In recent years, Terri has found new ways  to bring her extensive expertise in image consulting and modeling to  the public.  She has become a guest lecturer and educator, with her  popular seminars “Lingerie and Lace: A Lesson in Allure” and “Six Steps to Fashionably Fitting the Voluptuous Woman."   She has taught “Know  Your Foundations” at the Plus Academy NYC, as well as other individualized  classes.  She has also taught and adjudicated for the Imatge Consulting Company of Mexico City.   In  her limited free time, she volunteered backstage as a stylist during Fashion Week, the Swarovski Red Dress Event, Broadway Cares, and DIVABETICS to  name a few.  She's dressed Lainie Kazan, Joan Collins, Billie Jean King, including backstage at the finale on Project Runway and in the Vera Wang Bridal Showroom.

 

As an industry veteran, Terri has been invited to speak in a number of public forums. Most recently in Paris presenting her Lingerie Trends 2022 and in NYC as a guest lecturer in 2019 at the Silver Fox Model Camp.  You might have seen her on The Tyra Banks Show talking about her weight and its role in the end of her 21-year marriage, The Today Show as the “Glamorous Grandma,”  in Plus Model' Magazine's  2011 “Icon” issue, POSE Magazine's Most Inspirational Issue and heard her on the Chenese Lewis  Blog Talk Radio. Or perhaps you saw her as a panelist at the "Women In the Spotlight Now" conference in Atlanta!  She was invited to speak at CCAD, Columbus College of Art and  Design on Plus Size History.  Currently, she is quoted in "Get Noticed!   Insider Secrets to a Confident & Classy Image" by Brenda Joyce  Johnson and in "Plus Model Blueprint" by Kenyatta Johnson, both  available at Amazon. 

 

Among  other awards and honors, Terri was presented a Lifetime Achievement honor in 2021 by THEFFIAS, The Full Figured Industry Awards in NYC,  "LEGEND" in the  industry in 2016 and named the 2011 Plus Fit Model of the Year by a jury of  her peers at Full Figured Fashion Week in New York City!   

 

Lane  Bryant wrote: "One 'Legend' familiar to us is Terri Murray of Terri  Murray Image (Models), who began her modeling career in 1994 as an in-house fit  model at Lane Bryant in Columbus, Ohio. She is a fit and intimate  apparel expert whose services have been utilized around the world. Among  other awards and honors, Terri was named the Plus Fit Model of the Year  at the Full Figured Fashion Week in 2011." 

 

Behind the camera, Terri produced, and directed a doumentary, "Vaudvillities." and performed in an Off Broadway production in NYC.  With  over twenty-eight years in the business, Terri is more active than ever  in the fashion community. Listening to the advice of many, she founded Terri Murray Models and books models all over the country including Virtual Fitting.  She was President of the New York  Tri-State Chapter of the Association of Image Consultants International and former Regional Director of Fashion Group International in Columbus, Ohio.  

 

Venturing into trips with other women who have a love of fashion has always been a dream!  This year we headed to Paris where I presented my thoughts on the Lingerie Trends for 2022!  It was a trip filled with new beginnings., great food, adventure and new friends.   Guess where we will be going next?  Wherever it is, I know you will want to be with us.  Stay tuned!!!

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Terri resides in the Central Ohio area, and has two daughters, four  granddaughters, and one great granddaughter who affectionately refer to her as “Grandma New York.."   She hopes that her successful career as a model, trainer, educator, and consultant will motivate and inspire you  to DREAM ON AND DREAM BIG!!!

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