Chrystal Bougon is the owner of Curvy Girl Lingerie, a plus-size lingerie store, and the CEO of BlissConnection. She is the author of The Curvy Girl Playbook, and executive co-producer of the reality television show Plus Life.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She is also the host of the radio show Everyone Wants to Have Better Sex.[7][8]
Chrystal Bougon | |
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.jpg) Chrystal Bougon at her boutique | |
| Known for | Curvy Girl Lingerie (CEO) BlissConnection (CEO) |
| Notable work | The Curvy Girl Playbook |
Career
editChrystal Bougon runs what she claims is the only plus-size lingerie boutique in the US, called Curvy Girl Lingerie. The store was vandalized three times in 2015.[9][10]
Bougon also started BlissConnection, which is a woman-owned romance store that sells toys, lubricants, oils, and costumes. BlissConnection also offers information related to sex products for enhancing intimate relationships.[11]
She has written an essay in the Jes Baker's book Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls titled "Hot Sex & The Curvy Girl".[12]
She is the host of the radio show titled Bliss Talks.[13] [14]
She is the author of several books including The Curvy Girl Playbook.[15]
She and Adryenn Ashley are the executive producers of the reality TV show Plus Life. The show centers on Bougon's Curvy Girl Lingerie boutique.[16][17][18][19]
She regularly writes articles and columns for Huffington Post and YourTango.[20]
Before starting her own ventures, Bougon used to work for technology companies in Silicon Valley.[21]
Regular women un-Photoshopped campaign
editBougon started the campaign by asking women of all shapes and sizes to post pictures of themselves in lingerie on her Curvy Girl Facebook Page. Bougon says she wanted to connect with the "regular" people out there in the Internet world and show them that: "For most Curvies, they have rolls, bumps, lumps, scars, stretch marks, surgery scars, breasts that are natural and that have breast-fed babies. And they can still be stunning and beautiful." After fitness advocate Maria Kang criticized the campaign in a post on Kang's Facebook page, Bougon and other people reported Kang's comments as "hate speech" to Facebook's administration, which blocked Kang's accounts for two days. Kang and Bougon subsequently debated their opposing views over social and broadcast media. Bougon made numerous appearances in shows like CNN, the Today Show, Good Morning America, and The Bethany Show to defend her campaign.[22]
COVID-19 and obesity
editBougon was first inoculated against COVID-19 at age 53, only days after vaccine eligibility in California was broadened to people with underlying conditions, which included a body-mass index of 40 or more (233 pounds for an adult who is 5 feet 4 inches tall). "The virus has underscored yet another serious inequity" but "finally, being fat actually paid off".[23]
Studies link higher body mass index, or BMI, to increased risk for severe COVID-19 symptoms. In 2013, the American Medical Association recognized obesity as a disease.[24] The fat-acceptance movement nevertheless argues it is possible to be healthy at any size.[25]
FatProductReview YouTube channel
editBougon runs a YouTube channel by the name FatProductReview, self-described as "fat products reviewed by fat people for fat people".[26]
Awards
editAs a radio show host, Bougon received the "Top Talker" and "Frontier Fifty" awards from Talker magazine along with Laura Schlessinger, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity in the same year.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Southard Ospina, Marie (5 January 2015). "Chrystal Bougon of Curvy Girl Lingerie Talks Plus Size Fashion, Fat Sex and Reality TV". Bustle.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Sidney, Emiley. "Chrystal Bougon / Curvy Girl / Bliss Connection". threegirlsmedia. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Chrystal Bougon". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Curvy Girl Chrystal Bougon, Author". yourtango. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Fernandez, Lisa. "'Fit Mom' Maria Kang vs. 'Curvy Girl' Chrystal Bougon – Battle Weight, Sexiness On-Air, Online". NBCBayArea.com. CNBC. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "ChrystalBougon". About.me. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Small businesses lose traffic as Facebook pares updates". dallasnews. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Curvy Girl Lingerie's Stars of 'Plus Life' Embrace Their Size Despite Internet Trolls". wdrb. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "South Bay lingerie store for plus-sized women targeted by vandals". ktvu. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Jones, Georgina (5 November 2015). "Curvy Girl Lingerie Launches 'Plus Life', a New Body Positive Reality TV Show". Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Zinko, Carolyne (12 November 2015). "Reality TV show 'Plus Life' celebrates big & beautiful". sfchronicle. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Unapproachable (Chrystal Bougon)". FindingOurHunger.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Fattitude Body Love Badass: Chrystal Bougon". FattitudeTheMovie. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Curvy Girl Lingerie's Stars of 'Plus Life' Embrace Their Size Despite Internet Trolls". KHQ.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Plus Life: Reality TV". imdb. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
- ^ "Plus Life". PlusLifeTV.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Jones, Georgina (5 November 2015). "Living the Plus Life". Bustle.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Penn, Stephaine. "Curvy Girl Lingerie's Owner Chrystal Bougon Wants to Create a Reality Show". DailyVenusDiva.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Cruz, Marcy (5 November 2015). "Curvy Girl Lingerie Debuts Sizzle Reel For Their New Reality TV Show". plus-model-mag. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Curvy Girl Lingerie's Stars of 'Plus Life' Embrace Their Size Despite Internet Trolls". consumerelectronicsnet. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Stewart, Dodai. "Fit Mom to Curvy Girl: You Can 'Just Tell' If a Person Is Unhealthy". jezebel. Archived from the original on 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Institutional racism, inequity fuel high minority death toll from coronavirus, L.A. officials say". Los Angeles Times. 2020-05-11. Archived from the original on 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "What changes now that doctors have declared obesity a 'disease'?". Los Angeles Times. 2013-06-19. Archived from the original on 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "Fat shaming, BMI and alienation: COVID-19 brought new stigma to large-sized people". Los Angeles Times. 2021-05-08. Archived from the original on 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
- ^ "FatProductReview". Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-06-02 – via YouTube.