Angela Rene' AKA "The Purple Diva", CEO of PurpleDivaDesigns.com and Jasmine Epperson, CEO of Kris Eliza Boutique have both been in the fashion and design industry for many years. Both of these women are Plus Size Designers and have experienced the size discrimination within the plus fashion industry. After participating in many events, and not seeing models that truly represented the curvy woman, they decided to produce a venue that that would showcase designers, models and industry professionals at LA Fashion Week. In January 2012, Elite Curves International was born. Elite Curves International (ECI) was founded to promote self esteem an