OCTOBER 2015 ISSUE
MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
APRIL SHARI COVER MODEL ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT TRACEY RHYMES SAPHYA STRAPS
1 IN 8 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME
WORKING ON A BETTER YOU NATALIE DAWN BEHIND THE LENS IVORY JACKSON LUCIVORY PHOTOGRAPHY CHEAP SHOES/ EXPENSIVE ISSUES TAWANA BLASSINGAME
FEATUREDMODELS ALICIA NICOLE ONZETTA ROBERTS ANDREA SCOTLAND ERICKA CORNICK SASHA JENKINS
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Note from the Editor Welcome to the October 2015 issue of Queen Size Magazine. As you all know, our October issues are always dedicated to helping to raise Breast Cancer Awareness. This issue goes out to everyone that has ever had a scare, all of the survivors, all those that have lost their lives and the support systems. The statistics of 1 in 8 are extremely scary to me. This is why we have to watch out for one another and make sure that we are all well educated; make sure that we are reminding each other to self examinate and get those mammograms. We are dying at alarming numbers; but together we can continue to raise the awareness and stress the importance of taking care of our bodies. I have a co-worker in my office that will randomly walk over to our desks and ask if we took our mammograms yet. If any one of us replies no, then she will remind us every week. As annoying as she becomes, it made me make that appointment and I appreciate it.
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Photo by Paul J. Heyw
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. Thank you all for supporting Queen Size Magazine. 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|IVORY JACKSON, LUCIVORY PHOTOGRAPHY MODEL|APRIL SHARI
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CONTENTS FEATURED STORY
18 APRIL SHARI HEALTH AND FITNESS
06 DID YOU KNOW
By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
10 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION
FEATUREDMODELS
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By SHIRLEY BEALE
BUSINESS THE LENS 12 BEHIND PHOTOGRAPHER |IVORY JACKSON LUCIVORY PHOTOGRAPHY
14 WORKING ON A BETTER YOU By NATALIE DAWN
SPOTLIGHT 40 ENTREPRENEUR TRACEY RHYMES By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
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BEAUTY&FASHION
28 CHEAP SHOES/EXPENSIVE ISSUES By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT
32 DMOCHELLE FASHIONS By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
TRACES OF MY PEN
38 END OF SUMMER
By AMANDA TUCCIARONE
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