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MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
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SERENITY
Fashion + Lifestyle
SPEAKS ON BEING AN AUTISM MOM
Cover image by Rick Jones
ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT JESSICA TOUSSAINT DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT B PRETTY INC.
CURLY HAIR CARE MEAL PREPS; IT’S NOT JUST FOR DIETING
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“If you love what you do stick with it, but do it right!”
Photography | PDrew Photography Dress and Boots | The Avenue
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FROM THE EDITOR Tawana Blassingame Founder & Editor in Chief
Welcome to the April 2017 issue of Queen Size Magazine. As you all know, April is Autism Awareness Month. Did you know that Autism now affects 1 in 68 children and 1 in 42 boys? And that boys are nearly five times more likely than girls to have autism? Most of us have never had to deal with children with Autism, therefore we cannot relate to what they go through or what their mom goes through either. Our cover model, Serenity, has a son that fell into those statistics. She speaks out on her experiences as an Autism mom and how they are breaking barriers. Be sure to check out her story and in-depth interview inside. Speaking of children, we also have an exclusive interview with Jessica Toussaint who is the Founder and President of Bridge to Promise Inc., a growing youth development organization focused on providing programs and services that positively addresses the physical, mental and emotional aspects of a young person. We hope that you enjoy the stories in this issue. Congratulations to all of our features, and of course thank you to our contributors. Thank you all for continuing to support Queen Size Magazine. We would love to hear your feedback. Email us at queensizemagazine@gmail.com and let us know what you like, don’t like and/or want to see in future issues. We value your opinion.
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MASTHEAD TAWANA BLASSINGAME CEO/Editor In Chief PHILIP DREW Executive Director & Director of Photography DOUG SWAIM Director of Photography for the DMV area ELVIRA ANDERSON Photographer DANA HALL Photographer MEESHA ANN Fashion Editor JACKIE PAYTES Fashion Blogger CRYSTAL CARMEN Beauty Editor LAWANDA SANYANG Beauty Blogger LAFINA PHILLIPS Creative Stylist TANAYA JOHNSON Makeup Artist ANDREA BLASSINGAME Makeup Artist EYANI COUTURE House Designer
Model | Serenity Child Model | KyMani Drakewood Photography | Philip Drew, PDrew Photography Stylist | Lafina Phillips Jeans | H&M Face Paint | done by model (brand Mehron)
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FLAVORS OF FULLNESS House Designer DIONNE REEVES-GRUBBS Model Recruitment Manager
CONTENTS FEATURED STORY
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SERENITY SPEAKS ON BEING AN AUTISM MOM By LAFINA PHILLIPS
HEALTH AND FITNESS
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MODEL SPOTLIGHTS
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MEAL PREPS; IT’S NOT JUST FOR DIETING By QSM
BEAUTY&FASHION
08 CURLY HAIR CARE By CRYSTAL CARMEN
10 TREND ALERTS WITH CHARLOTTE RUSSE
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By MEESHA ANN
SPOTLIGHT 12 DESIGNER B PRETTY INC. By QSM
BUSINESS
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MODEL SPOTLIGHT MALLORY RICHARDSON
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By QSM
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BRIDGE TO PROMISE JESSICA TOUSSAINT By QSM
SPOTLIGHT 38 MODEL DAMARIS RUIZ By QSM
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