the jpeg attached to neda@myneda.org. Do not send the original collage to NEDA. The deadline for sending in your submission is January 15, 2010, 12:00 noon EST. The winner will be announced January 25, 2010.

How will the winner be chosen?

After submission acceptance closes on January 15^th, the judges will review each eligible entry. Our panel of judges will be made up of members of the 2010 NEDAwareness Week Committee and NEDA staff.

It’s Time to Talk About It…and we can’t wait to see what you have to say!

About Chenese Lewis, Host of PLUS Model Radio

Chenese Lewis is a sought after keynote speaker, expert commentator, and a positive body image and self-esteem advocate. She is the current President of the Hollywood Chapter of the National Organization for Women, the Ambassador of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA), sits on the Celebrity Board of the non-profit organization Fed Up, Inc., and made history by being the first woman crowned Miss Plus America in 2003. Her unique story and prestigious career have been featured by countless media outlets such as Dr. Phil, The Insider, E! News, EXTRA, The National Examiner, iVillage, Figure Magazine and USA Today. Lewis is the creator and host of Hollywood NOW's "Love Your Body Day," an annual event where women of all sizes come together to celebrate a day of self-acceptance, to promote positive body image and to show that you don't have to be a size 0 to be beautiful. Her 2010 Love Your Body Campaign, where she posed nude with America's Next Top Model, Whitney Thompson, garnered international media attention and magnified her role as a leading positive body image advocate. As a plus size model, she has modeled for many companies including Torrid, Kmart, and served as the celebrity face for Sizeappeal. As a keynote speaker, she lectures at national workshops, seminars, and universities around the country including the University of California, Davis "Celebrate Your Body Week" and the commencement speaker at The Art Institute of California in Hollywood. Chenese's unique perspective as a plus size woman and role model enables her to connect to real women across the country. It's no wonder PLUS Model Magazine called her "A leader in the curvy revolution!" As an actress her work on B.E.T's hit show "Hell Date" showed her impeccable improvisational and comedic skills, which kept millions tuning in weekly. She also won rave reviews for her dramatic portrayal of Connie Williams, a larger than life professional baseball player in the NAACP Award winning play "The Girls of Summer" set in the 1940's. The Louisiana native is the Chief Creative Officer for Chenese Lewis Productions, LLC a media company established in 2007. She is the host of PLUS Model Radio, the #1 podcast for plus size women. She also was the executive producer for the 2008 Flawless Calendar, the very first of its kind, showcasing a wide variety of curvacious models all different ethnicities, shapes and sizes with high fashion editorial images. Chenese attributes her success by not conforming to society's ideals of beauty but rather showing by example that you can be beautiful and confident regardless of your size. Chenese Lewis is the epitome of the plus size woman.

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