Curvy Girls in the News

October 29, 2020 Chambanamoms.com

Anya Troyer is a Champaign-Urbana 10th-grader who has scoliosis, the lateral bending and curving of the spine ...

October 2020 Thurston Talk

Beatrice Wilhelm, who goes by Bea, doesn’t quite remember when she was diagnosed with scoliosis.

July 29, 2020 Monclair Local News

Addison Nejes found out she had scoliosis when her parents saw a note in her medical file---months after the school...

July 9, 2020 SweetwaterNOW.com

Curvy Girls of Southwest Wyoming will become a chapter of international groups started in 2006 ...

June 12, 2020 ABC News

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — 16-year-old Annika Stewart says she once felt isolated, even among friends and family.

June 3, 2020 News 4 JAX Morning Show

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April 16, 2020 Fond du Lac Reporter

The first time Annabelle Seel strapped herself into the brace she was told she must wear, it felt awkward and unnatural. 

February 2, 2020 Southside Pride

Curvy Girls is a global network of peer-led support groups for girls up to age 18 suffering from scoliosis.

December 16, 2019 Inspiring Teens

Ryleigh Rodgers has been inspiring her peers for many years with her charismatic personality and her natural ability...

December 2019

We opened up the floor to you guys to nominate the amazing women in your lives, and you definitely came through! 

Curvy Girls of Sydney Bethany nominated to 25 and under.

May 30, 2019

North Forty News

News 9, May 6, 2019

Oklahoma's top two youth volunteers of 2019, Alexa Russell, 17, of Pryor and Sydney Borchardt, 13, of Oklahoma City...

March 8, 2019

Curvy Girls® is a charitable organization dedicated to provide peer-led support for girls who are diagnosed with scoliosis, and their families.

January 17, 2019

13-year-old Sydney Borchardt helps organize a group called Curvy Girls. It's a support and information group for girls...

December 13, 2018

Girls experience their most significant growth spurt just before puberty, Jenny Elf was no exception. 

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Metro Parent, August 2018

Curvy Girls is a national peer support group for girls with scoliosis and Oklahoma City’s chapter recently got a new leader. 

Florida Observer, August 2018

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Newsday, July 15, 2018

LI support group helps girls with scoliosis stand tall.

Newsday, July 14, 2018

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June 2018

Follow Julia's story to better understand how to get through scoliosis surgery.

Channel 10 News, April 30, 2018

Local families are raising awareness and money to further support for girls with scoliosis.

Fox 29 Good Morning Philadelphia, April 28,2018

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Channel 12 News, January 15, 2018

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 11, 2018

A red carpet event unlike any other is taking place in Brooklyn this Sunday, January 14.

TeenVogue.com, July 17, 2017

Maryland Independent News, December 8, 2017

Melanie took the podium during the "Briefings" portion of the meeting and discussed her struggle with the disease and ...

Huffington Post, October 6, 2017

New York Fashion Week! A marquee moment within the fashion industry, albeit for casue that are fair in the world of vanity

The News of Orange County, August 3, 2017

Laura Garcia, a rising eighth grader at Stanford Middle School in Hillsborough, recently had a chance to fly to New York 

TeenVogue.com, July 17, 2017

When you're diagnosed with scoliosis, you're told there's something wrong with your body that needs fixing.

CBS News, March 31, 2017

Charlotte Scoop, July 1, 2017

Sit up straight. Put your shoulders back. You have probably heard these commands at one time in your life. 

Aiken Standard, June 26, 2017

When Leah Stoltz, 24, was diagnosed with scoliosis, she was in middle school and said she felt alone.

Oregon East-West, Spring 2017

Patch, March 28, 2017

Embracing the Curve is a fashion show that empowers young people who are affected by scoliosis diagnoses...

Shape, Oct/Nov 2016

At 16, Gemma went to her doctor with a simple flu, but when her doctor asked her to lift the back of her shirt ...

Lake Norman Currents, September 2016

Olivia Kent and Rene' Zuraf stand up to scoliosis

ThePilot.com, July 15, 2016

At the age of 10, Alexa Giovanni loved dancing too much to restrict her moves to the studio ...

Newsday, July 6, 2016

An Instagram post by celebrity Kylie Jenner led 19-year-old Intisar Mughal from her home in Kenya to a Long Island hotel conference room ... 

US News & World Report, January 22, 2016

Don't panic. While the condition can be a psychological and social burden, it's common and may not require treatment.

The Boston Globe, April 22, 2015

Sophie Pidgeon, 10, has scoliosis, a spinal disorder that requires her to wear a body brace 18 hours a day until she is 16.

Nickelodeon Buzzfeed, November 19, 2014

Let's give it up for kids who give back. Watch the Nickelodeon HALO Awards November 30, 2014 at 7 EST

13WhoTV.com, September 10, 2014

Huffington Post, September 16, 2014

Ballerina Gig Crouch was diagnosed with scoliosis and was put in a back brace at age 13. On her Instagram page...

The Saratogian, August 23, 2014

Scoliosis only a curve in the road for Mara Bailey: 14-year-old forms local chapter of support group Curvy Girls.

Scoliosis Quarterly, Summer 2014 Vol 1, Issue 2

New book confronts the fears and celebrates the triumphs of teen scoliosis

Bracing has been standard treatment in children for the past five decades, and I wore my brace diligently, if awkwardly, in the hope that it would contain my S-shaped curvature and stave off the need for spinal fusion surgery.

“I want a lot of girls so we can just talk about anything, we can be free with each other and we can feel that we trust each other,” Mara said.

Outlook, April 4, 2014

Teen offers support and understanding to other young girls with scoliosis. “I knew there were girls out there who didn’t have what I had with Curvy Girls,” she said. “I wanted to help them..."

Have a teen facing a scoliosis diagnosis?

Scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, can affect a teen’s physical health. But the condition can also result in noticeable physical differences that may also affect self-image.

Georgia Najarian steps into the Southwest Portland gymnasium where she takes acrobatics classes. She loosens Velcro straps and slips out of the hard plastic brace that extends from her waist to her armpits, wrapping her torso...

NY Metro Parents, November 4, 2013

Curvy Girls, a network of scoliosis support groups, empowers girls who have scoliosis from Long Island to Australia

Less than eight weeks after spinal surgery to correct her scoliosis, Allie Thompson was experiencing many of the usual side effects. The eighth-grader relied on friends to carry her books at Worthingway Middle School.

Teen Vogue, August 2013

Fifteen-year-old Instagram star Gigi Crouch (aka scolerina 9247) proves you can wear a brace and still be a bunhead. 

Milford Messenger, March 15, 2013

Employee Extra, April 2012

When Abby first discovered she had scoliosis, the Windsor 12-year-old didn't want to talk about it.

Summit teen Emily Borzner recently participated in a scoliosis awareness walkathon on Long Island, raising $1,500 in donations from friends and family that will be used to help fund scoliosis research and education. 

TeenNick HALO Awards Honorees

During a particularly busy weeek of celebrity scandal, it's easy to get wrapped up in the salacious details of the rich and famous.

Friday night won't be just any night for Leah Stoltz of Smithtown

HS Senior turns hardship into opportunity on TeenNick HALO Awards this Friday for work with scoliosis support group

The homecoming pep rally in the gym at Smithtown High School West Friday was already boisterous when celebrity guest sent things whirling into even more of a frenzy. Actor rapper and TV personality Nick Cannon---who is married to singer and Long Island native Mariah Carey---strolled in wearing a tux, bowtie undone, and slung casually around his neck and ...