Special Guest Ms. Claudia Floraunce Fortelka

Hello SoundOFF Family,

I am Claudia Floraunce Fortelka, an international Model and Body Positive spokesperson.  I work in numerous fashion areas of modeling including fit modeling and runway.  In my personal time I work as a nanny and personal chef.  I have a brown belt in Martial Arts and love to paint as a passion.  My story is one of humble beginnings as I was born and raised in a small town, St. Florian near Linz, Austria.  At the age of 19, I decided to come to America to pursue my dream of becoming an actress and a model.  At 5’ll" and a size 4/6 I was ready for the fashion world, received the blessing of my family, and headed to California. Shortly after arriving in the United States, my weight skyrocketed, I was then diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome or PCOS.  I chose not to let this disease keep me from pursuing my dreams.  In my home country Austria at that time, it was unacceptable in our culture for women to be curvy, with only 20% Austrian woman versus 50% of Austrian men being overweight.

Published Work:Editorial work and features from numerous publications: Woman’s Magazine, Beautiful Magazine, Sophisticated Curves, Urban Magazine, and For Any Woman Magazine.TV features: Barcroft UK, Germany RTL ExplosivWorldwide newspaper features: Huffington Post and the DailymailUKCurrent work: Fashion and Fit Modeling: Babydoll Couture, Photography, Brand Ambassador for ARTTwear, Fit model for NYDJ, Rock Your Curves Fashion ShowI currently work with the management team World Entertainment Resource Company LLC and have a new clothing and shoe collection line called the Claudia Floraunce Collection.#OURSIZEMATTERS, #ALLSIZEMATTERSMy message is one of self-confidence and with that confidence comes strength to be more, to do more. I would like to visit everyone to come out and join us on 11 Dec @ 8pm PTS

http://www.claudiafloraunce.com/