Red Carpet Fashion: NAACP Awards 2010

The NAACP Awards 2010 was held February 25, 2010 in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium. As plenty of stars walked the red carpet decked out in their Sunday's best all eyes were on the Precious movie stars. My two favorite red carpet looks came from Monique and Gabourey Sidibe. These Plus Size Beauties came full force in elegance to the awards.



Gabby Sidibe–who won the award for Best Actress! She wore a beaded knee length purple dress that embraced her curves!




Mo’Nique won for Best Supporting Actress! She a long with strapless white dress with a basket woven top woven top by Tadashi Shoji.

Loving Gabourey Sidibe’s Confidence…

“Precious” star Gabourey Sidibe is featured in the latest issues of Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar.



She says "I feel like a model. It justifies everyone in my life who told me I wouldn’t be anything until I lost weight. It justifies that little girl who cried because she didn’t think she could be in front of the camera. And it’s for other girls who feel like they can’t do this or that and feel like they’re not pretty and not worthy of having their photo taken."

On her Confidence: "People always ask me, You have so much confidence. Where did that come from?’ It came from me. One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn’t have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see. Your body is your temple, it’s your home, and you must decorate it.”

I Love Gabby... From Precious!

Actress Gabourey Sidibe visited the Oprah Winfrey show this past friday to promote the film “Precious” which opened up in 100 Markets last week. Originally the film opened in 18 theaters across the nation and racked in almost 2 million its first weekend. While there, Oprah asked Gabby about her weight:

“Lee Daniels, the director said: You speak like a white girl from the valley. That you are a special girl, either in denial about your physicality or from another planet because you are so evolved, so secure about who you are. Where does all this confidence come from? You walk into a room obviously not a size 2 or 12 but has such great confidence about it. It doesn’t seem to bother you at all”
Gabourey responded:

“It’s something I’ve had to work at. My first diet started when I was six years old. I’ve never been a small girl. One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like and what other people thought about my body. I was 21 or 22. I got tired of feeling bad all the time. I got tired of hating myself and so I really had that conversation with myself and find what I love about myself".