Virginia DeBerry

Virginia is a former high school English teacher from Buffalo, New York attended Fisk University and is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo. After almost 10 years in the classroom, she moved to New York and started a successful career as a plus size model frequently featured in catalogs, advertising, magazines and on several television programs. She left modeling after two years and became Vice President of BB/LW, an agency for plus size and petite models and a spokeswoman for Hanes hosiery. Virginia is married to jazz saxophonist, Jerry Weldon and lives in New Jersey. Virginia is a founder and Administrative Board Member of the New Brunswick Jazz Project, an organization dedicated to making America's only original art form available and accessible to all.