{"id":5000,"date":"2018-09-14T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/?p=5000"},"modified":"2022-06-22T17:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T21:00:36","slug":"tcc-keynote-with-actress-gabourey-sidibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/know\/tcc-keynote-with-actress-gabourey-sidibe\/","title":{"rendered":"TCC Keynote with Actress Gabourey Sidibe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdiaandco%2Fvideos%2F273344163159969%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Just press play to see the keynote conversation with Joy Nash and Gabourey Sidibe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Sometimes I feel like my confidence comes before I know that it\u2019s there. At the beginning of my career, it was stubbornness more than anything.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To wrap up the incredible weekend of celebrating our bodies, shopping for stylish clothes, and meeting other women in the community, theCURVYcon co-creators, CeCe Olisa and Chastity Garner, sat down with Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe. As the first celebrity to mention theCURVYcon in a magazine, Gabourey was the natural choice for this year\u2019s keynote conversation. The second she stepped foot on stage, her energy filled the room. 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