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Cue the Curves, a social shopping app for plus-size fashion, has won VentureCat, Northwestern University’s annual student start-up competition powered by the Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice and cosponsored by Lanny and Sharon Martin. Twenty-five semifinalist teams competed for greater than $325,000 in prize money, with Cue the Curves taking home a complete of $160,000 (including the $10,000 that every one finalists get for making it to the semifinal and final rounds). “VentureCat was such an incredible experience,” said Charlotte Oxnam, founder and chief executive officer of Cue the Curves and a graduating senior in Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. “It’s so great to get to work with other founders, to have the ability to support each other and...