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Actress Dominique LaFleur On Acting, Beauty and Lookism
Dominique LaFleur literally lives for acting. The New York-born, Boston-residing actress is the second female of her generation to be ...

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5 min read


Yap Mennen: How Blogging and Social Media Queen Karen Civil Built An Empire
Every blogger wants to be Karen Civil. Why wouldn’t they want to be her? She is an influential new media princess and the head honcho of...

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7 min read


Kreyol Essence: How Two Entrepreneurs Built a Beauty Brand and Created Job Opportunities in Haiti
Like most hair and beauty-based firms, Kreyol Essence started off with a beauty disaster. Yve-Car Momperousse was having her hair done...

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8 min read


Actress Sharon Pierre-Louis On Mean Girl Acting Roles And The Hollywood Life
If actress Sharon Pierre-Louis is a dream chaser, it’s a trait passed on from her parents. They—starting with her father—arrived to Miami...

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10 min read


Songwriter-Composer Phyllisia Ross On Identity, Female Artist Image, and The Music Industry
It was supposed to have been like any other talent show. The lights were on, the audience was ready, and a little girl took the...

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7 min read


Sizzling Hot: An Interview with Singer Millie Baby Doll
Millie Milord’s stage name Millie Baby Doll was given to her by a fan. While she was performing, a denizen from the audience yelled out,...

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4 min read


Valerie Morin of A La Mode Accessories Chats About Her Jewelry Collection
Valerie Morin is the owner and founder of A La Mode Accessories. Born in Haiti, she is currently pursuing a degree in Business and ...

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5 min read


How Actress Jenny Laroche Thrives in Hollywood
With her skills as an actress, dancer, singer, Jenny Laroche has all the tools to be a huge star in Hollywood. Born in Fort Lauderdale, ...

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5 min read


Isemylee Camille: The Chick With the Golden Voice
Isemylee Camille’s golden voice weaves effortlessly through the lyrics of Beyonce’s “Ave Maria”, and she is equally at ease in singing ...

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3 min read


Beauties With Brains: Anna Laudun Beauboeuf and Sandra Gabriel Gachelin
Beauties With Brains: Cosmetiques Laudun Organic Beauty Line Founders Anna Laudun Beauboeuf and Sandra Gabriel Gachelin on...

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8 min read


Scarlett Rocourt: The Entrepreneur Behind Wonder Curl
Scarlett Rocourt is the natural hair world’s wonder woman. The founder of the natural hair products firm Wonder Curl, the entrepreneur ...

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5 min read


What It’s Like to Be an Actress in Haiti: Nadege Telfort Speaks Out
Nadege Telfort has played more than a dozen women, and all of them have been strong women like herself. One of the leading actresses...

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Lewis Prisco’s Fried Eggplants Recipe
I love Fridays at work. In my hurry to get to the lunch room at Nova Middle School, I’m bumping into people, crashing into them – in...

MJ Fievre
1 min read


Visual Artist Makeda Enlightens the Nature Within
In the Amharic language of Ethiopia, MAKEDA means beauty. MAKEDA is also the name professional dancer and visual artist Christina...

MJ Fievre
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Writing after Baby Comes Along
The idea of having babies terrifies me. I’d be a good mother, no doubt about it. When I’m on a mission, well—I’m on it! And if life were...

MJ Fievre
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Raising Gabi: the Life of a Modeling Teen
The creator of Ebene Naturals, Fayola Nicaisse is a business woman and a bit of a philanthropist. She is also the mother of Gabi, 15, who...

MJ Fievre
6 min read


Nonfiction Workshop with MJ
Writers looking to fine-tune their skills with the help some of Miami’s best writers can take advantage of a series of workshops The...

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2 min read


Miss International Haiti 2013 Clara Luce Lafond: An Interview
Clara Luce Lafond is Miss International Haiti 2013. The only daughter in a family of four brothers, Miss Lafond worked in the field of ...

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2 min read


Visual Artist Sandrah Chalmers On The Art of The Painting
Sandrah Chalmers is a visual artist and painter, whose paintings are very versatile. On one hand, there are the paintings that depict...

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9 min read


Claire Van Goodman: Beyond Expectations
It was about 10 years ago that Claire Judine Saintil-van Goodman started van Goodman Photography & Art (“vanP&A”) and became a...

MJ Fievre
6 min read


Award-Winning Author Edwidge Danticat’s 4 Pieces of Writing Advice to Writers
You’ve read her books; you’ve been to her book signings and every time you’ve read a news notice about her winning a literary award, you...

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Beaudelaine Pierre of The Haitians InCommon Project on the Haitian Community in Minnesota
The Haitian community in the state of Minnesota is vibrant and growing. One of the leaders in that community is Haiti-born Beaudelaine ...

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Mrs. Brooklyn International Marjorie Vail Sounds Off on Pageants, Beauty, Identity and Gender Roles
Marjorie Vail was browsing the internet one day, when she learned of the Mrs. Brooklyn International pageant. She had always wanted to be...

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7 min read


Fashion Designer Dayanne Danier Is Going for the Greater Good
Fashion designer Dayanne Danier is known for her chic women’s fashion line Bien Abyé. But she’s always wanted to intersect it with...

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7 min read
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