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Actress Gabourey Sidibe will be on the March 2010 edition of Ebony Magazine. It should be on newsstands nationwide Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The breakout star of Lee Daniels’ latest Oscar contender talks about her new movie role opposite Zoe Kravitz and why no matter what anyone says she still celebrates being “different.” She’s also rockin the Monif C Roxie Batwing dress that we just featured.

Excerpts from the article:

Gabourey on what type of role she wants to play next:

“I would like to be funny in a film, or I’d like to be a romantic lead. They’re all dream roles. There’s nothing specifically that I want, I just want everything.”

Gabourey on living up to Hollywood standards of beauty:

“I don’t try to live up to the standards of Hollywood or any of that – I know that I’m different and I celebrate it. In a weird way, I kind of really, really love being the alien in the room. I dig it.”

Gabourey on how she came to be an actress:

“I thought I’d be a receptionist my whole life, and I wanted to be a psychologist. This just kind of fell in my lap. It’s very strange. It wasn’t what I planned to be in life, but certainly it’s happened in such a big way and I do plan to act more.”

I will be highlighting some great finds I find in curvy fashion for the dolls that go all out for Valentine’s Day. First Up is Monif C, she brought back the popular “Roxie” Beaded V-Neck Batwing Dress. You can choose from three colors: Red, Ivory or Black. This dress was first seen in this past fall collection and the red color as I was told was sold out in 2 weeks! The dress is made of jersey material blend and has a banded bottom allows you to adjust the length so it can be worn as a short dress or tunic top with leggings or jeans.

HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH:
Wow. Thank you to every member of the Screen Actors Guild. I am so very honored. There are some people that I must thank, that could easily go overlooked. But without these people, this film could have not been what it is. I have to say thank you to Aunt Dot, who plays Mary Jones’ mother. I have to say thank you to the Each One Teach One Students, y’all were absolutely amazing.

I have to say thank you to Lisa Cortes, who was an amazing producer, and who put the work in every single day. And I have to thank the little girl that we called “Mongo.” Her name is Quishay, and I want to thank that baby and her mother for allowing us to use that special gift in this project. Lee Daniels, you never cease to amaze me. God got somethin’ on you brother that you can’t begin to imagine the gift.

God bless us all. Thank you very much.

Some may say, I’m late as all outdoors but trust me — I’ve never been the one to rush into glory.  To be honest, my schedule has been so hectic, the only reason I’ve had the time to sit and write this post tonight is because I’m online shopping for my winter weekend.  *sowwy*

All I can say is OhEmGee!!!!  *insert squeal here*  If anyone in their right mind can honestly say they don’t appreciate the design techniques of Weiss & Lykke at CarmaKoma, they are absolutely BLIND!  Since my introduction to the dynamic Danish duo I have been in complete lust with the site.  Some may call it a girl crush I call it heaven.  After flipping thru the 2010 Spring Look Book, I’ve finally narrowed down my top favorites.

All images courtesy of Carmakoma – all rights reserved to them.

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This weeks feature of Acessoried is We Love Colors, I was sent a pair of the Purple Plus Size Nylon/Lycra Tights and I must say they are the best pair of tights I have worn EVER! I was able to get into them without a problem. Unlike tights I have bought from Target, Torrid, Ashely Stewart, etc.. Unfortunately I misplaced my camera so I had to borrow images from the We Love Colors site. They are well worth the $15 in my opinion and I will be purchasing a lot from them when I make my move outside of Los Angeles later this year.

We at the curvy spot are giving away two pairs to two curvy dolls that make a comment on this post and follow us on twitter or is a facebook fan. Please make sure in the comments you indicate that you follow us on twitter or facebook. We will close this on Friday January 22, 2009.

For more information on We Love Colors you can follow them on twitter , facebook or their site.  Oh yeah they are also having their own Curvy Girl of the Month Contest you can find more details about that on their face book page.