View this post on Instagram I’ve come to the realization that no matter how phucking fine I am…82% of the time I’m missing 1-3 finger nails… Note to self: get rich enough to hire an on call nail tech on salary A post shared by Masika Kalysha (@masikakalysha) on Jul 26, 2019 at 12:26am PDT Many of you know Masika simply as a reality star and Fetty Wap’s baby momma, but people might be sleeping on the fact that she’s got a bawdy that’s absolutely ridiculous. She’s been putting said body on blast all summer and it’s as tight as ever. We don’t know what her routine is or what else she’s been doing for that bawdy but it’s definitely working. So let’s welcome Masika into the hallowed halls of Hello Summer along with all the other baddies who have been giving us all kinds of looks in the warm weather. With all the banging body goodness out there it looks like we’ll never run out… View this post on Instagram Hot girl summa (nah just kidding I was at the family pool wit my daughter) A post shared by Masika Kalysha (@masikakalysha) on Jul 7, 2019 at 9:10pm PDT
Source: Prince Williams / Getty It looks like things between Carmelo and La La Anthony are coming to an end if we’re basing it on the optics. The Power actress has been seen without her wedding ring, and it’s being speculated that she’s seeking a divorce in the wake of Melo’s yacht-spotting scandal. The Blast r eports: La La landed at LAX on Sunday and when photogs snapped the 40-year-old “Power” actress without her wedding ring. La La was sporting a black hoodie and black pants while smiling her way through the airport while on the phone. Our sources say La La has spoken to several divorce attorneys about how to navigate the end of her marriage with Carmelo. It’s unclear if she has hired one and if she is going to pull the trigger. Losing the ring could be a big step in the process. Despite Melo stating that he was on the yacht with friends and business partners, sleuths online discovered the free agent player was laying next to model Sara Smiri. — Photo: Getty
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Brooklyn rapper Casanova is getting sued for assault. A woman claims the rapper and his entourage put hands on her in a New York City diner last year. According to the woman who filed the lawsuit, Casanova was the ringleader. Reports TMZ : The incident went down last August when Casanova and a group of friends sat down at the Good Stuff Diner. The alleged victim, Niya Rucker , says his group included 2 women who were not Casanova’s wife … and she thinks that’s why he went off on her. According to the suit, Niya was shooting an Instagram Live video of her meal … but Casanova “mistakenly believed” she was recording him and the 2 women. She says the MC instructed one guy in his group to “take whatever action” was necessary to get Niya’s phone … “including physical force.” Niya says the henchman put her in a strangulation grip, grabbed her phone and deleted the video she’d already posted. She also posted a video of the aftermath, showing her mouth and chin bleeding profusely. In the lawsuit, she says she suffered a fractured jaw, damaged teeth, loss of consciousness, a split lip and several other cuts. Rucker is suing Casanova for assault and battery. No specifics on how much money she is seeking. Back in August 2018, shortly after the incident occurred , Casanova turned himself in and was booked for felony second-degree robbery. However, the case has not yet gone to trial. Casanova has denied putting hands on Rucker. Expect this to be settled out of court.
Source: Renato Rimach / Photo Credit: Renato Rimach Name: DaQuendra Elston IG: @daquendra Agency: State Model Management Claim to Fame: DaQuendra won the Torrid model search. She also appeared on America’s Got Talent with her dance troupe the Honeybeez . On a balmy July afternoon most members of the Alabama State University graduating class of 2019 are working diligently behind the desks of their entry level jobs and hard-won internships ; DaQuendrea Elston isn’t among them. The model and dancer is spending her post-grad summer day sitting on set chilling in her robe between looks. In an exclusive interview with HelloBeautiful before the next take , she explained how she went from shaking her hips in one of the most impressive marching bands in the world to walking the catwalk for some of fashion’s biggest names. View this post on Instagram Be Proud Of Who You Are “I come with no wrapping or pretty pink bows. I am who I am, from my head to my toes. I tend to get loud when speaking my mind. Even a little crazy some of the time. I'm not a size 5 and don't care to be. You can be you and I can be me. I try to stay strong when pain knocks me down. And the times that I cry are when no one's around. To error is human or so that's what they say. Well, tell me who's perfect anyway.” -S. Raine #selflove #joy #beproudofyourself #proud #love #beauty #melaninpoppin #plussize #plussizefashion #plussizelove #model #plussizemodel #beyourself A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on May 21, 2019 at 3:48pm PDT The rejection that is standard in the modeling industry echoed early experiences for Elston, who started her own plus-size dance troupe in high school in the face of existing groups’ discrimination . “There was no way possible for anybody plus-size to make it,” she said. “They allowed us to audition but we knew at the end of the day that there was no way we were gonna make it.” Giving up because of their actions was never an option for her. She explained, “In elementary, high school, college it’s always been somebody trying to knock me down and say I can’t do something cause of my size and unintentionally I always end up proving them wrong,” she said. View this post on Instagram Cartwheel caught on camera! #MyASU A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on Nov 5, 2017 at 5:10pm PST She maintains that she made the effort to do her own thing because of her passion and nothing else. View this post on Instagram T O R R I D F I N A L S A L E . . . . #torrid #torridfashion #torridinsider #torridcurve #torridmodel #plussize #plussizemodel #curve #curvemodel #intimates #40percentoff #bra #MyASU #HBCUBuzz A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on Nov 5, 2018 at 10:39am PST “I like to dance,” she stated plainly. Her ingenuity paid off when an adviser suggested she continue dancing in college as part of the Alabama State University marching band. “He was an alumnus, so he kind of put me on and gave me information about the university and my aunt attended Alabama State University so I was familiar with the school,” she said. View this post on Instagram Die Hard #Auburn Fan but #MyASU is home! . . @ka_vetta . . @torridfashion . #Auburn #AlabamaStateUniversity #Football #WDE #WarEagle #GoHornets #ASASASU #2018 #HBCU #Torrid #TorridFitsMe #TorridModel #plussize #model #plussizemodel #auburnal #tigers #melanin #goldenconfidence #overalls #denim #denimoveralls A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on Sep 8, 2018 at 7:14pm PDT She killed her audition and not long after she was ready to spend four years studying and slaying. “I made my decision after I made the team,” she noted. Elston brought the charm and stamina she supplied to the ASU Honeybeez with her to a Torrid Model Search. View this post on Instagram Yaaas for the colors an inclusivity!! Sizes 0-24 Ladies please go check out @katiesturino ‘s new collection with @stitchfix . Click the link in @katiesturino bio or check it out in the Stitch Fix store. A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on Jun 25, 2019 at 7:16pm PDT She entered the competition after being encouraged to do so by her family who were always very supportive cheering her on no matter what activity she was involved in. “I’ve always been an active plus size child. I always cheered, did dance, track field tried to stay involved,” she said. “They hype me up like ‘go Que, go Que’,” she says about her family. “My family has always been supportive. Anything I set out to do they’ve always been there to support me. They come to the events I’m at and show their love.” “I never thought to model. I was a tomboy growing up, so I never really was girly and took pictures. But as I got older, I did gain more confidence in myself. I loved to dress nice and look cute,” she said. The way the shift in her style highlighted her beauty led to her family pleading with her to try modeling as she gained more and more followers on Instagram with each outfit post. “Everybody was like you should model! You should go to a casting,” she said. She intentionally brushed off their suggestions but in 2017 they refused to be ignored. “Everybody on Facebook all my family and friends sent me the link.” View this post on Instagram One Of My Favs!! . . .#Torrid #torridfitsme #curve #plussizemodel #plussize #goldenconfidence A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on Apr 17, 2019 at 8:53pm PDT On the second to last day before the end of the competition her mother sealed the deal insisting that she take the two-hour drive from Alabama to Georgia and claim her spot. “She was like you better take yo’ butt down there and don’t be late!” As her support system suspected she was a natural . She was selected as a finalist among thousands of applicants. View this post on Instagram Still feels unreal!!! Thank you so much God and @torridfashion for the opportunity to be apart of your Denim Campaign!! Who would’ve thought a girl from the country waaay in Alabama would’ve ever be in stores on posters banners and mailers until now! Yes I’ve always dreamed of it but who knew!? Dreams really do come true!! #Torrid #TorridFashion #TorridJeans #Denim #TorridModel #TorridFitsMe #FitToPerfection #FirstAtFit #PlusSize #Model #PlusSizeModel #CurvyGirl #Curve #MyASU #HBCU #HBCUBuzz A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on Aug 7, 2018 at 12:00pm PDT But while judges later admitted to her that “they knew I was special,” she did not make it out of the top ten. She chalked up the experience as a fun time and a cool free trip to the Big Apple until the company contacted her later unable to set aside the impression, she left on them. “After the competition a couple of months later they called me back like ‘This is the people from Torrid we just like loved how you wore our pieces and we would like for you to come back and model for us. And I was just like ‘Oh my gawd! I was still in college.” Like other young women juggling the spotlight with the real world Elston refused to abandon her education. View this post on Instagram Never Perfect Always Beautiful A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on Feb 8, 2019 at 10:01am PST “It was junior year and I was like this is gonna be hard, but they worked with my schedule,” she recalled. Just as valuable as her education were the experiences, she had working with brands that wanted to appeal to fashion forward plus-size women. “Being from Alabama a country girl being able to travel to New York for the first time and Los Angeles for the first time that was something new to me and I’ve always been the type to want to go and experience new things but being a part of New York Fashion Week , never ever modeling (before) that was just mind-blowing to me.” Elston’s energy paid off when she wasn’t on the field as well. One of her fondest memories on set is breaking out her skills at the request of her biggest client. “One time at Torrid they found out I was a dancer as a college student and that I knew how to do cartwheels and splits and everything and they was like oh my gosh do a split for the denim campaign so I had did a split for one of the photo shoots. It was crazy!” View this post on Instagram Little Black Dress . . . . . . . . #Torrid #TorridFashion #TorridFitsMe #TorridFangirl #TorridModel #Model #PlusSize #PlusSizeModel #Curve #CurveModel #BlackDress #LittleBlackDress #Curvy #CurvyGirl #CurvyModel #Photoshoot #MyASU #HBCU #HBCUBuzz A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on Jan 4, 2019 at 12:05pm PST Presenting her body in unexpected ways has had an impact in the plus-size community. She is often tagged in others images on social media sharing how she’s given the confidence to stand out. “It makes me feel so good to know I have an influence and have people telling me I inspire them. It touches my heart. I be so happy for them,” she gushed. She revealed that the attention can be overwhelming. “I’m just being myself,” she said. She shared that she often runs to her mother phone in hand after receiving a particularly warm message. View this post on Instagram A post shared by daQUENdra (@daquendra) on Jan 7, 2019 at 4:34pm PST “Sometimes I am speechless because I really don’t know how to respond because I’m just a regular, degular, smegular girl from Alabama! I never saw myself as an influencer or an inspiration to people, but it makes me feel so good to know they see me and want to do something like me. I just hope they do whatever it is they say they want to do. I want them to be happy. It makes my day even brighter!” Currently she is looking forward to furthering her influence by breaking the stigma surrounding plus-size bodies. She is staring to create content that centers on the journey of plus-size women as career girls and go getters instead of invisible sloths, and illicit sex symbols . It is her goal to show women modeling, dancing, acting, and living their best lives without being restrained by their bodies, or others’ ideas about their bodies. “There really needs to be more platforms showing what being plus-size is because many people are not aware,” she said. DON’T MISS: MONDAY MONDAY: A Trip To The Motherland Inspired This Model To Move To Paris MODEL MONDAY: Ashley Chew Started #BlackModelsMatter After Seeing Fashion Week From Both Sides MODEL MONDAY: Ariel Pierre-Louis Talks Colorism And Classism In The Modeling Industry [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3053929″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Dutch Press Photo/WENN.com / WENN Meghan Markle Guest Edits British VOGUE The Duchess of Sussex is making her editorial debut. Meghan Markle has been revealed as British VOGUE’s September guest editor, marking the first time the September issue has been co-edited. Meghan worked alongside British VOGUE with editor-in-chief Edward Enninful for the “Forces for Change” issue highlighting a cast of brilliant female changemakers who are “set to re-shape society in radical and positive ways.” 15 inspiring women from the worlds of politics, sport, and the arts are highlighted and the cover was photographed by Peter Lindbergh. “These last seven months have been a rewarding process, curating and collaborating with Edward Enninful, British Vogue’s editor-in-chief, to take the year’s most-read fashion issue and steer its focus to the values, causes and people making impact in the world today,” the Duchess said in a statement. “Through this lens I hope you’ll feel the strength of the collective in the diverse selection of women chosen for the cover as well as the team of support I called upon within the issue to help bring this to light. I hope readers feel as inspired as I do, by the ‘Forces for Change’ they’ll find within these pages.” Jane Fonda, Salma Hayek, Christy Turlington, author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Laverne Cox are profiled. Introducing the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, guest-edited by HRH The Duchess of Sussex: https://t.co/b3xZpXBiyQ #ForcesForChange pic.twitter.com/YcW4ydOWXN — British Vogue (@BritishVogue) July 28, 2019 What do YOU think about Meghan Markle guest-editing British VOGUE???
MEGAN AND NICKI WERE ON IG LIVE AND IT WAS THE MOST PUREST THING pic.twitter.com/aCPd0Vrdu7 — joaquin (@jooaquaain) July 28, 2019 Nicki & Meg Link Up On IG, Blow Up Twitter While you were enjoying your hot girl/city boy summer, Megan & Nicki were kee-keeing like 12-year-old BFFs at a Saturday-night-before-the-first-day-of-school slumber party on IG Live bursting with good energy and meme-able moments that sent the Hotties, Barbz and everyone else into a warm and fuzzy TIZZY. Nicki and Meg actin a plum fool on live pic.twitter.com/pkR5jO9hsG —
Source: Paul Martinka/ Splash News / Splash News Trump Calls Al Sharpton A “Con Man” & He Responds With Receipts Against Trump So naturally, when Trump called Baltimore a “ disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess,” folks were going to come out the woodwork to drag the trifling Cheeto. Accoding to CNN , Al Sharpton is supposed to hold a press conference on Monday in Baltimore with former Mayland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele , a Republican “to address Trump’s remarks & bi-partisan outrage in the black community.” The Sharpton/Steele press availability will be at New Shiloh Baptist Church 2100 N. Monroe to address Trump’s racist remarks re. Baltimore. — Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) July 28, 2019 Apparently this didn’t make Trump too happy because he went on an all-out Twitter tirade on Monday against Sharpton, who leads the National Action Network. He started off by calling Sharpton a “con man” who “Hates Whites & Cops”: “I have known Al for 25 years. Went to fights with him & Don King, always got along well. He ‘loved Trump!’ He would ask me for favors often. Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites & Cops!” I have known Al for 25 years. Went to fights with him & Don King, always got along well. He “loved Trump!” He would ask me for favors often. Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites & Cops! https://t.co/ZwPZa0FWfN — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2019 Trump continued: “Al Sharpton would always ask me to go to his events. He would say, “it’s a personal favor to me.” Seldom, but sometimes, I would go. It was fine. He came to my office in T.T. during the presidential campaign to apologize for the way he was talking about me. Just a conman at work!” Al Sharpton would always ask me to go to his events. He would say, “it’s a personal favor to me.” Seldom, but sometimes, I would go. It was fine. He came to my office in T.T. during the presidential campaign to apologize for the way he was talking about me. Just a conman at work! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2019 In response to all the ranting, Sharpton tweeted a photo of Trump hanging out with him, James Brown and Rev. Jesse Jackson , writing: “Trump at NAN Convention 2006 telling James Brown and Jesse Jackson why he respects my work. Different tune now.” Trump at NAN Convention 2006 telling James Brown and Jesse Jackson why he respects my work. Different tune now. pic.twitter.com/mvNQmPdLUh — Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) July 29, 2019 He then finished Trump off by tweeting: “Trump says I’m a troublemaker & con man. I do make trouble for bigots. If he really thought I was a con man he would want me in his cabinet.” Trump says I’m a troublemaker & con man. I do make trouble for bigots. If he really thought I was a con man he would want me in his cabinet. — Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) July 29, 2019 Oops. Hit the flip for an actual clip of Sharpton clapping back at Trump.
Source: AlexSava / Getty 1 Dead, 5 Injured On Set Of Music Video In Philadelphia A 21-year-old man was reportedly shot dead, and five others injured, while filming a music video in Southwest Philly last night. According to reports, no arrests have been made and none of the victims has been identified at this time. From 6ABC : Police said one person is dead and five others are wounded after shots rang out moments before a rap video production was about to get underway on Sunday night in Southwest Philadelphia. It happened around 8 p.m. along the 2600 block of Carroll Street. Officers arrived at the scene to find six shooting victims. Police confirm a 21-year-old man was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. Another 23-year-old man was also found with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. “They were about to shoot a rap video when someone, a couple of people, came and shot one or more or persons,” said Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross. “These all very young men. Sadly this is what we see over and over again, but you know hopefully we’ll get someone to step forward because these are the type of incidents where we do worry about retaliation.” Police said the group of about 10 men, all in their early 20s, were about to start filming when someone got out of a black car and began firing approximately 10 shots. Four other victims (two of which are also in critical condition) were reportedly shot in the finger, right leg and chest, leg, and neck and back. We are keeping these young men in our prayers.
Source: Ryan Herron / Getty Slider crimes are one of the most popular crimes in Atlanta, and a pregnant woman was recently the latest victim. According to WSBTV, a pregnant woman was at a southwest Atlanta gas station on Metropolitan Parkway when the thief hopped into her car and tried to pull off. The woman immediately tried to open her car door when the thief sped away with the woman still attached to the door of the car. The scary moment was caught on surveillance video. The woman suffered a broken leg, but fortunately the baby is ok. Click here to read more If you don’t know about slider crimes read the article below.. RELATED: What Are Slider Crimes And Why Atlanta Thieves Are Taking Advantage ____ The Latest Music, Celebrities and Interviews: Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit
