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PHOTOS BY ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY
At an early age, it is instilled we grow up, get married and live happily ever after. This is one of the most important days of our lives. Americans by far spend a massive amount of money when planning weddings.Continue reading
PHOTOS BY ROCK BEACH PHOTOGRAPHY
From the time D. Marie’s daughter J. Marie was three “From the Kinks in Her Curls to the Beat in Her Step” was a conversation the mother and daughter had repetitively. It stemmed from J. Marie questioning her own dark complexion comparing it to other people she admired. D. Marie immediately began to teach her daughter to love herself and accept her appearance as God created her.Continue reading
What began as a one-time thing, turned into a permanent quest in the life of this amazingly beautiful and talented young lady. Amanda reflects on the day she and her Mom saw an ad in the local paper about entering a beauty pageant, “It looked like it would be fun”. 12 years later, Amanda knows on this day, her life was changed. Pageantry became a way of life.Continue reading
PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER “GOODKNEWS” CARDWELL
ISN’T SHE LOVELY
Lovely Warren, the mayor of Rochester, NY, beat her opponents hands down in the primary and went full-speed ahead for the November election. Who really is our mayor?Continue reading
The Annie Terpstra Story
What were you planning at age 29? I was preparing for the birth of my first child. I just finished buying a house. I was planning my wedding. I just graduated from college (Bachelor’s Degree). I was finishing off my first year in law school. Basically, life was good.Continue reading
PHOTOS BY: Michael Crisafulli
1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. It is lso the thirst leading cause of homesless in families. Each year, 2 million injuries and 1,300 injuries and 1,300 deaths are caused as a result of domestic violence. Three women are murdered every day by an intimate partner. Every nine seconds a women is a victim of domestic abuse in the United States.Continue reading
Grace Flores, a mother, a poet, a writer, a producer, an activist, a survivor. Grace keeps it simple. She believes her greatest accomplishment is her daughter, staying alive and remaining positive. Her greatest gift is seeing people smile. Her smile lights up the room.Continue reading
The election shenanigans are well underway as we enter phase two of the process: the petitioning. Continue reading
Andre Morrison is a local promoter in the Rochester area known for turning up the party for the grown and sexy. Andre’s interest in music was sparked at a young age by the females in his family. His memories of his early childhood include his Godmother and other women in the family playing music around the house. Continue reading
As a young woman, Maja (Pronounced Maya) was always beautiful. She was born in Yugoslavia in a small town Kraljevo. Her country endured political turmoil. It was a very different climate than what we have in America. She learned early on in her life there were good people and bad people. She determined she wanted to be a good person. It was hard being a woman in a male-dominated world where women were constantly suppressed but Maja found a way to rise above and become not just a pretty face.Continue reading
