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HOLIDAY EDITION
DECEMBER 2016 ISSUE
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Fashion + Lifestyle
Cover Model
JENNIFER LAWS
Cover image by Rick Jones
CEO, TOP LINE DIVAS
CHRISTMAS SPARKLES TATTOOS: TO COVER UP OR NOT COVER UP HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING IDEAS
ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT JAMES WILLGRUBER
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Photography | Philip Drew, PDrew Photography Pants and Cardigan | Avenue Boots | Ashley Stewart
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ARTICLE TITLE | BY AUTHOR MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
FROM THE EDITOR
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Welcome to the December 2016 issue of Queen Size Magazine. I swear it feels like just a couple of issues back I was just welcoming in the year. Now we are upon our 2016 Holiday Season, about to prepare ourselves to welcome in 2017. Can you believe it? Where is the time going? I have watched many models, designers, photographers, etc. excel in this industry in such a short timeframe. I want to encourage you all to continue to grow and continue to study your crafts. Life is too short to waste precious moments doing absolutely nothing. Find what you are good at, find what you live and LIVE YOUR PURPOSE. Please enjoy this issue and feel free to send us an email to queensizemagazine@ gmail.com and let us know what you would like to see added.
Tawana Blassingame Founder & Editor in Chief Photography | PDrew Photography Dress | SWAK Jaket | Ashley Stewart
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MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
MASTHEAD TAWANA BLASSINGAME CEO/Editor In Chief PHILIP DREW Executive Director NICOLE FRANTZ Assistant Editor & EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR NATALIE DAWN Assistant Editor CRYSTAL CARMEN Beauty Editor DARSHI SHAH Assistant Editor CARRIECE JEFFERSON Assistant Editor DOUG SWAIM Director of Photography for the DMV area DIONNE REEVES-GRUBBS Model Recruitment Manager
PHOTOGRAPHER | DIO (ADIO LAGBARA) STYLING, MAKE-UP AND HAIR | JENNIFER LAWS RED DRESS DESIGNER | THALIA SODI AVAILABLE AT MACY’S
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CONTENTS FEATURED STORY
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JENNIFER LAWS: CEO, TOP LINE DIVAS
HEALTH AND FITNESS
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VEGETARIAN DISHES By AMANDA J. SLOAN
BEAUTY&FASHION
MODEL SPOTLIGHTS
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12 CHRISTMAS SPARKLES MEESHA ANN
20 TATTOOS: COVER UP OR NOT COVER UP By QSM
22 TORRID|BUNDLE UP By QSM
BUSINESS
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HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING IDEAS
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THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
By QSM
By CARRIECE JEFFERSON
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WILLGRUBER: THE CHEERLEADER 42 JAMES FROM THE GUYS’ SIDE By QSM
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