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Today, we are recreating rom-com posters.
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Rom-coms for me, when I was growing up,
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very much were the same type of woman.
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I never really got to see my culture being
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represented in the way that it should be, authentically.
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Being a plus-size woman,
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being a woman of color,
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being a queer woman,
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like, you ain't finding me nowhere.
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I'm a damn unicorn.
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Definitely, the best friend who was like,
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black and like, kind of the comedic relief.
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I feel like that's like as diverse it got.
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Oh, that girl's hair is curly.
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She must be crazy.
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It's very frustrating to always see yourself
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as a supporting character,
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because then you grow up believing
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that you're not the lead in your own movie.
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I'm hoping that I can recreate this pose,
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and it doesn't look like someone made a mistake.
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Today, I'm recreating the Pretty Woman poster.
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I am feeling like the classiest hooker
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there ever was in all of Beverly Hills.
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This is like, Julia Roberts, when she
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was America's sweetheart.
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I am like, my couch's sweetheart.
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A very iconic smile to try to replicate.
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I love the Pretty Woman poster.
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Julia Roberts, her hair is in its natural curl.
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It's a darker color.
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And it shows a lot of her personality.
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And she is smiling, like, that iconic Julia Roberts smile.
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She just seems so happy.
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Today, I will be posing with Jacob,
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who I have never met.
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It's always great to first meet someone
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when you're supposed to play their love interest.
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I will be recreating the No Strings Attached poster.
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We don't have to be the best friend
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watching someone else fall in love.
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Like, I can have no strings attached.
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Today, I'm modeling with Courteney.
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And this is going to be interesting.
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So, I've always wanted a big oversized shirt,
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and be like, "Oh my gosh, I'm so cute in someone else's shirt."
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This is a lot of ass to capture.
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I hope that this shows that no matter
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what size you are, whether you are super small
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or not, or in between, that like,
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you can be sexy, and you can wear your little shirt around, whether it's yours or not.
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And everyone's gonna look good, no matter what.
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I am going to be doing Kate Hudson in
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
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I've looked at this poster, and it's just
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kind of like, two people playing Jenga with each other.
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In the pose she's like this,
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but I can't get.
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So instead, it's gonna be like..."No boys allowed," or whatever this pose is.
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How do they find themselves in this situation
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where like, they both tipped over at the same time?
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Well, Macy just figured out that there's no way you could do this pose without it being Photoshopped together.
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So, we're now filming it separately,
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and I'm being held up.
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Bigger people have romantic adventures, too.
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I think it'd be really cool to see our romantic adventures.
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I'll be recreating The Notebook,
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with the always beautiful Rachel McAdams,
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and I hope I can do it some justice.
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Today, I'm actually posing with my boyfriend, Russell,
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and I think this will be a fun experience for the two of us.
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And hopefully, he doesn't drop me.
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He's giving you that "it-just-heavily-rained" look.
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Rom-coms for me, when I was growing up,
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I never really saw a leading lady who was curvy and considered sexy and romantic.
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That...you look fantastic.
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- Thank you. - You look beautiful.
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I'm really excited to show that as a curvy woman, you can also be a leading lady.
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I'm doing J-Lo from The Wedding Planner.
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Growing up as a Latina, seeing J-Lo in movies was amazing.
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Jenny from the block, Maya from the block.
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I never really got to see kind of, my culture being represented.
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I don't know like, I wish La-La Land had like, POC.
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It's like, why can't a Latina be in it?
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Or like, African American, or an Indian,
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or something like that?
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I'm excited to represent an average size woman,
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which is like, in America, I think it's size 14 to 16.
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She's kind of like this.
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I have too much boobage for that.
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I mean, I got a little butt, thighs, arms.
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I'm excited to show that in a movie poster,
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'cause it's usually Photoshopped out.
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I just hope this shows girls everywhere
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that you are allowed to be the lead in your own love story.
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You're not just the best friend.
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You're not just the comedic relief.
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You are the star of your life.