Tisha Campbell-Martin and Tichina Arnold

Tisha Campbell-Martin started her career at the age of 6. She was very active throughout her childhood and attended many talent shows. She won many awards for singing as well as acting. In 1992 she was casted as Gina, girlfriend to MArtin Lawrence in Marin. A year after the sitcom's debut, Campbell-Martin relaesed a self titled album, which sold 40,000 copies. In 1996 she married her husband of almost 15 years Duane Martin, they have two sons together. Another amazing start and Tisha's life was her role as Jay in My Wife and Kids.  She portrayed a strong mother and loving wife who also wanted to make her dreas come true. She was light-hearted and energictic in her roles and continues to do guest appreancas in shows such as Rita Rocks and Everybody Hates Chris.


Tichina Arnold is another respected actress born on June 28, 1970. She is the best friend of Tisha Campbell-Martin. She began her career at the tender age of 8, with her first role in the play The Me Nobody Knows at the Billie Holiday theatre. In 1987, she was cated in her first fulltime role in a soap opera titled Ryan's Hope. She is well-known for her role as Pamela James on Martin. She also played the mother of Kyla Pratt on the sitcom One on One.  Her career includes roles on Evrybody HAtes Chris, Big Momma's House, The Cosby Show, and The Boondocks. She has also producted a line of hair accessories that have been modeled and purchased by many celebrities such as JAnet Jackson, Christina Aguliera, Tisha Campbell-Matin and Regina king, to name a few. However she stopped producting her line when she had her daughter in March of 2004.

Regina King was born January 15, 1971. She is currently datin Malcolm Jamal Walker but has a on from her previous marriage which ended in 2006 due to drug abuse, physical abuse, and extramatrial affairs. She is best known for her role in sitcoms such as Jerry Maguire, 227, Boys N Da Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Daddy Day Care. The list goes on and on. She is currently featured in the series Southland. She is seen as the a woman who embodies female empowerment by both the way she carries herself off and on the scene.

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Body Image affects everyone across the board no matter your gender, race or personality.
These images are some examples of people that have a desired body. Very sexualized pictures.
Very little statistics on minority cultures that state eating disorders and problems with body image.

Eating disorders are typically "American" disorders. People in China and elsewhere refused to eat for different reasons such as punishment for bad grades, and incompetence which doesn't directly have anything to do with body image and eating disorders.

We eat foods that we know are not necessarily healthy for us but it helps us look a certain way.

Are we satisfied with our bodies?
It depends on the culture. I feel like minorities are more satisfied and people in the white culture are not because they see one perfect ideal beauty. Beauty varies in different cultures. Black men tend to focus on a Woman's large buttox, others go for length of hair, and others for the color of the eyes. Black culture, accepts and embraces the body much more.

Some cultures go the extra mile through plastic surgery to change the way their body looks.

What is the ideal body for women of color?
African American and Hispanic is just CURVES.
Asian communities, Small, slender and dainty.
A lot of Asian women have issues with Lucy Lieu's photos because they feel that she's showing too much.

A lot of people are willing to give up years of their life, to have surgery.
Diet pill commercials. Why is it you have to look like this? Why can't it be work out to be healthier.
Overcoming insecurities to start losing weight.

Everything has their own definition of beauty.

You have to be comfortable with who you are.
Not everybody looks right skinny.

Why is there a misconception that these women are beautiful?
I don't feel like we promote dieting and being skinny, this isn't all of the media's fault but they portray what is beauty.

People have different genetics. People have to learn how to eat right, exercise regularly if your still not the ideal weight you're still okay.

Sometimes women who are big have so much anger towards women who are small. For some people there isn't anything they can do. Don't attack them for it.

Which criticism is more harsh to be fat or to be skinny.
What is fat? I consider fat 400 lbs. Fat means obese. The definition is different.

People are underweight, she needs help and we feel pitiful and those who are over weight there is so much anger. Some people really need help and can't control their eating.

Eating is a drug.

You shouldn't have to change the way you look to please your man.

How does the white culture see us?
I think they think we're fat.
Some white people want curves, but the majority doesn't.