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| This Week's Crown |
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Reign Carter
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Houston, TX — Week of July 21, 2026
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Turns a Tuesday outfit post into a full production. Camera-trained, unbothered, and this week's crown by a landslide of nominations.
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| News |
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Dating Apps' New AI Photo Rules: What Tinder, Bumble and Hinge Actually Require
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Tinder's face-matching check is now mandatory in eight markets. Bumble and Hinge have their own rules — and none of the three mention body size.
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By Simone Okonkwo
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| Also This Week |
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News
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Southwest's Customer of Size Policy, Explained: What Changed Twice in Four Months
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Southwest tightened its extra-seat rule in January, then partly reversed it in May after backlash. Here is what the airline's own policy says today.
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News
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Target's Plus-Size Selection Fell 37 Percent in a Year, as Old Navy's Slid Too
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Extended sizes fell 37 percent at Target and 12 percent at Old Navy over the past year, as GLP-1 drug use climbed toward 10 million Americans in 2025.
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News
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Built from the Ground Up: The Gyms and Gear Actually Designed for Bigger Bodies
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A Portland gym rates its equipment to 500 pounds. An activewear brand fit-tests every piece through size 42. Real design, not a resized afterthought.
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History
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Peter Paul Rubens Made Fullness the Beauty Standard of Baroque Europe
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In the 1630s, the era's most celebrated Flemish painter filled his canvases with full-figured women — and left behind a word for it: Rubenesque.
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| On the Calendar |
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What We Saw at the Curvy Ventures Summer Bash
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July 27, 2026 · Fort Lauderdale, FL
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A beachfront weekend in Fort Lauderdale that filled its room block in under a week.
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Inside Vegas Summer Bash 2026: Five Nights, One Unstoppable Energy
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July 20, 2026 · Las Vegas, NV
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XlencePLUS pulled 400-plus of us to the Strip. Here's what the rooftop pool parties and closing night actually looked like.
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Houston's BBW Flirt Fest Weekend, Recapped
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May 19, 2026 · Houston, TX
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Bowling, brunch, a pool party, and a dance floor that didn't quit from Thursday to Sunday. Home city, showing out.
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| From the Collection |
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Fat Hoes graphic T-Shirt — $30.02
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Jovial
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This heavyweight, garment-dyed tee carries a sun-warmed, retro beach vibe — soft to the touch with a lived-in feel from the dye-after-const…
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