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2 010 ph o to by karen dunaway
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P osit iv ely P l u s S iz e By Shahidah McIntosh
Contrary to the cloudy Sunday morning the goal of 10 gorgeous full figured women were visible. They were there with the mission to be crown top at this year ’s Big Beautiful Woman Pageant, being held at the Renaissance hotel, located at the Philadelphia Air Port. The bountiful beauties were there to be crowned the best in the city and Oak lane’s own J. Rayna Smith was a tough contender.
The Big Beautiful Women Pageant is a pageant catering to the Philly’ plus size pretties. The pageant is for women aging from 18 on up and sizes 14 on up. The Promoter and creator is Dave Wilkes. He initially started the pageant because of an idea of a friend and the friend decided not to continue Mr. Wilkes was then unsure that he was going to continue “After the first year of the pageant and the joy it brought on the ladies faces I had to continue” (Wilkes) . There are four categories in the pageant, Formal, Lingerie, Talent and Evening wear. The Big Beautiful Women pageant has been up and running for 11 years and women coming out of the pageant has grown to become plus size models , makeup artist and more importantly more confident and accepting in their own skin. The pageant gives the women the message that you are beautiful and have no need to change who you are. J. Rayna Smith Is an Arthur, Actress PR Consultant. She is a resident of Oaklane and loves the area. She believes the area she lives in is a perfect blend of peace and conflict to ignite her creative surface. She decided to compete in the pageant because she believed in their mission and she loved the experience. For more information on the pageant please visit http://wilkesproductions.com/.
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T h e MKZ H y b r id wil l b e Lin coln’s first hybrid when it hits sh owr o o m s t h is fa l l . It ’ s e s s e ntially a Fusion Hybrid with Linc oln l u xu ry a p p oin t me n t s a n d exterior style. Its parallel hyb r id p o w ert r a in -- a 2.5 -lit e r Atkinson- cycle I- 4 hybrid engine t h at w o r ks i n c o n c e rt wit h a n electric m otor to produce 191 n et h o r s e p o we r -- is u n c h a nged from the Fusion version. A lso
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