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The UK's Number 1 Magazine For Curvy Women

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Forget recycle, up-cycle!

“I’ll never be a skinny minnie”

Key steps to a healthy loving relationship

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How to style your curves

Marco Pierre White

www.speedosculpture.com

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Yes, it’s that time again - for you to sit back and enjoy another terri!c issue of Just As Beautiful. "ere was a little delay in getting this issue to you, but we thank you for bearing with us.

As you can see, each issue gets better as we go along, and with your help we believe it will continue to be that way. Josie Gibson, our cover girl, has given us an exclusive that we are sure you would enjoy reading. Yes, the Big Brother winner is happy to #y the #ag for curvy girls, and where better than to say this in our magazine?We also had a one-to-one with Marco Pierre White, the renowned celebrity Chef. Meeting him was an experience for Jennie to say the least. Over the years we have advocated and pushed for a fairer society, so we wish Carrie Lynn Certa the best of luck as she takes on Hollywood in a bid to become the !rst curvy action superstar, and ask that you support her too in any way you can. Congratulations to our very own Siobhan Hickey on the birth of her baby daughter Abigail, and well done Lyndsay Russell, author of Making It Big, for soaring to the top of the book charts. Stories about curvy women that do not centre on diets rarely make it, so let’s hope that Lyndsay has paved the way for change and this success is not a one-o$.Fashionistas would notice our new fashion pages, which were shot in both London and New York, proving that we are truly international. As you can see, Denise Bidot steals the show wherever she goes.Remember, if ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’, then every woman is just as beautiful as her neighbour, friend or colleague.Happy reading!

Ronnie Ajoku(Founder/Publisher)

Welcome

Editor’s letter

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JAB Cover Story

“ I’m proud to be doing it for the curvy girls!”

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JAB Model Story

Before

When will they realise plus size models are here to stay?

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JAB Inspiration

Live with passion or accept mediocrity – your choice…

Well over 80% of the western population go through life in denial of their legacy

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Style Guide

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JAB Fashion

So Sexilicious!

Book - Making It Big

JAB Competition

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JAB Fashion JAB Fashion

We want student fashion designers to be introduced to a realistic range of body shapes during their training process. Diversity can enhance craftsmanship not impede it

“ Only when those in the fashion industry understand how powerful fashion imagery actually is, and how ordinary women feel about the limited physical ideals that are currently used as a learning template, will we see progress.”

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Lights, curves action!

JAB Feature JAB Feature

…Is hollywood ready for a curvy action star?

“Changing Hollywood is not something one person can take on, it’s going to take an army of

very strong women”

“ If I went to a normal audition for an action film I would be laughed out of the room”

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I used to have crippling bouts of insecurity about my overall body image and working in the media has been a very difficult place for a plus size woman

I was once told by a fellow presenter that I was ‘the wrong side of 30 and a bit too plump’ to make it

JAB Column JAB Column

From theheart

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JAB Fitness

Perfect your posterior with pilates home essentials

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JAB Fashion JAB Fashion

HeadingSouth

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JAB Fashion JAB Fashion

Denise Bidot

In New York CityUnleashed

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JAB RelationshipsJAB Relationships

5 I love me

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How to go blonde…

JAB Beauty

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JAB Beauty

Buns, Flicks & Waveshair trends for the season

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JAB Motivation

Live Life by Design – put the pieces of the jigsaw together...

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JAB Food

Marco Pierre WhiteLunch with

“ As I always say don’t change your recipe change your meat.”

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