Who Is Paige Ryan The Model?

"Greetings!
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I am a professional, traveling model with experience in various print projects, promotional events and fashion runway shows around the Illinois area and abroad.
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I am also the current Ms. Worldwide Chicago Ambassador for Live Out Loud Charity for 2016 - 2017 where I advocate for Suicide Prevention, Anti-Bullying, PTSD and Domestic Abuse. I hope to change the language and negative stigma associated with mental illness among the inner city so that individuals will feel unashamed to seek out resources, support and help that could be life-saving.
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My love for fashion and business led me to intern for various events and shows to learn more about the industry as a whole. A natural planner, I now use the knowledge I've learned to work as a Celebrity Assistant for some of the Midwest's top events.
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In my leisure time, I am an avid reader and writer. I have written countless works of poetry and performance pieces as well as 1 novella.
Overcoming many obstacles of my youth, I hope to inspire others as they follow my exciting journey through the world of modeling.

-Paige Ryan "

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Who Is Jacqui Monea? We'll Tell You

Jacqui Monea is a rising author and business graduate! She holds a Bachelor's of Science majoring in Human Resources and Organizational Leadership. She is currently pursuing an MBA. For her day job, she works in the Housing Authority industry, utilizing her college education to successfully accomplish her career. She enjoys activities where she can impact the community and make a difference through her work. Between being a full-time management professional and a part-time creative, she keeps quite busy!

As if she wasn't impressive enough with her zealous strides to better her community, she is also a striking writer with a pen that packs a punch! She has channeled her intellect and ambitious nature into what was once a passion project, and is now an urban novel with a small but mighty fan base! First released in the fall of 2016, "Innocence In A Sense" tells the story of a young woman from Chicago who has her share of men, enemies, and challenges. Facing all that life has to throw at her, the main character, Coffee, uses romance as a way to cope with it all. You get to envision the character as she goes through many trials and tribulations trying to reach her fairytale ending. This book is real, raw, and jumps straight into drama from page one! It does not hold back anything! Created for a mature audience, intertwining urban fiction, love stories and thrills, her readers have given her great positive feedback about this book.

The follow-up novel, "Stormy Days and Lonely Nights" is due to be released in the Spring of 2017. 

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Lori Diamond Art, Marking The Movement For Art and Charity

You look at the image above and see a plethora of euphoric visual symbols that all connect to elude an uplifting vibe. That is not by mistake. The painting above was created by wonderous artist, Lori Diamond in pursuit of bringing hope to the universe. She wants this painting, although physically abstracted to give a clear sense of hope, faith and life to ones around the world. Her deepest philanthropic passion is to contribute to the emotional and physical wellbeing of children suffering serious illnesses. She acknowledges that art is a very powerful concept that can impact one's state of mind to a great degree. The only issue is to open the eyes of society so that they can come to recognize this as well. That is why she is marking a movement through her artistic practice to spread hope throughout the world.

There is a very succinct connection between aesthetic value, cognitive value and spiritual value. 

The asthetic value of something is determined by how visually impactful it is. How does it catch your eye? Her art work presents blatant technical skill, use of softly saturated color and great pattern execution. 

The cognitive value of something is determined by what it makes you think. Does it turn geers in your head or are you left unaffected? Clearly, the composition above makes you think of many principles that could possibly be represented by the various visual metaphors. For example, the four diamonds in teh center are circling the focal poin, that is a sun-like object with a peace symbol at its core. One could interpret that this is meant to exemplify how an inner calm or tranquility can be equated to or superior to the possession of material wealth. Also, you could interepret that this could be implying that the possession of hope, peace and serenity is the greatest treasure possible, not materials.

Lastly, the emotional value that something gives is determined by how something makes you feel. Does the object evoke heavy emotions or does it not impact you at all? With the piece above, it sooths the onlooker and puts one at ease. The entire composition does nothing but relax the individual while simultaneously empowering and comforting them. 

This is just one of Lori Diamond's many pieces that she will be debuting over time. As said before, this is the mark of a movement. So, stay tuned for updates. For more information on her and her work, please visit the links below!

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Aspiring Makeup Maven, Nygae White!

"Hi! 

My name is Nygae White, I'm 22 years old and I'm a self taught MUA. I fell in love with makeup during my high school years and started learning how to do faces in my senior year of high school. I then started to do people's faces last year. I have been continuing my journey ever since then. I also started doing YouTube videos and it has taken me far as a makeup artist. I hope to one day be a big top makeup artist traveling all over the world and growing my brand and continue to make people feel beautiful about themselves. My favorite things about the beauty Industry are that there's always room to learn and grown as an makeup artist. My inspirations, believe it or not, come from people who I watch on YouTube like "AayliahJay", "Nikkietutorials", "AlissaAshley" and so many more. I pray that people continue to give me opportunities and continue to watch me grow as an Makeup artist and can learn from me one day.

Love,

Nygae  "

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In her Valentine's Day Makeup tutorial, you can really see how her creativity and eye for color theory is applied. Rather than using a simple pink eyeshadow look with matching pink lips, she pairs a glitter accented magenta smokey eye with a flesh toned lippie to givfe drama at the eyes and succulance at the lips. 

In her Winter makeup routine, she demonstrates the importance of maintaining healthy skin while slaying during the snowy months. Her cost effective incorporation of both high end makeup products and drugstore cosmetics make it easy to follow for the average girl!

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Business Mogul and MBA Graduate, Arkeem Williams Speaks On His Life

" I'm a young entrepreneur that believes that anything is possible. I've been blessed to experience a lot and believe my purpose is to help others. I want to make sure that I leave my stamp on this world. "

 Tell us about your childhood. How would you describe your upbringing in a few sentences? How did this effect your adulthood?
 I believe I had great childhood experiences in my life. In my early childhood years, I played a lot of sports. I believe sports were a intricate thing that helped me develop my competitive mentality at a young age. That mentality has caused me to rise over obstacles that could have potentially derailed my success. Yet, I was able to beat them and continue in my stride towards acheiving my goals.

What motivates you to succeed? Advice for others seeking inspiration?

I believe I have a lot of motivating factors. Most of my motivation comes from within. See, I wasn't born rich or wealthy and neither was my son. But I truly believe his (my son) kids will. I just want to provide an affluent lifestyle for my family. Every Williams before me died broke, I want to change that curse and stomp out the curse of poverty from my entire family tree. 

Tell us your definition of a "win" and a "loss"? 
 I believe a "Win" is when you've completed a task or a goal. And a "Loss" is when you have have quit or given up. 

If you could change something about your past, would you?
I have no regrets about my past. I wish I would have gotten more serious about being a entrepreneur earlier in life but I believe it all worked out. 

How do you think your academic background effected your secular endeavors? Do you think that is was fundamental to your career success? Explain.
I think academics and your dedication to them play an essential part in your later success. See I remember getting my freshman year report card and it read 4Fs, D, C, and a B. My mom was outraged! My mom did something that changed my life forever! She decided to punish me that Christmas. She always gave the best gifts around the holidays, and was one of the people I looked forward to getting gifts from. As I woke up that Christmas, to my surprise, mom held up her end of the bargain and didn't get me anything. She told me the reason and from that point on i never received another F in my high school or college career. My parent took academics seriously and after realizing that I did the same. It also showed me that you could change anything. See it's not how you start, but how you finish. I started with terrible grades but graduated high school with a 3.3 GPA.

Sum up your career goals, life goals, personal goals in a few sentences.
I have summed up all my goals as me wanting to be the BEST!!! I grew up and it was cool to just be one of the guys, but now later on in life I want to be THE GUY!!! I really right now in life just want to be the right example, so that somebody could look at me and say, "I would love to be like that guy. "

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A Few Words On Hip Hop's New Rising Star , J.D. Nava

J.D. Nava is a Mexican American musician and artist, with Southern roots and a Chicago heart. At 22 years young, he is persistent in his stride to not only inform those of his journey in life but to serve as a voice for those having valiantly overcome trials and tribulations. With most of his music being of the hip-hop R&B genre, he maintains a common thread of optimism and inspiration. He recognizes that positive vibes and motivation are rudimentary to the uplifting of humanity. Whereas, silence and pessimism tend to serve as comorbidities to either societal stagnation or regression. He hopes to eventually build a platform where people of all backgrounds can unify. His work with New Found Voice Entertainment, Clutch Society and of course The Fresh Faces Project is nothing but the beginning of his future endeavors.

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