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Cover Model
MICHAEL TYSON
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Fashion + Lifestyle
HER WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY AND Cover image by Rick Jones BREAKING INTO THE FASHION WORLD
FALLING INTO FALL MAKEUP MUST HAVES FOR BEGINNERS MS. PHILADELPHIA FULL FIGURE PAGEANT 2016 RECAP FROM BUSINESS MODEL TO YOUR MODELING BUSINESS
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ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT TRASHINA CONNER
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FEATUREDMODELS MALINDA BELL SAYDE WILSON TASHARRA DEAN WWW.QUEENSIZEMAGAZINE.COM| NOVEMBER 2016 ISSUE
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Photography | PDrew Photography Dress | Ashley Stewart Shoes | Anne Klein
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ARTICLE TITLE | BY AUTHOR MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
FROM THE EDITOR Tawana Blassingame Founder & Editor in Chief
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Welcome to the November 2016 issue of Queen Size Magazine. Sweet November, with the beautiful cool weather. It’s my favorite time of year because I just love to layer up. Before I get to fashion, let me say that this month I had the pleasure of chatting with THE Ms. Michael Tyson; daughter of the Iron Mike Tyson himself. What a beautiful soul she is. I had the opportunity of interviewing her and learning her plans for breaking into the modeling industry, fashion industry and entrepreneurship. Check out the interview guys and tell us what you think. NOW for fashion; layer up season is here! Boot season! Chilly NOT cold weather. I love it. In this issue we featured some pieces from The Avenue’s fall line and Torrid’s Denim line as well. Chrisie Styles Boutique is also featured with some of her fall line as well. We have so many options as plus size Divas these days; there is no excuse NOT to look fabulous. 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.
Photography | PDrew Photography Dress | SWAK Jaket | Ashley Stewart
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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
PHOTOGRAPHY BY | JOSE PAGAN MUA & HAIR | RAYYAN AKHDAR STYLIST | STYLES LEWIS OF ICHANGESTYLES STYLIST ASST | CAMILLE LOOK FROM RAINBOW STORES ARMY JACKET/ONESIES/FISHNETS/JEWELRY SHOES | MODEL OWN
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CONTENTS FEATURED STORY
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MICHAEL TYSON
HEALTH AND FITNESS
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VEGETARIAN DISHES By AMANDA J. SLOAN
BEAUTY&FASHION
MODEL SPOTLIGHTS
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12 FALLING INTO FALL MEESHA ANN
18 MAKEUP MUST HAVES FOR BEGINNERS By QSM
20 TORRID’S DENIM WEAR By QSM
30 CHRISIE STYLES BOUTIQUE By QSM
BUSINESS
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MS. PHILADELPHIA FULL FIGURE PAGEANT RECAP
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By QSM
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FROM BUSINESS MODEL TO YOUR MODELING BUSINESS By QSM
44 TRASHINA CONNER/AUTHOR By LORRIE S. MCKNIGHT
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