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Iman “Not a Great Beauty” Either, Especially Without Her Make-Up

• March 8, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Africans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Gossip, Michelle Obama, People of Color, Women
Tags: "The National Enquirer", African Americans, Age, Ambush, Ambushed, Attractiveness, Beauty, Black Women, Bossip, David Bowie, Fashion, Fashion Model, Fashion Sense, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS, Iman, Looksism, Michelle Obama, New York, Older Black Women, Older Women, Self Image, Supermodel, The First Lady, United States

Seal and Heidi Have a “Secret”

• September 30, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Women
Tags: "Secret", Black Briton, Brazil, Erotic, Fashion, Fashion Model, German Americans, Germans, Heidi Klum Samuel, Interracial Celebrity Couples, Interracial Couples, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Model, Music Video, Nigeria, Seal, Seal Samuel, Sex, Singer, Vocalist

Fantasia on “Wendy Williams”: The Clothes Were a Hint That She’s a Mess

• September 12, 2010 • 7 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drama, Fashion, Gossip, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "God Bless the Child", "The Wendy Williams Show", Adultery, African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Aretha Franklin, Attention-Seeking, Black Women, Blacks, Blouse, Bossip.com, Braless, Breastesses, Cammie, Cleavage, Common Sense, Daughter, Daytime Talk Show, Divorce, Fantasia Barrino, Fashion, Fashion Sense, Growing Up, Interviews, Lack of Common Sense, Love, Marriage, Overdose, Paula Cook, Scandal, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex Scandal, Singer, Singing, Sued, Suicide, Suicide Attempt, Sympathy, Talk Show Host, Television, The Queen of Soul, The Sixties, Therapist, Therapy, Trainwreck, Vest, Wendy Williams, Wig, Zion Quari Barrino

Ten Store Chains Closing More Stores or Going Out of Business

• August 23, 2010 • 4 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Consumerism, Fashion, Joblessness, People of Color, Race, Store Closings, The Economy, Women
Tags: Access, African Americans, Bank Loans, Blacks, Bodega, Convenience Store, Debt, DVDs, Fashion, Food, Grocery Stores, Mergers, Over-Extended, Store Closings, Supermarkets, The Economy, Variety, Videos

“Vogue Italia” Now Has Three Spinoff Websites: “Vogue Curvy,” “Vogue Black,” and “Vogue Talents”

• March 3, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Italy, Race, Women
Tags: "Afrobella, "American Vogue", "Folio", "Italian Vogue", "Vogue Curvy", "Vogue Italia", "Vogue Talents", "Young Fat and Fabulous", African American Women, African Americans, Blacks, Chandra Johnson-Greene, Fashion, Fashion Magazines, Fashion Websites, Full-Figured Women, Grace Jones, Naomi Campbell, New Talents, Self Image, Toccara Jones

Naomi Sims is Gone at 61–First Black Supermodel

• August 5, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Health, History, Naomi Sims, Race, Women
Tags: "Black is Beautiful", "Ladies' Home Journal", "The Model As Muse", African Americans, Andy Warhol, Beverly Johnson, Bill Blass, Bob Findlay, Breast Cancer, Fashion, Fernando Sanchez, Foster Child, Foster Parents, Giorgio di Sant'Angelo, Gosta Peterson, Halston, Naomi Ruth Sims, Naomi Sims, Newark NJ, Oxford MS, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh PA, Robert Findlay, Salvador Dali, Supermodel, Teal Traina, The Fashion Institute of Technology, The Seventies, The Sixties, Wilhelmina Cooper

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