Top International plus-size models Liis Windischmann and Diane Pellini celebrate curvaceous beauty with the debut of their new Fenomenal Calendar. Curvy model Liis will be gracing the cover, while the calendar features models from the world's top modeling agencies. It is a tribute to the 1940's and 1950's pin-up models and to an era in which voluptuous women were celebrated and clothing accentuated the curvy female form. The calendar will be available by late fall.

"Regular size models have had the opportunity to participate in exciting yearly events – The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, The Victoria Secret fashion show, their own calendar launches," said Windischmann. "We decided it was time for voluptuous models to create an equal buzz within the fashion world, giving them something they will clamor to participate in year after year. Our goal is to create a unique, thought provoking product honouring the beauty in all women."

The calendar finally represents the average size of North American women – the models range from size 12 to 14. To encourage women to have fun and celebrate their lives, it will highlight important but lesser known, sometimes whimsical holidays including International No Diet Day (May 6), Best Friends Day (June 8), Be Yourself Day (August 29), National Chocolate Day (December 28), and October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The 2007 Fenomenal Calendar was shot by top NY photographer Christopher Borgman, and California based make-up and hair artist Miles Berdache. Other top models featured include Kristin Briscoe and Sage Salzer.

"It is our goal to launch a gorgeous, fashion forward calendar each year portraying curvy models in various settings," said Pellini. "We need to do something new and different every year that will have the general public eagerly anticipating what the images will look like."

Paris born, New York based curvy model Diane Pellini brings her international fashion flair to the industry and to the calendar. She has appeared several times on television shows such as The View, Good Morning America, The Today Show as well as a fashion special on ABC. Diane's images have appeared in top women's magazines such as Essence, Glamour, Grace and SHOP etc. Having travelled extensively, she has worked for large international clients throughout North America and Europe including Saks Fifth Avenue, Eddie Bauer, Avon, Laura Plus, Otto and Vanity Fair.

Diane brings forth a unique combination of fashion savvy and a background in holistic healing which she hopes to combine in this project to help raise women's awareness of how they view themselves physically and thus mentally while providing them with the confidence to help create new, improved self images.

Represented by Ford Modeling Agency, Liis Windischmann continues to be a leading voice in increasing acceptance of average size and plus-size women in mainstream media. Windischmann is Canada's most sought after and one of North America's top plus-size models. Her example encourages others to practice size acceptance, achieve a healthy body perception, increase self-awareness and understand other plus-size issues.

Windischmann has been at the forefront of the plus-size fashion world for over a decade. She has traveled around the world working with clients in Africa, Europe, North America and the Caribbean; appearing in publications such as Figure, Mode, Woman's World, Wedding Bells, Real You, Canadian Living , Today's Bride, Chatelaine, Lush and Clin d'oeil.

Liis can be seen regularly on CityLine's Fashion Fridays, on CityTV. This fall, she will grace the pages of LUSH Magazine.

Some of Liis' major print campaigns include work for Laura Plus, Talbot's, Eddie Bauer, CJ Banks , Reitmans and Addition-Elle. For a recent fall campaign, The Bay displayed a 3 storey high poster of her outside its flagship store.

Some of her many television appearances include Entertainment Tonight Canada , FashionTelevision, Fashion File, BreakfastTelevision, Canada AM and Open Mike with Mike Bullard. As a native Torontonian, a city with a strong runway history, Liis has rocked the runways for Lane Bryant, Richard Metzger and Brian Bailey.

The calendar will sell for $14.99 and will be available for sale on www.fenomenalcalendar.com