More Than Meets the Eye...
Her notoriety began when John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier used her luscious curves to round out their runway spring collections in 2006.
The forty year old going on twenty-five was born and raised in the States but has lived in Paris, France since 1996.
Besides modeling this multi-talented woman is also a photographer, dancer, actress and god parent.
Playing devil's advocate, I asked Velvet if she considers herself healthy. She replied, "While I have often answered this question, I am admittedly perturbed by it. By virtue of being plus size I am thusly expected to tout my health, yet my smaller counterparts, be it in contemporary dance, or film, or in fashion, are never asked the state of their health. I do not drink alcohol and I never have, I do not take drugs and I never have, I do not smoke and I never have, yet many of these same counterparts do one, or a combination of all of the above, and yet merely by virtue of weighing less then I, are completely excluded from this patronizing question."
Velvet's Fat Stats
Curves with attitude...
290lbs
Size 28
Moving Pictures
A starlet in the making...
In 2006, Velvet d'Amour appeared in her first feature length black and white French film titled Avida.It is a dark comedy about the kidnapping of a fat woman (named Avida) billionaire's dog by three thugs but she turns the situation around in her favor.
Avida was written and directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern. Read a great review of it by New York Cool when they attended the Tribeca Film Festival.
Great news! Avida is now available in North America. It can be ordered from Amazon for $23.99. The unfortunate thing is they are using a different cover art than the original shown here.
Fat Chance
Look who's judging...
Mo'nique's hit reality show Fat Chance, the first television beauty pageant for plus size women, hosted a Paris edition and Velvet was one of the judges.Watch clips, tips and full episode from season one, two and Paris at Oxygen.
Velvet's Yahoo Group
Making contact...
Velvet has a email list at Yahoo groups titled, Velvet Vixon. Yes this is an official group. She routinely sends messages about her life and work projects. There is a photo section LOADED with incredible photos of her.She has over 11,000 fans on the list!
Visit the Velvet Vixon's email group.
Large and Lovely, BellaOnline
There's more to us than just fat...
Are you fat? Overweight? Obese? Want to be empowered? BellaOnline's Large and Lovely site knows there is more to you than being fat. Articles, reviews, rants and links for women of size.
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More than meets the eye...
Velvet has been a busy woman letting the world know her opinion on being plus size, a model and a woman.
Visit these sites to learn more about Velvet, right from her mouth.
Buxom Blog: INTERVIEW: Velvet D'Amour
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Interview with Velvet d'Amour - Large & Lovely
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Plus Model Magazine Interview with Velvet
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Velvet - In German!
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Beautiful, but different: The quiet, fat revolution of Velvet d'Amour | News.com.au Fully Chic Blog
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5 Resolutions: Our Interview with Velvet D'Amour: Part I
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Velvet d'Amour Videos
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Velvet's Space
Myspace that is...
Myspace is an online community for young and old to share photos, blogs and common interests. It's used both as a fun form of entertainment and as a promotional tool.If you are into the whole myspace culture. Velvet has a colorful myspace where she posts updates to the blog and of course great photos.
Go see what is happening at Velvet's Myspace and add her as a friend!
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People Are Talking About Velvet
Blogging that is...
Here is a listing of bloggers who have felt the urge to talk about Velvet d'Amour's charms.
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- MikkiGVee MikkiGVee Nov 24, 2009 @ 8:02 pm
- Very nice lens. Velvet is a beautiful woman. Confidence! I love it.
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- papawu papawu Apr 9, 2009 @ 11:34 pm
- With a name like that, she's supposed to be a star!
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- clouda9 clouda9 Dec 14, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
- Gotta appreciate this as a BBW! Love her confidence just to be. Thanks for the share.
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- lollyj lollyj Nov 3, 2008 @ 8:53 am
- I've been a curvy plus-size female since I was five. Don't know when bony and anorexic became the rage but it's time that era ends. You are a GORGEOUS woman and I enjoyed surfing your lens. Good job!!
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- ChristiannaGarrett-Martin ChristiannaGarrett-Martin Sep 16, 2008 @ 12:04 pm
- A very interesting lens! I actually think it is more voluptuous for a woman to carry some weight, and I think most men agree also. 5 stars for a subject which is just a little bit different from the norm :)
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- kalanui kalanui Nov 4, 2007 @ 10:34 am
- Thanks for stopping by my lens. Looks like Velvet is a modern day Anais Nin! 5 stars for you.
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- Velvet Velvet Sep 19, 2007 @ 6:06 pm
- WOW Thank you so much Moe!!! That's killer! I like how you tied so many different things together, well done!
I'm sincerely both grateful and flattered.
Very big kiss to you!!!
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- vargas vargas Sep 9, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
- Velvet has been a hero of mine, one of my favorite models! I blogged about twice actually.
http://vargasminutiae.blogspot.com/search?q=velvet d'amour"
http://vargasminutiae.blogspot.com/search?q=avida
I'm so glad that you created this lens dedicated to her. She is unique and beautiful!
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