
One Of The Original Plus-Size Influencers



Chenese is featured in the Fall Issue of FabUplus Magazine! FabUplus is a health, fitness and lifestyle magazine dedicated to women with curves and is available on newsstands nationwide throughout the United States and Canada! In the U.S. you can purchase a copy from Barnes & Noble and in Canada, you can purchase it […]

A special screening of the body-positive documentary film “Embrace” will be held Saturday, September 30th at Mellow Mushroom in New Orleans. Immediately following will be an interactive panel discussion to continue the conversation surrounding body image. Panelists include Chenese Lewis, Jaclyn McCabe, Leora Madden, Mark Berger, and Ann Mahoney from “The Walking Dead”. Proceeds from the event […]

Joining the judging panel at the 2017 Miss Plus America Pageant in Dallas this July will be a familiar face — a former titleholder. Chenese Lewis, Miss Plus America 2003, will judge this year’s Miss Plus America Pageant, the 15th anniversary of the pageant system created exclusively for plus size women. Lewis made history by being the first […]

The AMERICAN WOMAN Project is a multimedia portrait and documentary series that aims to reframe what we think of when we hear the descriptor “American woman” to include Black American women.This project was partially funded by the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh grant and Safety Pin Box. AMERICAN WOMAN is being realized as a series of mixed/multi-media portraits […]

Chenese returns as host of the New Orleans Natural Hair Expo for the fourth consecutive year during the Essence Music Festival weekend! The New Orleans Natural Hair Expo (NONHE) is the “Ultimate Natural Hair Experience!” The goal of the NONHE is to provide a fun, sophisticated, and social environment that celebrates and promotes the […]

Chenese serves as a judge for the inaugural Ms. Full Figured Louisiana Pageant. The Louisiana state competition is a part of the Ms. Full Figured USA Pageant system based in New Jersey, which has been in existence over 25 years. For more information about Ms. Full Figured USA and their state competitions visit www.msfullfiguredusa.com

Chenese Lewis will return to co-host the TCFStyle Expo for 2017! This year will be Lewis’ third consecutive time hosting the expo, which takes place July 28th and 29th in Atlanta at the Cobb Galleria Center. The TCFStyle Expo was started by Marie Denee, founder of the popular blog The Curvy Fashionista. This year the expo […]

Check out Chenese on the cover of Full Blossom Magazine Issue 29! The proceeds from the issue will be donated to Chenese for flood relief and recovery. Purchase your copy at www.FullBlossomMagazine.com today!!!