ANNIVERSARY ISSUE IFY UFELE
MARCH 2016 ISSUE
MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
50th ISSUE
CHILD ENTREPRENEUR CEO OF CHUBIILINE & BULLY SPRING INTO INC. HEALTHY CHASERS HABITS
NICOLE FRANTZ
SPRING INTO HEALTHY HABITS NICOLE FRANTZ
THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISING FOR MODELS TAWANA BLASSINGAME
HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVES
FEATUREDMODELS
DISCRIMINATION IN THE FULL FIGURED INDUSTRY
DEVORAH STORY ANNOULA DRITSAS JOANN WINTER MARLENA MURPHY CERINA E. JOHNSON
TAWANA BLASSINGAME
CARREICE JEFFERSON
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ARTICLE TITLE | BY AUTHOR MAKING QUEEN SIZE MOVES
Note from the Editor Allow me to introduce myself for our new readers here; hello my name is Tawana Blassingame and I would like to welcome you to the March 2016 issue of Queen Size Magazine. It is my hope that this magazine will prove you with entertaining and helpful articles. Thank you in advance for your support. It is so hard to believe that I have just completed and released fifty issues. I get asked how I feel about it and my answer is accomplished. I feel like I have accomplished so much and proved so many people wrong. I remember when I made the decision to start up the magazine; I was told that the magazine would not last. I was told that there was no way that people would support my magazine because it could never stand up with other magazines out there. Fifty issues later‌‌.
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I am truly thankful for all the people that have helped me along the way, the people that guided me and offered me sound business advice. Thankful to all the talented writers that contributed the articles that helped so many. To all of the photographers, models makeup artists, hairstylists, and designers, I thank you for your collaborations that brought forth so many amazing images. My assistant and executive director (my left and right hand) you both are absolutely incredible human beings. There are so many people to thank but most importantly I have to thank all the readers that have supported the magazine and our followers that keep up with what we have going on. Please continue to support and we will continue to do our best in bringing you the topics and styles that you need to read and see.
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 NATALIE DAWN Assistant Editor CRYSTAL CARMEN
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Beauty Editor KAMILLE RIVERS Assistant 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 DAWN HALL Model Recruitment Manager DIONNE REEVES-GRUBBS Model Recruitment Manager
CREDITS - Cover, this image and all images on pages 22-31 Model: Ify Ufele Photographer: Philip Drew, PDrew Photography Make-up: Sade Perry
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CONTENTS FEATURED STORY
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IFY CHUBIILINE UFELE
HEALTH AND FITNESS
06 SPRING INTO HEALTHY HABITS By NICOLE FRANTZ
10 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION By SHIRLEY BEALE
BUSINESS
FEATUREDMODELS
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VACATION ON A 14 QUICK SMALL BUDGET By NATALIE DAWN
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ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT MEL’S BUTTER BLENDS By QSM
IN THE FULL FIGURED 32 DISCRIMINATION INDUSTRY By CARREICE JEFFERSON
36 HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVES By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
BENEFITS OF EXERCISING FOR 38 THE MODELS
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By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
BEAUTY&FASHION
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6 DO IT YOURSELF BEAUTY RECIPES By CRYSTAL CARMEN
TRACES OF MY PEN
44 INSPIRATION By KAMILLE RIVERS
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