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Get educated and get involved The Color Box My Favorite Valentine’s Day Beauty Products
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BEHIND THE LENS PHOTOGRAPHER | Richard Bryant
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Featured Models JoJo West Jennifer Diaz Betty Leal Duren Nicca Boone
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Note from the Editor
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reetings my Queen Size Magazine Readers; we are back again with another exciting issue. This month we are observing Valentine’s Day; our favorite lover’s Holidays, and Go Red for
Women; an annual observance to raise awareness for Heart Disease, the number one killer of women. We pride ourselves on being more than just fashion, we like to bring you articles that everyone can relate to and learn from. In every issue, I must take the time to thank you
all for supporting our work. Everyone on the team works very hard on a daily basis to make Queen Size Magazine remember to also be a blessing to others.
They say don’t believe your own hype, but if you don’t why would anyone else? To be great you have to believe you can do great things. ~Charley Johnson TAWANA BLASSINGAME CEO/Editor In Chief
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a household name. May you all be blessed and please
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Making Queen Size moves
MASTHEAD TAWANA BLASSINGAME CEO/Editor In Chief PHILIPDREW Executive Director ErickJorgensen Creative Director JAMILA JAYCHOYCE Writer Paul J.HeywARd Jr. Photographer Videographer DAWN HALL Model Recruitment Manager jessica starnes Model Recruitment Manager MARIA WILLIAMS Writer Tiffany Nelson Writer Amanda Tucciarone Writer Duane Jones Photographer Doug Swaim Photographer
Cover and this photo by Photographer|Doug Swaim Models|Jojo West
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Contents Featured Story Red 26 Go Get educated and get involved By Tawana Blassingame
Health and Fitness
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Valentine’s Romance
By Jessica Starnes
To Answer your Question By Shirley Beale
Business
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FeaturedModels
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Angels of the Community Suited 4 Success
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By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
BEHIND THE LENS
18 PHOTOGRAPHER | Richard Bryant an office without having 20 Running an office By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
Entrepreneur Spotlight
28 Linda Scott
By TAWANA BLASSINGAME
Beauty&Fashion
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The Then and Now of Corsets By Jennifer Laws
The Color Box
38 My Favorite Valentine’s Day Beauty Products By MARIA WILLIAMS
Traces of my pen
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In A World Full of Stars
By Amanda Tucciarone
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