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JULY 2016 ISSUE
MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
SHEMA LYONS
THE BUILDING OF THE
MY CLOSET VAULT EMPIRE
COPING WITH BEING AN EMOTIONAL EATER RECYCLING OLD JEWELRY BY MEESHA ANN
6 GORGEOUS TRENDS FOR SUMMER BY CRYSTAL CARMEN
PAGEANT VS MODELING BY NATALIE DAWN
ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT HYDRATHERMA NATURALS
FEATUREDMODELS NICOLE FRANTZ HEAVENLEE HUNTER WWW.QUEENSIZEMAGAZINE.COM| JULY 2016 ISSUE
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ARTICLE TITLE | BY AUTHOR MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
FROM THE EDITOR Tawana Blassingame Founder & Editor in Chief Photography | PDrew Photography
Welcome to the July 2016 issue of Queen Size Magazine. Summer is finally here and it is time to start complaining that it is too hot; yes I am one of those people. Lol. We are a little more than halfway through the year and occasionally I challenge our readers to reflect on how far they have come; not just in life but this year. Before the next year rolls in and you set new goals, how far are you in reaching the ones you set for this year? I cannot put out an issue without saying thank you to my team that helps me each month; I have a great team and I am so thankful for them. A lot of work goes into what we do. We don’t repost news from other media sites; they are all written by us. Thank you Team. For this issue I would like to thank My Closet Vault and Hydratherma Naturals for entrusting us with your brand. Congratulations to our featured models Nicole Frantz and Heavenlee Hunter. To our readers, I hope we provided you with another issue that is informative in your individual journeys. If there is a topic that you would like to see covered please feel free to reach out to us and let us know. queensizemagazine@gmail.com
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MASTHEAD TAWANA BLASSINGAME CEO/Editor In Chief PHILIP DREW Executive Director NATALIE DAWN Assistant Editor CRYSTAL CARMEN Beauty Editor SHIRLEY BEALE Assistant Editor CARRIECE JEFFERSON Assistant Editor DUANE JONES Director of Photography for N. Carolina DOUG SWAIM Director of Photography for the DMV area KENDALL REED Photographer DIONNE REEVES-GRUBBS Model Recruitment Manager
PHOTOGRAPHY | PHILIP DREW, PDREW PHOTOGRAPY MODEL | SHEMA LYONS MUA | TIFFANY WATERS all outfits, accessories and shoes on pages 22-30 can be found at www. myclosetvault.com
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CONTENTS FEATURED STORY
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SHEMA LYONS - MY CLOSET VAULT
HEALTH AND FITNESS
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COPING WITH BEING AN EMOTIONAL EATER
FEATUREDMODELS
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By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
08 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION By SHIRLEY BEALE
BEAUTY&FASHION
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RECYCLING OLD JEWELRY By MEESHA ANN
6 GORGEOUS TRENDS FOR SUMMER By CRYSTAL CARMEN
FASHION TRENDS THAT KEEP TRENDING By QSM
BUSINESS
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HYDRATHERMA NATURALS
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PAGEANT VS. MODELING
By LORRIE MCKNIGHT
By NATALIE DAWN
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