🚨 MEDIA COVERAGE ALERT 🚨 Size Overrated Magazine is excited to officially provide media coverage for NOODLE: The Thinkers Convention 2026 in Newport News, VA! 🎤📸🔥 We’ll be on-site capturing: ✨ Exclusive moments ✨ Interviews & highlights ✨ Social media coverage ✨ Culture, creativity & community connections This event is bringing together innovators, creators, entertainers, and powerful voices all in one space — and we’re honored to help tell the story. 🎟️ MAY 22–23, 2026

I almost didn’t come… and that would’ve been a mistake. After a hectic week (and an even longer day), I was THIS close to staying in. But at the last minute, I pushed myself out of that funk, and I’m so glad I did! Friday night was everything it needed to be. Being in the room with creativity, hearing the journey, and witnessing purpose in motion hits different. Getting to see Dutch RicLamar shine—and hearing more of his story—was a reminder that when you stay consistent in y

Let’s get one thing clear—just because your life doesn’t look like everyone else’s timeline doesn’t mean you’re behind. Social media has us thinking success is supposed to happen overnight. One viral moment. One opportunity. One connection. But real growth? It’s quiet. It’s the late nights no one sees. It’s the self-doubt you fight through. It’s choosing to keep going when nothing is clapping for you yet. You’re not late. You’re not off track. You’re in the process. And the p

A lot of people don’t know this about Size Overrated Magazine. Within two years of launching, we were on newsstands nationwide. From the East Coast to the West Coast. From the North to the South. And it all started because of a stranger. Someone reached out wanting to be on the cover of my magazine. During our conversation, he asked if I knew someone he referred to as his “godfather.” I assumed he meant literally. I didn’t realize he was talking about a legend. That introduct

Written by Size Overrated Magazine Photo Credit: Body Positive Goddess Ashleigh Golson, also known as The Bodi Positive Goddess, is a self-love coach, body-love mentor, healer, and the founder of The Bodi Positive Goddess LLC. Her work is deeply rooted in lived experience and personal transformation. Growing up, Ashleigh never felt permitted to simply exist as herself. Her body was constantly critiqued, too fat, not curvy enough, not the “right” shape. She was often reduced t

Fun fact. My very first celebrity interview for Size Overrated Magazine was with Floetry when they came to the Hampton Roads area YEARSSSSSS ago. Yes........THAT Floetry. Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart. That moment meant more than people probably realize. As a growing magazine, landing that interview was major. It was validation. It was culture. It was one of those “this is really happening” moments. So to see them back together again? That’s dope. Some reunions just fe

Let me say something clearly. As a magazine owner, I don’t operate from competition. Not because I’m unaware of other magazines. Not because I think I’m the only one. But because I understand my mission. You can duplicate a format. You can copy a layout. You can mimic a style. But you cannot duplicate purpose. Size Overrated was built on a very specific foundation, and that foundation is mine. So when I see other magazines launch, grow, pivot, or evolve, I don’t feel threaten

Bridget Wilson is a trailblazing plus-size model and the visionary CEO of Wilson Plus Talent and Consulting. Born and raised in the small town of Whiteville, North Carolina, Bridget knew from the age of five that she was destined to model. What began as a childhood dream evolved into a purpose driven career that would later transform the industry she longed to be part of. Bridget entered the plus fashion industry with passion and determination, spending more than fifteen year

Written by Size Overrated Magazine Photo Credit: Otis C. Robertson Teresa Lavon Woods began her plus-size modeling journey this year, but her story is decades in the making. At 43 years old, Teresa is a mother of three daughters, a proud grandmother of three granddaughters, and a woman who has survived more than many could imagine, childhood abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, rape, trauma, addiction, and years of learning how to put herself last. For most of her life, Teres

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025 Location: Hampton Convention Center Presented by: Size Overrated Magazine Proceeds benefit: The WKW...