Denise Marie Bidot[4][better source needed] (born June 13, 1986)[5] is an American plus-size fashion model.
[6] Bidot’s mother was a beauty pageant winner who was aspiring to become a professional model, but had struggled to make it in the business due to her plus-size figure and was failing to lose weight.
Bidot has been featured on several television shows including nuvoTV's Curvy Girls,[11][12] HBO's Habla Women,[13] and Yahoo!
[16] In December 2016, Bidot's picture of her wearing a two piece bathing suit in Lane Bryant's new resort collection ad campaign with the photo unretouched showing her stretch marks went viral within hours.
[17] In 2018, Bidot joined Univision's reality television beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Latina as a main judge.