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Wow! What an assortment of pictures. The first one is from the set of pictures I sent in for my first modeling contest. I was one of the lucky winners and began plus size modeling from that contest! That was back in the mid eighties, I was, i think, 24 years old and still a virgin. I think that innocent look shows in the face. I weighed around 240 lbs. Not big at all, but considered big enough to be a plus-size model!

The second photo was taken in 1991 just before I left the US to live in Pakistan for 2.5 years. It is with a friend from college named Bob. He went on to become a local celebrity (got divorced, came out of the closet, and became a Melrose Place commentator on the local "alternative music" station.) I had just lost 65 lbs and was about 210 lbs. Of course I thought of myself as fat and ugly...I was still plus-size and felt like no man would desire someone so fat...LOL....and here I am today at 435 lbs. and I feel so sexy and desirable...ironic, huh! I was about a size 14 at the time.

The third and fourth pictures were taken on my honeymoon while visiting Atlanta (we were in Austin, TX at the time). I am wearing my pakistani wedding outfit. I was too fat to wear a traditional pakistani wedding outfit so I had one made...unfortunately they don't sell the ornate fabrics in the states like they have in Pakistan...so my wedding outfit is very plain comparatively. I am sure by now you have realized the man in the picture is my now ex-husband. His name is Idrees and he is from....guess....Pakistan. My weight at that time was around 275 lbs. I felt sooooo fat and ugly.

The fifth picture is from Hipsters, an Atlanta BBW social. This picture was taken in November 1997 at their first party. I am the tall girl in the middle. To my right is my friend Katha, to her right is Lori the winner of their first wet t-shirt contest. To my left is Belinda...she co-hosts the dance. My weight at that time was around 375 lbs and I felt like the sexiest girl in America!

All of the following pictures, except Picture #7 and Picture #8, are from April 1999 at McDonald's (a parents paradise...turn 'em loose to play...and have peace of mind-albeit briefly...all for the price of a Happy Meal!). This was the first time I used my digital camera and the computer software...so some of the pictures could be described as *smile* funky. Featured in the pics are my ex-husband, me, and the ZackMan!

The seventh picture is of Todd. He and I have been friends since I was young, innocent, and a virgin (22) and he was young, corrupt, and never a virgin (17)...yes Todd was the one who introduced me to real life! I started going to clubs, dancing, drinking, etc...I was high on life, modeling, graduated from college, doing the career thing, and thought I had the tiger by the tail. Today, Todd is HIV positive and blind (he lost his sight due to the HIV)...and I am a burned out, weary, single mom living in the suburbs...Ain't life a kick in the pants! We remain friends today and talk on the phone everyday. He is quite possibly the most dangerous person in the world...he is the only one who knows absolutely everything about me. Todd has seen me go thru a lifetime of transformations in the last 15 years. It hasn't been easy...by far...but I would never go back to the person I was 15 years ago either....yep, life is a kick in the pants!

Picture #8. This is Zack's first picture. He was 2 weeks old. Yes he, like all asian and african babies, was born with a full head of hair. When I was in the birthing process my family kept saying it looked like I was delivering a coconut....funny thing is it felt more like a Buick! The other funny thing about when I was delivering Zack...he started squawking as soon as he popped his head out...didn't even wait for the rest of his body to be delivered! It was like a precursor...cuz he never shuts up now! *grin*

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