Mh3>Kelly Shibari 1st Plus Size Model to Land Cover of Penthouse Forum

June Issue Spotlights BBW Performer of the Year in Iconic Publication’s Groundbreaking Profile Piece!

NEW YORK (APRIL 29, 2014) — Kelly Shibari makes history today as the first-ever plus size adult performer featured in Penthouse Forum. With a stunning black and white cover photo by rock and roll photographer Se7en, and a photo set by Eddie Powell from New Sensations’ Big Girls Are Sexy 4, the 7-page profile gives readers an inside look at Kelly’s background, personality, and appeal.

“Penthouse Forum has traditionally been about exploring human sexuality in all its forms,” says Managing Editor Eric Danville. “When the time came to choose someone who had a compelling story, which also addresses important issues, the first person I thought of was Kelly Shibari. When the piece finally came together, putting her on the cover was a no-brainer.”

The introductory message in the June 2014 issue, entitled, “Suck It, Vogue,” echoes the editor’s sentiment. “With this issue, Penthouse Forum breaks with a long-held tradition in the mainstream adult magazine field,” it states. “We’re not trying to be politically correct. We’re not doing this to ‘prove a point.’ And we’re sure as shit not doing this to assert, as some second-generation, post-modern feminists do, that ‘this is what a real woman looks like.’ We’re shining the spotlight on Kelly Shibari to show that we love women of all shapes, sizes, and colors – just like our readers! So, welcome to the biggest, boldest, issue of Penthouse Forum yet. Enjoy!”

The interview, conducted by Sarah Deming, also explains Kelly’s appeal. “Kelly is real,” Deming writes. “She can cure you of skinny starlets with predatory eyes…She doesn’t tweet about what a hot, horny slut she is. She tweets about beer and barbeque, travel and art…[and] if you tweet at her, she’ll tweet back – but you had better be a gentleman about it.”

Deming continues, “Kelly isn’t doing [porn] to be political. You probably won’t even notice that you’re learning. After a few hours with her, you’ll simply feel better about your own body and the bodies of others.”

The June 2014 issue hits stands nationwide and goes live online today. To read Penthouse Forum online, subscribe to digital issues, or to order print magazines, visit http://penthouse.com/mags/forum/magazine, or visit your local newsstand or bookstore.

“What an incredible, amazing honor!” says Kelly. “This really has been a whirlwind of a year, and to have such an iconic magazine feature me as their first-ever plus size model simply takes my breath away. I have read many, many issues of Penthouse Forum as my masturbatory inspiration for decades, and as a full figured woman, I thought I would never see someone like me featured. To now see me inside those pages – and on the cover – is…well, it really is just the best thing ever. Thank you, Penthouse Forum, for this; it’s something I will certainly cherish forever.”

Fans may visit Kelly’s free site to purchase a limited number of signed copies of the magazine. To order a personalized copy, visit http://kellyshibarixxx.com/penthouse-forum-june-2014-issue-limited-edition/ (NSFW). There will not be a reprint of this issue.

Kelly was recently honored for the second year in a row as BBW Performer of the Year at the 2014 Fanny Awards. The accolade, dubbed “Whole Lotta Love,” was decided upon by fan votes and presented at the EXXXOTICA love and sex expo in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 12. The multiple award-winning BBW adult star and sexual figurehead for chubby Asian girls everywhere made sexy pop culture media site Fleshbot’s Top Ten Crush Object List in early 2014. The list includes superstar adult performers Bonnie Rotten and Asa Akira, as well as mainstream icons Miley Cyrus, Tina Fey, Emily Ratajkowski, and Lizzy Caplan. The Japanese performer with hazel green eyes continues to push the boundaries, and win the hearts, of what mainstream adult consumers have long been told was sexy.

Earlier in the year, Kelly wrapped principal photography on the first-ever sex education film for people of size, jessica drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex: Plus Size, a collaboration with Wicked Pictures and its contract star, writer, producer, and director, jessica drake.

Kelly is passionate about introducing body positive messages into the media spotlight. Her article on plus size sexuality and pornography on Jane Pratt’s SAY MEDIA site, xojane, was one of its most popular articles. The highly accessible Kelly regularly chats with fans and industry peers via her social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook.