Category Archives: 2015 INDUSTRY HONOREES

Retailer of the Year

Before ending her first career 12 years ago as an award-winning journalist, Phyllis Brasch Librach became inspired to trade deadlines for hemlines. She wanted to take the tears out of shopping for her daughter and all daughters, mothers, sisters, aunts and friends with real curves. It all started when Librach failed to find a plus-size…
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Model of The Year

Jordan Tesfay is a Canadian model, actress, lawyer and entrepreneur. She was born in Rome, Italy, on October 4, 1979, and is the daughter of Orthodox Christian immigrants from Asmara, Eritrea in East Africa. She moved to Canada when she was five years old. She attended Victoria High School of the Visual and Performing Arts…
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Designer of the Year

From a young age Veronica has always had a love for fashion. As a little girl, she searched through magazines and cut out all of the outfits that caught her eye. As she got older she became disappointed by the lack of options for plus sized women, so she got a sewing machine and learned…
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