Passionate About The Stage As a child, in her spare time, Dr. Lawrence was in her element choreographing dance, cheerleading, and drill routines, singing, acting, modeling, writing plays, and organizing shows. Even though she participated in the performing arts at school, church and in her community, her dream was somewhat stifled by a (most likely jealous) family member who constantly told her, "You always want to be seen". Little did Jacqueline know at the time, she was ordained by God to be seen- on the stage- and did not need to be embarrassed about the desire God imparted in her heart to perform. Dr. Lawrence, still passionate about the stage, has grown to be just as passionate about helping others to live their dreams on it. A former plus size teen who could only dream of being a model because plus size modeling was basically non-existent, Dr. Lawrence also began Plus Teen USA, a Pageant and Conference strictly for plus size teen girls. Plus Teen USA Pageant and Conference addresses issues of low self esteem -with which, as a former plus teen, herself, Dr. Lawrence is all too familiar. Providing pageantry opportunities for plus teens througout the United States, PTUSA promotes inner beauty, self acceptance and confidence that permeates outwardly. Lawrence has written and performed customized skits and humorous characterizations suitable for various events (roastings, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.), where she not only shows off her talent for acting, but also for singing and dancing. Additionally, she has performed numerous monologues, dramatic poetry and acted in various stage plays such as “Let America Be America, Again” by Langston Hughes, “Still, I Rise” by Maya Angelou, “God’s Trombones” by James Weldon Johnson, “Soul of the Drum”, "Single & Waiting", and many others. Dr. Lawrence continues to accept every possible opportunity to get up on somebody's stage. If you are interested in having her participate in an upcoming event, email Dr. Lawrence at drjministries@yahoo.com (Subject: Performance Request)
When she became an adult, and would perform in her church, the elderly women would tell her, "You missed your calling". After hearing this enough times, Jacqueline put her foot down and decided, in spite of what she had been told as a child by her negative family member, that she was never too old to miss her calling. In the early eighties, she began to take her dreams of performing seriously, and every opportunity she had, she was on somebody's stage; modeling, singing, acting, dancing, speaking, and entering and wnning pageants.
A graduate, former instructor, and demo model for Barbizon School of Modeling in San Francisco and two time beauty pageant winner, after helping so many organizations produce and organize their fashion shows and pageants, Dr. Lawrence started In Full Bloom Modeling and Pageantry Academy. The aim of IFB Academy is to plant and cultivate seeds of confidence on the catwalk through the arts of modeling and pageantry, as well as the sidewalk in every day life.
In recognition of her self-acceptance plight as a black woman in today's racist and male dominant society, as well as her appreciation for the sufferings of her ancestors who fought and died for her freedom, Dr. J. developed a fictitious Slave Character named, “Ms. Mammy”. She revives one of African America's first unsung heroes of the south- at various black history, church, and special events- in her eye-opening, edge-of-the-seat sittin’, original dramatic monologue, reminding us who Ms. Mammy was, and for whom she stood. 
Mission Statement:
Going forth to teach God's children to love Him, themselves, and one another.
DESTINED TO BE YOU
Way back when, before time began,
God had you in mind.
He made you special and unique;
to be one of a kind.
Only at that very instant, could that one egg have united with that one sperm,
to bring you into existence,
for your designated term.
Had that one egg
joined with any of the others,
you wouldn’t be alive today;
you’d be your sister or your brother.
No matter how much like you,
they might be,
they could never, ever be
the “you” I see.
Only you can be you,
and no one else.
If there were no you,
you’d have no self.
God made you for His purpose
and His reasons.
He wanted to give you an opportunity
to be here for a season.
He gave you free will
to make your own choices.
Made you a book of people bold enough
to raise their voices
to show and tell you the way
that you should go;
even gave Himself as an example of
how to love, so you would know.
There is a path that is laid out
for me and for you.
Only you are meant to endure the things
that you go through.
When you make decisions based on
your God-given values and beliefs,
you begin to live out your purpose,
because being “you” gives you relief.
But when you dance to the beat
of other people’s drum,
you’re keeping a little of “you” for yourself, and giving others some.
People who cannot accept, and who try to
stop you from being “you”,
are getting in the way of what
God wants to do through you.
How can you learn for yourself
to trust in the Lord
if all of your trust, in another,
has been stored?
God wants your heart
to be single and free
so He can design you to be
who He wants you to be.
by Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence
(From her book, Won't Somebody Come Correct?)
