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TAMMIE STARR COVER MODEL ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT KNOT STANDARD BOWTIES DIABETES, HEALTH AND YOU NATALIE DAWN BEHIND THE LENS CHRIS GRIMES HEALTH AND FITNESS AND MORE.... CHEAP SHOES/ EXPENSIVE ISSUES TAWANA BLASSINGAME
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A RELIABLE MANAGEMENT TEAM? Queen Size Model Management is a company created to guide aspiring models along the path to becoming successful models. If you are looking for a management team that truly cares about your success, and is looking to dedicate their time and resources in you; then reach out to us and let’s talk about how we can help you. Please email us two photos of yourself to queensizemodelmanagement@gmail. com Tell us why you want to model and we will contact you for an interview. Remember, you have to take the first step. We are waiting.
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ARTICLE TITLE | BY AUTHOR MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
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Note from the Editor Welcome to the November 2015 issue of Queen Size Magazine. I can’t believe that I am really saying this but it is officially Fall. Where did the time go? I look around me and continue to see the same people doing the same thing they did two years ago; some longer than that. I am saddened by the fact that people still tend to think that time is on their side. I often think about what is next for me after this life; and then I slap myself. Why think about the afterlife when you still have this one to live? I pray that folks really begin to take life more serious. We are all put her for a purpose. It is time to find out what that purpose is and begin living it. I dedicate this issue to all that are living their purpose and to those trying to find theirs. To everyone who has ever supported Queen Size Magazine by purchasing a copy, sharing our page or even saying a prayer for our continued success, we thank you. ard, Jr
Photo by Paul J. Heyw
TAWANA BLASSINGAME CEO/Editor In Chief
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MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
MASTHEAD TAWANA BLASSINGAME CEO/Editor In Chief PHILIP DREW Executive Director PAUL J. HEYWARD JR. Photographer/Videographer NATALIE DAWN Assistant Editor MARIA WILLIAMS Beauty Editor AMANDA TUCCIARONE Assistant Editor SHIRLEY BEALE Assistant Editor DUANE JONES Director of Photography for N. Carolina DOUG SWAIM Director of Photography for the DMV area KENDALL REED Photographer DAWN HALL Model Recruitment Manager DIONNE REEVES-GRUBBS Model Recruitment Manager
COVER AND THIS PHOTO BY Photographer | Syed Faisal Raza Designer | Iris Avigil
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CONTENTS FEATURED STORY
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TAMMIE STARR
HEALTH AND FITNESS
06 GETTING STARTED
By SARAH CURVEYBEAUTY
10 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION By SHIRLEY BEALE
FEATUREDMODELS
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14 DIABETES HEALTH AND YOU By NATALIE DAWN
BUSINESS THE LENS 12 BEHIND PHOTOGRAPHER |CHRIS GRIMES
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ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT DANIEL C. MITCHELL By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
32 BROOKLYN NIGHT OUT 2015 By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
34 KURVACIOUS 2015 By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
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36 ALEC TURNER’S NYFW 2015 SHOOTS BEAUTY&FASHION
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DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT HI MAINTENANCE - ERICA JACKSON By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
28 AIRBRUSH VS BRUSH
By THE COLOR BOX BY MARIA
TRACES OF MY PEN
38 WHEN I WAS A KID By AMANDA TUCCIARONE
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