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Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 308 lbs
Bust: 47"
Waist: 49"
Hips: 57"
Cup: B
Dress: 24
Shoe: 11.0
Hair color: Black
Hair length: Long
Eye color: Brown
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Skin color: White
Shoot nudes: No
Experience: Very Experienced
Compensation: Any
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Last activity: Jan 19, 2012
Joined: Apr 02, 2008


Jennifer Barreto-Leyva

Female
33 years old
Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
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Mayhem #686640
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MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/jabl

About me
Jennifer Barreto-Leyva was born on December 12, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela.
She spent her childhood and youth in the town of Los Teques, together with her parents and sister, where she received a well-rounded education full of discipline and love and was instilled with the highest values of citizenship and family at the prestigious Colegio San Jose de Tarbes, completing her education at the Instituto Privado Juan XXIII.

Steered by her sense of justice, which characterizes this Sagittarian, Jennifer decided to study law at the Universidad Santa Maria where she graduated with a specialty in the field of Appearance-based Discrimination.

This attorney and passionate writer, has dedicated herself since 1999 to the tireless fight of showing that being plus size and not achieving the ideal measurements of 36-24-36 is not a requirement for being a beautiful and successful woman from her popular columns on www.gordos.com, www.dcglamourplus.com, Just as beautiful Magazine, Latina Lista and
www.hechayderecha.com.ve has thousands of followers due to the human angle she takes in her articles.
Jen, as her fans call her, has been known to leave a strong impression upon Hispanic women, since being the first Latin American woman to participate in the Miss Universe Pageant for Plus-Size Women, which resulted in her winning the Popular Vote among her fellow contestants. In addition, Jennifer was the first Venezuelan to blaze the trail in competing in a competition of this kind. Her exotic beauty was always compared from early age with Bárbara Palacios, Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe 1986.

Determined to break paradigms, Jennifer has proposed that the true beauty of women is reflected through their example, showing that success and the beauty of human beings cannot be measured by size.
Making her voice heard since the beginning of 2004 in different media and interviews with the most prestigious journalists, Jennifer has achieved raising awareness of plus-size women and leaving a positive message for all in Latin America.

This justice-seeking diva dedicates her days to helping thousands of people, by personally providing responsible and free professional guidance on how to handle problems dealing with self-esteem, discrimination, fashion and being overweight.

Now going after new challenges, Jennifer has set out to break again the paradigms and in the process is becoming the first plus-size model of Venezuela to fight passionately in being the best representative on the international stage of extra-large girls.

At the end of 2009 she started as the producer and host of unique fashion segment totally focus on plus sizes of TV show “Ellas y sus noches" on Puerto Rico, never seen on Hispanic TV before.

On July of 2010, Jennifer has become into the first Latina to be the cover of VOGUE Curvy on July 2010.

Currently is also the Owner and Editor of the first online magazine in history for Spanish-speakers plus size people: Belleza XL www.bellezaxl.com

Recently has become as the only blogger at Estilos Blog a project based in Miami, Florida www.estilosblog.com to talk about image issues, plus size and self esteem subjects. Estilos Blog is a platform with celebrities from all over Latinamerica.

Recently has started a very bold column Sexo XL on the magazine Sexo Sentido, talking about self esteem, sex and relationships for plus size people.

Currently is also the correspondent for Venezuela on Fox News Latino.

“The beauty of each woman goes far beyond having a little curve or very sharp ones. Rather, it is knowing how to respond to what life throws at you, however delicate, and knowing how strong a mark to leave each time you go after your dreams.”

Feel free to contact me on: jbl@bellezaxl.com

Credits
TELEVISION APPEARANCES:

Talk Show De Novela con Beatriz 17/02/04. TELEVEN. Venezuela.
Talk Show De Novela con Beatriz 20/05/04. TELEVEN. Venezuela.
Variety show Portada´s 27/03/07. VENEVISION. Venezuela.
Talk show Balance  07/04/07. TELEVEN. Venezuela
Reality show "Sudando la gota gorda" 25/05/07. VENEVISION. Venezuela
Reality show "Sudando la gota gorda" 04/06/07. VENEVISION. Venezuela
Law show "Lo legal en lo cotidiano". 05/02/2008.  CANAL“ I. Venezuela
Variety show "Lo que ellas quieren" . 05/06/08. LA TELE. Venezuela 
Interview for Reuters. 13/06/08
Variety show Portada´s  10/06/08. VENEVISION.
Human Rights segment "Un momento diferente"  CANAL I. 31/08/08
Contestant on dancing show "Pongale Ritmo" onœSabado Gigante.  UNIVISION, Miami, Florida-  November 2008
Variety show Portada´s 12/06/09. VENEVISION. Venezuela
"Mentiras verdaderas" 31/07/09 RCTV INTERNACIONAL. Venezuela
"Ellas y..." TELEORO, Puerto Rico. December 2009
"Ellas y..." TELEORO, Puerto Rico. December 2009
"Ellas y..." TELEORO, Puerto Rico. December 2009
"Los trapos y su gente". Venezuela. March 2010
Variety show Portada's. Venevision. Venezuela. 21/07/10.
Variety show "Lo que ellas quieren". LA TELE. Venezuela. November 2010
"Los Trapos y su gente" Canal I. Venezuela. November 2010
Talk show "In Situ" with Sergio Novelli. Canal I. Venezuela. December 2010
Tribute "En privado" with Maria Elena Lavaud. Venezuela. Globovision. January 2011
"Ellas y sus noches" Plus size fashion segment. Puerto Rico. December 2010/January2011
"Can a fat girl be a beauty queen?" Debate at Sabado Gigante. USA March 2011
"Los Trapos y su gente" Canal I. Venezuela. April 2011.
"CALA" with Ismael Cala, at CNN en Espanol. May 2011.
"Levantate Bolivia" at Cadena "A" with Priscilla Quiroga, Juan Carlos Arana, Martín Sotomayor, and Ricardo Irusta. Bolivia. June 2011.
"Los Trapos y su gente" Canal I. Venezuela. June 2011
"Los Trapos y su gente" Canal I. Venezuela. July 2011

RADIO INTERVIEWS:

Medical doctor show "Consulta de medianoche" 17/06/04. 104.5 KYS FM
Eli­ Bravo´s show. 27/10/04. Exitos 99.9 FM. UNION RADIO.
Berenice Gomez´s show "La cuaima y la bicha" 23/10/07.  102.3 FM. CNB.
Mary Montes´s show. 02/04/07. Onda La Superestacion 107.9 FM. UNION RADIO.
Valentina Quintero´s show "En todas partes" 02/04/07. 90.3 FM Actualidad Union Radio. UNION RADIO
Norberto Mazza´s show  "Nunca es tarde". 04/03/07. Onda La SuperEstacion 107.9 FM. UNION RADIO.
Maripili Hernandez´s show Actualidad Union Radio. 08/04/07. 90.3 FM UNION RADIO
Eli Bravo´s show. 27 /04/07. RADIO GLOBAL 1210 A.M. (Florida, EE.UU.)
Radio Show "Alo RCN" for Colombia. For RCN network 05/02/2008 (Colombia)
Eli Bravo´s show. 15 /02/08. RADIO GLOBAL 1210 AM. (Florida, EE.UU.)
LuÃis Chataing show´s "De nuevo en la manana" La Mega Estación 107.3 FM.
Ana Mari­a Simmons & Pedro Luis Flores´s show "Ni tan calvo ni con dos pelucas" Circuito X 89.7 FM. 16/05/08
Victor Sanchez & Sandra Villanueva´s show "Ahora es cuando" on Planeta FM. 22/05/08
Eli­ Bravo´s show. 16/07/10. RADIO GLOBAL 1210 A.M. (Florida, EE.UU.)
"Contra reloj" with Sheina Chang & Diana Carolina Ruiz on Magica 99.1 FM 28/07/10
Flor Alicia Anzola & Elizabeth Fuentes's show "Frivolas" on Onda 107.9 FM 28/07/10
"Los hijos de Lindbert"  with Daniel Rojas (co-hosting) on Radio Rumbos 30/07/10
"Echadas pa´lante" with Malena Gonzalez & Astrid Carolina Herrera on Circuito X 27/09/10
"En Privado" with Maria Elena Lavaud. Onda La Superestacion. November 2010
"GigaBlog" with Enrique Guart and Vanessa Carmona. November 2010
"La revista" with Elba Escobar and Maria Elena Lavaud. 2011


PRINT:

Interview for Diario Clari­n. 30/04/07. Argentina
Interview for Elite Magazine. Julio, 2007.  Atlanta, U.S.A
Interview for Diario El Tiempo  4/02/2008. Colombia
Interview for student of journalism at Dominican Republic 22/04/08.
Interview for El Universal, 13/05/08. Caracas, Venezuela
Cover & Interview for "Chevere News".  September 2008.  Florida, U.S.A.
"Moda en la calle". Revista Estampas, 06/10/09. Caracas, Venezuela
"Divas plus".  Revista Fama, 15/10/09.  Miami, U.S.A.
Interview/Fashion Editorial for "Revista Atrevida" Puerto Rico. March 2010
"Estilacho de los lectores" Revista EME. March 2010
Interview/tribute at Revista Estampas, 26/09/10
Revista Estampas (part of an interview to a photographer I worked with). October 2010
Revista Sexo Sentido "El sexo de..." February 2011
"Dar la talla" by Silvia Mago for "Revista Eme" March 2011
Cover/interview for "Suplemento Viernes". Diario El Norte. July 2011
Diario El Caribazo. December 2011

ONLINE (INTERNET)

"Chica de Portada" www.gordos.com  September 2000
Miss Plump Venezuela 2007 April 2007
Miss Plump Universe 2007   April 2007
Review on the beauty queens magazine Critical Beauty  March 2007. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A
Interview for Columna Estilos. 09/09/07.  Florida, U.S.A.
Review for the beauty queens magazine BellezaCol 16/10/07.  Costa Oriental del Lago, Venezuela
Review on HRNEWS 10/05/08. Sweden.
Finalist on the search of "Model of the month" on www.dcglamourplus.com May 2008
Finalist on the search of "Mujer Estampas" May 2008 www.eluniversal.com
Interview on the online magazine "Hecha y Derecha" Octubre 2008-10-25.  Venezuela.
Interview for "Venus Diva Magazine" October 2008.
Covergirl for model of the month searching on "Glamour Plus" December 2008
Featured on Raqui´s oficial Website.  January 2009
Featured/Interview on "Just as beautiful Magazine".  February 2009
"Get out of town" Interview for "Venus Diva Magazine" June 2009.
Covergirl / interview on "Solid Women Magazine"  June 2009
Glamorous girl Spotlight!  July 2009
Interview for "Modeuses Rondes" Magazine (France) July 2009
Interview for "CriaturaGG" Magazine. (Brazil) August 2009
Cover/Interview on "Large in Charge Magazine" (USA) August 2009
Review for Plus model Magazine Blog (USA) October 2009
Interview for "Skorch Magazine" (USA) December 2009
Article for "Daily Venus Diva" (USA) December 2009
Blog "Poderosas Gordinhas" (Brazil) 2010
Interview/Fashion Editorial for "Revista Atrevida" (Puerto Rico) 2010
"Estilacho de los lectores" Revista EME. (Venezuela) April 2010
Interview "Revista Sem Medida" (Brazil) April 2010
Featured Plus model in print. Plus model mag. (USA) May 2010
"Fatshionista of the month" Voluptua Project. (USA) May 2010
Voluptua Project (Special featuring) (USA) May 2010
Plus size and or tall for Voluptua Project Interview. (USA) May 2010
"A modest proposal" with VOGUE Curvy. (Italy) July 2010
"Personajes" at Guayoyo en letras. (Venezuela) October 2010
Pepsi We inspire (icon) (USA) December 2010
"Lo + placentero, incomodo y destacado de 2010" at Sinflash.com by Alejandro Gutierrez Tremola. (Venezuela) January 2011
Cover and interview for venezuelan - italian magazine Suroeste http://www.suroesteonline.com/ Febrary 2011
Diva of the week www.8plusdivas.com (USA) Febrary 2011
Cover/interview for "Suplemento Viernes". Diario El Norte. July 2011
Model icon on "Plus for us" (USA) September 2011
Life as a Plus-Size Model in Thinness-Obsessed Venezuela. Fox News Latino. October 2011
Model Icon Quotes for "Plus for us" (USA) December 2011
Fashion editorial "Skorch Magazine" (USA) January 2012

RUNWAY:

Variety show "Portada' s" (Runway) 27/03/07. VENEVISION
TV show "Balance"  07/04/07. TELEVEN
Interview for Reuters. 13/06/08
Variety show "Portada´s" (Runway) 12/06/09. VENEVISION
"Mentiras verdaderas" 31/07/09 RCTV INTERNACIONAL
"Los trapos y su gente". Venezuela. March 2010
Venezuelan congress of etiquette and protocol at UCV auditorium January 2011

First latina to be nominated as best plus size model at the Plus Size Awards.  Won 3th place.

VIDEO:

"BIG GIRLZ" - The Plus Size Woman's Anthem. August 2009.

Producer of this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2qP5YHJQk

Summit Endangered species in Argentina March 2011

* (About of 100 reviews taken from the reviews all over the net)


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