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DA CREW PODCASTSEASON 1_ EPISODE #75 HOST AUTHOR PAMELA J HAYES-LIGGINS(SHOW #6)) (1) · DA CREW Podcast

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on the Crew podcast, So stay tuned. This is our show. Enjoy.
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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I guess that's so strongly justice system.
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We think ingie. No, we are the brown girl today. We
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are the brown girl hashtag. We got this show today. It's Tuesday,
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but anyway, it's me and Lady TV or the Brown Girl haghtag. We
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got this show today and we have been gone a little while. So I
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want to thank everybody for the love and support. And it's the press because
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I have been having some complications due to me being in remission from cancer.
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But we are not the women of the Wall today. We are the brown
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girl. Haightag we got this show. And where is Lady T? It's
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the OBG and Lady T and I don't see Lady T. Where is Lady
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T. Hey, Lady T. Where you at? Where you at?
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Hey? What's going on? How are we doing? How are we doing?
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Oh? It is fabulous. I'm excited to be on Brown Girl.
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Has we got this? Yeah? Yeah, I'm much better. Thank you,
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thank you, thank you. I was just telling everybody thank you for
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the love of support and the prayers. We've been going a little while because
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of me being hospitalized and being sick, but we're back and full effect,
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and today I'll show we have an amazing show. Today we have one of
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our Brown Girls to watch, which is not as they do. Alexis will
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be on later on today. She is an aspiring model, she is um.
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She also is going to be on the Women of the Wall because her
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dad is actually incarcerated right now, when she's a big effocate about, you
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know, helping them get home and being you know, a family member that
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support people that are behind the wall. So Alexis has a lot that she's
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going to offer to both of our shows and I'm looking forward to that.
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So how are you doing on this Tuesday? Yes, An, I'm looking
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I'm extremely excited about miss Alexis Marie. I mean, she's like a powerhouse,
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a young powerhouse. So I can't wait until we get into that.
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Well okay, and um any graduates among your family. What else's oh my
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goodness, so many. It's just so much that was going on. My
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oldest, my eighteen year old, she graduated from high school, so it
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was prom season and she came home with her diplomas today. Oh, let
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me tell you, I bowled like a baby, Iila Sanya, So I,
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boy, it was like a baby. Of course, I didn't want
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you to think I was like naked. I got clothes on, all right,
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Okay. So and then my six year old, she graduated from kindergarten,
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so she stepped up and she's gonna start first creating September. Okay,
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that's good, very exciting. That's really good. Also, what else we
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got going on this summer? So much, so much going on. It's
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action packed and it's full. Yes, yes, he first first time.
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I'm about May. What popped up in May? And how amazing that was?
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And May we actually got to go into the studio to the court.
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Our second audio book called Fourthly Accused, starring none other than Imaging for Us,
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which is what to our your lady Tea. She is detective imaging for
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us and we're putting putting it together, so the audiobook could be available soon.
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And also in July, Your Girl, the obch and Lady T will
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be filming my first, first, first productive, first short film film falsely
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accused July fifteenth. It will be on location and Philip in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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So that's very exciting as well. Um, I'm very happy about these
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two projects are gonna, you know, take place, and I'm looking forward
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to a lot more projects and things happening. Um, I'm just I'm just
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really excited because even though you know, the devil tried to keep me down,
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I still was working from my sick bad so we are and actually everybody
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and even the recording in the studios, she started feeling stick. She she
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did her best to try to hide it, but she was not. She
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how went through it until the end and then calms out as soon as we
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got home. It's like, I'm yea, Lucas, thank you for coming
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on with us tonight or the yes, the browncher House Yes, Um,
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so anything else you needs to share with us. If you guys want to
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call in, give us shout out asking the questions one four four one seven
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nine one nine sick please please do or in a chat. Yeah, so
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you having for us, and actually I do. I do want to put
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out whoever listens to this, whether you're watching it with us live happen if
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you watch it later. If you know anybody who is about music it's about
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their business, tell them to reach out because we're always looking for music for
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these projects and we want to grow with new people. So you know,
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if you vout your business, hit the obg up. What's you know?
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I don't know the number seeing I love that woman. That's the number on
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the screen. Make sure you hit the obd of and you know if it's
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popping, if it's fire, you know, it'll be put into youth,
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you know, so get with it definitely. And I'm like, really,
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what else do you have going on? Aren't you writing? Aren't you writing?
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Writing? Um? A miracle Walking is almost done? Which is the
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story any new project? Yeah a walking which is um the story about my
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oldest son when he was fifty almost died. Um. He had a severe
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asthm attack that put him in yes for nine days, but God is good
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because he is nine nine days he was in a carmine and here his voice.
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He didn't know if he was going to be brain dead or you know,
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had some type of defects from lack of oxygen. Yes, it's thirty
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three years old. He's gonna be thirty four October October, and the book
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will be dropping in October, called a Miracle Walking, and um it,
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it's gonna tell his story and how he's a miracle walking because he is.
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He's you know, he had to learn how to walk and use his hands
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and whims and everything all over a game from a simple asthma attack. So
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it's you know that, and it happened right around mother. It hopped on
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Mother's Day. Oh there's nothing simple about asthma. It's nothing, you know,
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people think, you know, ay, no, it'll baby out of
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here. But he's here. Yeah, and as my it is real as
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much as real it is not no bs. I mean, people have truly
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lost their lives because their body. So asthma is real. Yes, God
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is very awesome. Um um she said um Tammela said, God is awesome
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And I said that I wur guess it's here. Yes, she is ya,
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Alexis, Alexis Marie all right finally, Oh my gosh, she was
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so patient with us. Yes, how are you? This is lady team,
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Hi Alexai, Hi, how are you? How beautiful? I am
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fabulous that and and so excited to see you. I'm good. I was
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the sick one. I'm I'm much better, thank you, Um, much
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much much, much much better. But I'm so glad that you are here.
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So what's going on? How are you doing? What's going on?
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I'm good, I'm chilling. I had took a nap before getting on here
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because I had work this morning, so I ended up taking a nap and
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then just now just got the shower. I was about to make me some
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asparagus before I got on the Live where I'm girl up to watch. So
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I wanted to know how are you? Yes, um, how would you
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see it? Like? How what I mean? You had a job recently?
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Um, you went to do some modeling in Atlanta? No, so
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I actually plan on moving to Atlanta. I actually went to Atlanta because I
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want to go see some apartments, and I had a couple of job interviews
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because I'm trying to leave New York. So are you going to pursue your
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modeling career more in going to Atlanta? So Honestly, I like Atlanta has
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everything that I want to do out there, Like I really feel like I
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belong out there. When I was out there, It's just like everybody I
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came in contact with, most of them was models. But I'm also like
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I believe modeling is like a stepping stone to bring me to where I'm heading,
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which is me like wanting to become a motivation new speaker and start my
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own podcasts and stuff like that. Because before I started modeling, I kind
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of like lacked a lot of confidence. But twenty twenty one, going into
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twenty twenty two, I like stayed in the house by myself, and I
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basically like wrote with my plan though, and I listened to tud Jake's sermon,
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and I wrote myself for a letter and told myself everything that I was
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gonna do going into twenty twenty two. So honestly, I just told myself,
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you know, like coming to year twenty twenty two, everything that I
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was afraid to do, I'm just going for it. So June four for
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twenty twenty two, that's what made me stop modeling because it's something I've always
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wanted to do as a kid, Like and I knew because like when I
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was younger, I used to walk around to my mother and hills and act
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like I was running that walking down the runway. So that right there,
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it was like compromaing. You know, So, so what did you how
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did you feel when you get your first modeling job? Like what did you
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how did you feel? Did you was you nervous? And who actually gave
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you your first break to model? Honestly, so, I wasn't looking for
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the opportunities because I knew I wanted to model, So I was just looking
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into like different agencies and opportunities. Like I would go on even bray in
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search up like you know, casting calls modeling opportunities. I was also using
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my Instagram platform to search up like different agencies and stuff. And I was
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kind of skeptical because when I first started modeling, or before I even started
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modeling, I applied to an agency in Manhattan and they scan me. So
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that right there, it was just like it made me skeptical to want to
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apply to other agencies because I'm like being that I don't model, just yeah,
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I won't know what agencies scan people and what the you know what you
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know, she's doesn't so I just said, you know, trying error.
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Samma just had to find out as I go along long so be sure I
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end up following. So um they end up First of all, so the
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program that I went to, Scott Modeling, they know about the company that
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scave me. So basically what they did was they're really good for like people
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that want to take just professional photos and stuff like that, but they're not
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like an agency that would help you further your modeling career. And they would
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basically have people take pictures. You had to put down the down deposit and
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then they would have people take pictures and they would basically trying to force you
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to pay for all the pictures right then and mirror and they basically told you
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if you didn't pay up front, they was wiping all the pictures that they
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had on a disc or oh wow yeah yeah, okay yeah. So I
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thought it is real, that hustle is real. It is. It definitely
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is because I told myself, you know, I'm not gonna lie to that
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situation to make me stop certain. So I end up finding this program called
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Skyler Modeling, and they was like I had to pay for them, and
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they was pretty expensive, but it was definitely worth it. I was really
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skeptical, but my faith was there because I did my research with this agency
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and made sure, like okay, like before you know, putting down any
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money and anything, make sure you do your research and this legit. So
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I did it. And then my first down payment I had to put down
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three hundred dollars. So once I had did that, I'm just like okay,
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Like I was nervous kind of, but then you know they were gonna
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not They was viral actually on my Instagram, and you know, I was
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going under other people pictures and seeing like them interact with the program. So
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I'm like, okay, this must be legit because they posted on their story
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every day like people are actually engaging. So you know, my confidence started
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really boosting all you know, in regards to me a piet So coming June
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fourth, that's when I had my first opportunity and the program offered a two
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day in person training and a five week online course. So for the two
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day in person, I drove down to New York and then my first day
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was it told me how to pose, and it told me how to walk,
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Like there's four different modeling um walks that you can do so that was
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kind of like it was like I was nervous but excited at the same time,
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and I came to learn that like you could feel nervous and be excited
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at the same time and experience the same symptoms like butterflies in and stuthing and
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stuff like that. But it's just yeah, you gotta tell yourself, like
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I'm excited, I'm excited. I'm excited, you know. So I was
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nervous, but we're excited because it's like I knew I was taking myself out
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my comfort zone, honestly, and it just helped me boost my confidence for
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real. So I just started and once I was featured in the Bizarre magazine,
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that kind of like opened up every aspect like literally, and how did
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you feel when you saw yourself in Bizarre, Like that's a great that's a
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good magazine, Like that's Bizarre, Like yeah, I was really excited honestly,
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because it's like I was so eager, Like I was really eager because
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it's just like it was like a dream come true, you know what I'm
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saying, Like I'm like, wow, just twenty one and depression, Like
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I went through a major break over my ex girlfriend and I was depressed for
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a while, you know, and I just basically told myself, like twenty
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twenty two, I'm doing everything that I want to do, and I'm focusing
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on myself. So I just basically started, you know, pouring into myself.
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And I had lost a lot of friends, you know, I isolating
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myself from a lot of people because I realized certain individuals that I was,
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you know, surrounding myself around, they were like triggering me, like the
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old mean that I was trying to pull away from. So I really had
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to isolate myself. And then after that the my mentor just was just rising
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and rising and rising. So I'm just like, you know, it's so
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crazy, how when you separate yourself from a lot of people, when you
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really spend so much time with yourself, how much you learned about yourself,
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how strong you actually recognize that you really are, like you know, and
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how capable you really of doing anything that you really set your mind too for
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real. And my biggest advice and biggest you know too, that I took
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from myself, it's to have faith and believe in itself. Because as long
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as you got yourself to believe in it, don't really matter who believing,
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who don't. That's right, all right, it's gotta be your own number
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one fan. That's right. You are so inspiring the fact that you recognize
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within your depression that you had to climb out of that and landed the cover.
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So first off, you know what I want to hear one, how
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you landed the cover and how did you react the moment you heard that you
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got the cover. So honestly, so, my instructor, like she's actually
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still a current active model in the industry. So day two when they end
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up having like the professional photographers, the makeup artists, the stylists and stuff,
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they was actual professionals. That's in the industry still. So my instructor,
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she's well connected with a lot of individuals because her you know herself,
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like she done work with Blanciago, Calvin Klein, and Tom Ford, so
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she's well connected with a lot of people. So they basically, you know,
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that's another thing we had paid for too, because they tell you,
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you know, you get that opportunity to be featured in the Bizarre magazine.
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So it was like once I paid for that, I was like that was
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food and so it was like that right there, I actually see me though
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in an article to be able to type, you know, in a in
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a web bard the actual website didn't see my face what, like it was
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something that it was feeling. That's so yeah, yeah, and just some
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fun back and you look just like your daddy, So I thought, that's
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yeah, yeah, y'all twins, Yes, that's really my twin. Um,
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so, how did your dad feel when you told him you was you
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know, when you was on bizarre Like how did he feel about you modeling
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anyway? Because you know that industry it can be sketchy and it keeps me
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a passitive too, So how did your dad feel about that? Like how
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did he what kind of advice to give you? What did you tell you
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to do? I mean, was he nervous about you getting into the modeling
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industry or you know? So honestly, my dad, like my dad be
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pushing me like I'm not. Sometimes I'll be happy to the time, like
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you gotta relax because like you be on my heels like you know, and
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it's like what my dad is always supporting me. However, when it comes
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down to something he don't agree with, like he'll let me know, like
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I don't agree with it, I might still be here to support you,
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but I don't agree with it. But when it came out to model,
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and this is something that I've always told my dad I wanted to do,
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so it was like my dad was so used to me just talking about stuff
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I wanted to do and I wasn't implement So the moment I started implement,
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it's like everything my dad ever told me before, it's like I'm implementing it
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now in life. And it's like, you know, he's proud of that.
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And I say all the time, like, you know, I'm so
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grateful because even though my dad be on my heels, is like it's worth
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it. And I know he would, you know, you know, to
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support me. He don't do it to me, no harm or anything.
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It's just he want to see me do good. You know. It was
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really excited about that. Absolutely, that's pervade. So it's so great to
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have your daddy proud of you. Yeah, yeah, you yes, And
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I mean it looks like you guys have an amazing relationship and we're gonna have
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you back on the Women of the War because your dad is um incarcerated,
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just as my husband and the Women of the War. We support that community
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and we let people know that it's a community that is forgotten. Right.
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You are a young woman and you love your father, and you know and
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you can tell people you know how it's felt to have your dad helped raise
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you behind the wall, like how you know what trying a relationship y'all have
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Because the pictures that I've gotten of you and we're gonna put up when we
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do the women of the war, they look amazing, Like you look happy,
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you look like you know you're not like you look happy, you know,
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visiting him at different things like that. If you don't believe that some
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of these individuals can't be UM productive parents behind the wall help and I agree.
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So I need you to like, I definitely I can't wait for our
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show next month for you to talk about that. Um Um Angie Um,
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who is the owner of the podcast The Crew. She said that they're looking
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for new models for upcoming shoots in Atlanta. Oh, this says, I'm
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gonna give you the website before you leave. Um that's which. Yeah,
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So she just um, I want to say I want to I'll send a
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shout out to author Black Diamond. Hello, thank you so much for tuning
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in Yeah, we appreciate you, appreciate you. I'm so Alexa. So
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well, after your model, what else you gonna be doing? I'm sorry
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what you're saying. I say, after modeling, what is your next UM
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project? What is your what is your next level that you're that you're looking
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to go to, Like when you go to Atlanta looking for part what else
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you want to do? Honestly, when I do move to Atlanta, um
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So, it's crazy because my modeling perspective has actually changed. It's actually doing
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full for this ship made it. Yeah, I've been modeling, but since
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then, it's like my perspective has changed because to be like a high fashion
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model. I'm not saying I don't have what it taste, but I feel
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like a lot of stuff that happens behind the scene, I don't want to
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be a part of, you know what I'm saying, because I've been doing
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like my research in regards to like big brands and stuff and have some of
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them sometimes like do stuff that's like illegal or unethical or you know, like
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working with the Luminaity and stuff like that. Like I don't want to me
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personally, I honestly I like fashion, like you know, I like street
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fashion. I like to be able to dress like myself and feel the way
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I want to feel. And I have to sacrifice my happiness to please somebody
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else or you know, just for money, like because money is not the
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needs to happiness. Yeah, and I just feel like ye with me doing
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my photoshoots and stuff like that and being you know, a brand ambassador or
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a model, like I really want to model for fashion Over. That's really
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my biggest goal for actually you know, modeling and being in the modeling industry
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and Fashion Ova I went in mind. But like the even though fashion Nova
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is like a big top you know brand, it's not like a designer brand.
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So I just told myself in a lot of times, I wear fashion
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Ova clothing. So me personal is like I want to model for brands like
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that, you know, or like pretty little things or you know, other
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like small businesses that self clothing stuff like that. So personally, when I
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do go to Atlanta, I want to like you know, meet other people
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and stuff like that, network with different brands and collaborate different people and attend
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different fashion shows like I actually have a Castle Calle coming up in August in
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New York City for the fashion show because fashion Week is in September, so
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I'm preparing myself for that also too. In Atlanta, I want to meet
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miss kit Rus, which is a woman. She's like a podcast owner,
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she owns multi businesses. She also is been in like women empowerment and she
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got a business called girl Mom and b Simona Mega Ashley also has a podcast
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called No for Sure Podcast, And my goal is to also be able to
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speak and meet meet them honestly because just for me listening to the stuff that
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they say and like the safe space they provide individuals, Like it's a podcast
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that I would want to go and speak on to be able to like share
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my story and encourage other women, men and stuff like that, because I'm
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truly big on that. I love to be able to encourage other people.
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So that's really more so what I'm going on landing for and culinary. So
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it's two big things that I really want to do. But I feel like
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modeling is gonna branch me off into like podcasting and motivations you speaking, and
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then later on down the line, my long term goal is to be able
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to get a food truck. Okay, all right, you are just okay,
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So what kind of food. Are we talking you name? I'm making
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it. I've been literally Yeah, you said something I want to say touch
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on two things that you said. One you said your partner. So are
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you lbgt T Yes you are? Okay, so happy five months? Okay,
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that's umber one number two. UM. You know I have my Brown
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Girl line and we also have we started this, well we're starting this,
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I guess September. Um in twenty twenty three. Um, yeah, um,
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September twenty twenty three. We have the original LBGTQ Brown Girl. Yeah,
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okay, so we are. Yeah, and UM, I would love
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for you because I do have we have a problem. Um, and you're
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going to I'm gonna load you up with some stuff like you know, represent
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and also, UM, I would love for you to model for the website
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and whatever we're doing to get you out, you know, to get us
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out there in a model. And yeah, I'm definitely down for a because
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me personally, like I really it's funny because I started I live up state
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near urbaning boy, I really started my modeling career in New York City because
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I feel like that's one reason why I don't, you know, I want
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to move. Excuse me, move to Atlantis because like, I feel real
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limited upstate, you know, because a lot of the stuff that I do
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want to get into, there's not really much of it up here. So
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it's just like I told myself, you know, rather than allowing yourself to
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feel limited and just stay stagnant, use you know, network And that's something
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my dad always told me, like make sure you network, you know,
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travel, if you gotta go and show face, go show face. Like
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so honestly that's really what I started doing and stuff like that. I had
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my first fashion show I actually this year February eighteen, I believe in the
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Bronx at Big Plaza Mall. So and that was that was that was successful.
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Okay, okay, why you have a plan. I love that you
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have a plan. I don't think you're John. I love that you said
28:53
I'm gonna do everything I want to do and you're doing it and you're pursuing
28:56
it, and you're showing other young can America, a young young brown and
29:02
older brown women that you can really go and you can put your mind to
29:07
it, you can do with you everything. Um, if you have any
29:11
questions for Alexis, please call us at nine one four or four one seven
29:14
nine one nine. She's here to ask any questions. If you just want
29:18
to shout out out you want to talk to us, please don't hesitate the
29:21
call um Also, U, ladies, he is here. You want to
29:25
ask ladies. He's some questions or whatever, but we are here. We
29:27
are live podcast. It's brown girl, hassack. We got this show.
29:33
Um, what's I don't even know what. They always trying to go to
29:36
a commercial break, but like two minutes and we will be back. You're
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30:57
live. I'm trying to give Alexis you can hear me. Yeah, we
31:03
hear you. We can talk over here, baby Tea you have alexis wow,
31:08
wow, yeah, I can hear you now. Um, let the
31:11
people know how how they can follow you, you know, because everybody's gonna
31:15
want to know how they keep up with Marie is doing, you know,
31:19
because you're blowing up and you're doing big things. Hello. Yes, um
31:26
so as of right now? No, yeah, we hears my mommy Hello,
31:38
Hello, Hi, this is uh the OBG. You alive on the
31:44
B on the brown seping with Angela. That Angela, how are you?
31:53
Hello? Yeah, can you hear me? Yes? Yes, yeah,
31:59
before stop let her know that, um and um to another day, you
32:14
know, in that area and social media she don't have if she don't want
32:29
to get into all shore like going. I'm back to her amazing and you
32:40
know I'm to transition back there myself. Okay. He actually in Union City.
32:50
Okay, you guys get here if come down by the airport, kay,
32:57
okay, okay, well um yeah Alexa. She says she's proud of
33:02
you and that you can do a lot of fashion shows and stuff in Atlanta
33:06
where you're going. That you know, you are very powerful young individual,
33:10
and thank you so much. Actually, appreciate it. You are the ang
33:19
Yes, that is amazing, Um, all that you go through and the
33:29
strength in the meuseus that you show, UM for those that support you and
33:32
watch you. You are such an inspiration and I just wanted to let you
33:37
know that on today. Thank you so much, Thank you so much.
33:44
Amazing, he is speaking facts, amazing, Thank you, thank you.
33:52
Yeah, she will thank you so much, Angie. Oh my god,
33:57
that's every Thomas who is the the owners of the Crew podcast. She wants
34:01
to call in and installation and stuff like that. Um. And I appreciate
34:07
her so much because she does amazing things too. Never have met her at
34:12
all, never ever ever met her, but I always saw on the show,
34:19
Yes, such powerful individuals in our circle, Like I am so happy
34:28
to have met you, to hear your story, to know that you're following
34:34
your dreams. And then and you're gonna end up you're gonna be cooking.
34:37
Oh I'm gonna have to come to Atlanta just to hit that truck up.
34:43
Yeah. Yeah, I love cooking, like I've been cooking to top with
34:45
the eleventh for real. Really yeah, so too. I used to watch
34:50
my mom cook all the time, like and you enjoyed that pass to mind
34:54
because I used to literally watch every show on Food Network, like every show.
35:00
I love it. I love the food that one too, I love.
35:07
I love you know who else I love? Um? Um, what's
35:10
his name? Gorda Ramsey? Yes, I love even though he was a
35:15
little little psycho. I still like his show and also the one. Um,
35:21
but his crazy is good. It's a good crazy. M hm.
35:24
He ain'tnna lie, but it is passion everybody passionate about his food. No,
35:35
and I like, you know what show I loved about his show?
35:37
Um, the Amateur Cooks, The Amateur cook Okay, now he did the
35:43
kids. The kids put me to shame. I said, what little fi?
35:46
I mean she was making what kind of suck? What kind of stuff?
35:52
What I was looking like? How you making this and baking the room?
35:58
I said, okay, you know what I water right? Like?
36:04
What is I mean? I could barely be one side. But they want
36:07
to take on like a stepping stool, using lobs I mean and using them.
36:12
Wow. Yeah, they got a lot of the shows like that.
36:20
It's crazy, like a five purse dinner for my family. I've never seen
36:25
this what I'm looking like, I've never seen this. I gotta go find
36:31
it comes on like Fox. Oh my god, I mean the cutest one.
36:36
I mean they could barely see over the counter. Okay, I gotta
36:39
go check that out. I gotta see that, dul That's what I was
36:44
wondering, Like, how are they cooking on the stove they got they got
36:46
little um, little stepping stool for them. I mean, wow, they
36:54
fileted fish and all of that. Crazy. Okay. I'm like, I'm
37:00
like, you know what I feel. I feel like an idiot. I
37:05
don't know how to filette that. Yes, I love that. That's me
37:10
neither me neither. I love those shows, but I know how to open
37:15
hand. So what is your next? What is your next? You're going
37:22
into Atlanta, You're gonna do your modeling, You're looking to open your food
37:27
truck. You look at to do your podcast. What else are you looking
37:30
you're looking forward to? Um? Oh wait a minute, I want to
37:34
say ask you to when you do go to Atlanta, and you must come
37:36
back because the women of the war, we are getting a little bit more
37:39
political. We're gonna be do an advocating for the people behind the wall.
37:44
Um, We're gonna be going out to Albany signing petitions and it'll be great.
37:49
We have a model forefront coming and help us and you know with the
37:53
fight and the course. Okay, yes, hold, I'm sorry guys,
38:05
everybody. And you're beginning to advocate Cayton for the people behind the wall,
38:09
right, yes? Yes, who yeah, yes, her dad is behind
38:14
the wall, her dad and yes, Alex Yeah, but she's an advocate
38:20
for it, right, she fights for Are you an advocate Alexis? I
38:23
mean I would have to like a lot of stuff, but when it comes
38:27
down to like justice and stuff like that, yeah, like definitely, Okay,
38:32
okay, well a lot of stuff too, Like, um, I
38:37
know that they just came up with the clearing um it's called a clean Slate
38:42
Act where after seven years and they've been out that they can petition and get
38:46
their um record sealed. So I think, yeah, depending on what the
38:53
I don't know what the ramifications of it, like what can be sealed and
38:58
what can't be sealed, but the stuff that could be sealed. I know
39:02
that they're also the four forty four forty point two three rule, which is
39:09
when they got over sentenced and they're doing a resentencing because that's what my husband
39:14
is up for right now. It's just like putting the Clemency packet together.
39:16
They're putting the packet together to go in front of the DA, go in
39:21
front of the judges, to get them resentenced so he could come home,
39:24
because right now he's serving life. But once they resented him, he will
39:29
be like um twenty five to life for the possibility of twenty five parole in
39:36
twenty five years, which means he will be coming home. So we are
39:39
starting also. Please remember because we're minting the two shows. But September the
39:45
first to November the thirty, if that's ninety days of prayer, we will
39:50
be praying five A. And for the people behind the wall, we are
39:54
praying for them. We are starting our ok. We are praying for everyone
40:00
that is behind the wall. We want God to move on their behalf and
40:04
bring them home. Because mister Blank, you said that quickly, but I
40:08
say to day, stay to dates again. September one, September one,
40:16
twenty twenty three to November thirtieth, twenty twenty three, five am. We
40:22
will be praying the war. The war will be praying. We will be
40:27
praying together asking God to move on everybody that's behind the wall man, woman
40:32
whoever it is, you know, to interceed and bring them home. Uh,
40:37
this September makes a one whole year that we've been doing this prayer.
40:43
And mister Blanks, Anthony Blanks, is the first person that we prayed was
40:45
praying for and he was released, so he will be released for a year.
40:51
And he turned seventy his birthday this year. He's still out amazing things
40:57
like Yeah, mister Blanks is such dvocate and he goes for Albany and stuff
41:01
and he does a lot of things with them, with the movement. With
41:06
the other movement, that's you know, doing a lot of different things,
41:09
signing petitions and different things of that nature. But the women of the War
41:14
and the Brown Girl, we are both really big one that that's good.
41:21
Absolutely what I what I'm what I'm excited about. And I don't want to
41:25
cross makes, but I do want to mention. So there's certain parts of
41:29
these new wars that you mentioned that I'm one hundred percent on board with.
41:32
So you know, if you did sign something and you did your time,
41:38
and then you do a background check and you don't get it because you did
41:44
something ten years ago, you know, When does that time? When do
41:49
I get a chance or an opportunity to live my new life? You know,
41:53
I did my bed. Now I'm home. You did this background check
41:59
and found out I have a couple of felonies, but I'm reformed. I'm
42:02
trying to get a job. So these laws for certain other ones, I'm
42:07
you know, certain people, I don't think you know, should but a
42:12
lot can go ahead. Need to have a second chance, a second everybody.
42:17
Like I said, I have a problem with it, with some of
42:22
it too. I mean, but I think that majority of the people um
42:28
that are getting these second chances, they deserve a second chance. Yes,
42:31
I mean to deserve it. Yes, I don't think should have a clean
42:36
slate, like I'm sorry, trauma lesson, that's it, have a clean
42:39
slate. I mean they just there we go. You know. Now I'm
42:45
gonna say it. I don't think and if you're just attacking people just to
42:47
attack people, it's something different. But if it's a if it's a survival
42:52
situation, if I'm surviving and this kill would be killed, then I mean,
42:57
you know, you guys, do what you gotta do. I think
42:59
you deserving an opportunity to live your life anew if you did your time already?
43:07
Yes, So I mean it's just a lot of people are calling me
43:14
and asking me questions like at THEA, so you need to put the questions
43:17
out there. Are they asking questions for Alexis? What are they asking questions?
43:22
They asking stupid questions like you still want the air? Yeah you know
43:25
that already, Like yeah, oh my goodness, I can't when you were
43:37
when you when you did when you started your photo shoot, and when you
43:40
when you were doing your photo shoot. I want to know how did you
43:44
feel because I know when I went in the booth it took a second,
43:50
supid second. I said that she was still It's crazy because she is such
43:58
the Oh I'm ready, She's like, I'm scared. I'm like, we're
44:02
in the booth. This say your butterflies was real? It was something different.
44:07
It was Yeah, it was it was different, so you honestly speaking,
44:15
So honestly, I just feel like it's really a minding. Like I
44:19
feel like for me when I first first, like I had my modeling instructor
44:25
and all her camera people taking pictures and said it was very uncomfortable. But
44:30
I feel like the day before prepped me because it were so many people that
44:34
like from all over the world, like China, Saint Thomas, Virgin Island,
44:38
all over like you know, so being with them, it's like that
44:45
kind of took me out of my cover zone because I had to, you
44:46
know, do poses. I had to pose for one whole minute, like
44:51
do different poses. I had to play a song, let it play for
44:53
a minute, and then do like poses NonStop. Because they tell you,
44:57
like in the modeling industry, when you posing, you can't do one pose
45:00
and they'd be like, all right, what's the next pose? Like you
45:02
have to be ready for the photographer, like for them to take at least
45:07
two hundred photos within a matter of like a minute or so. Like that's
45:09
how quick like like that's how they tell you, Like they teach you strategy
45:20
the matrix, right, you look like Neo and the matrix you got to
45:30
move around so quickly, you really do, Like you really that dud like
45:34
And because they tell you, like an industry photographers and stuff like that will
45:38
get complicated too if you can't even listen to like the directors that they're giving
45:43
you, you know what I'm saying, Like if they tell you to move
45:44
a certain kind of way or like adjust something or look this to it look
45:46
that way and you're not picking up to it. Like it'll make a photographer
45:51
frustrating and not want to work with you again, which could be bad because
45:54
it can affect you know, people that want to work with you, like
45:58
they could let your age and know like I don't want to work again and
46:00
stuff like that. So, so it was about the clothing changes. Did
46:05
you have to do a lot of clothing changes, like you know, like
46:07
outfit changes, or it wasn't just like one set, or you did like
46:13
two or three different looks or so I actually did two looks the second day
46:19
when they came in and they took pictures for resume and I portfolio, I
46:23
did two looks. My first look I actually liked. My second one.
46:27
I didn't really like like that because it was more it was something I wasn't
46:30
used to. But then it's like, after seeing the pictures of myself,
46:32
I was like, no, like these are actually dope. But my first
46:36
look. Like the stylists, they had an actual professional stylist come in and
46:39
he dressed me. He picked out my clothes, they did my hair,
46:44
my makeup, They provided everything like literally everything, Like they provided me a
46:47
list literally like almost every agency in every state, Like they gave me a
46:52
whole list to be able to like start signing up and you know, getting
46:58
going to casting codes and stuff like that. So it was definitely worth the
47:00
price because I think I paid fifteen hundred first So it was definitely worth the
47:05
price for sure, because they gave me so much knowledge what to expect and
47:08
stuff like that. So you know, like I was really grateful for it.
47:13
Okay, okay. And now so since you are, you know,
47:19
you're part of the Pride community, how does that make you feel? Is
47:22
it different for you as a you know, um as in the Pride community
47:29
for like modeling, is it different? Do they treat you differently or is
47:34
it okay? Or how do you feel about that? I mean, honestly,
47:38
I would say, like, so since I started modeling, I had
47:44
two casting calls. I walked three times, but I had two casting calls
47:47
because two of the shows that I woke for I had a cast for them.
47:52
Um. Honestly speaking, I would say, like one of the shows
47:55
that I went to the actual owner of the designer that I walked for,
48:01
Like at first, I wasn't really like feeling him because I feel like he
48:06
was kind of being unprofessional and I had told him about it, and after
48:13
that, like we spoke about it, like I have basically letting him know,
48:15
like you know, like I'm not gonna keep my mouth shut, like
48:16
I feel like, as you being someone that's supposed to be professional, and
48:20
this is your design, your clothing brand, like you shouldn't being here doing
48:23
certain things. It's not professional. So after we got our course stad like
48:27
and move past that, it was like we're cool, you know what I'm
48:30
saying. So it's like it all depends on the kind of relationships that you
48:32
build with people. Not everybody's gonna like you. You know, you gotta
48:36
understand being in the model of industry is a high competence, so like everybody
48:40
trying to compete against each other. So that's why confidence is really keen and
48:45
modeling like it really is. And you can go to modeling to bullshit confidence
48:49
because you have to have confidence while modeling, like you would have to.
48:52
Okay, all right, okay, so what kind of question, Okay,
48:58
what kind of advice would you give an up and coming brown grand that wants
49:01
to be a model. What would you tell them to do we tell them
49:05
to look for, Like, how would you tell them to prepare themselves for
49:08
this industry? Because this industry is a doggy dog industry from what I hear.
49:14
I'm not a model, but I hear different things. How it's you
49:19
know, it's it's a you know, their backbite, and it's cut throat,
49:22
it's you know, So what what advice would you give them? Honestly,
49:27
I will first say before actually doing anything, do some research. Um
49:32
and one thing I would selling, Like I spoke to this girl because she
49:36
asked me the same question before and I was basically ing her no. Like,
49:39
you don't necessarily have to have a portfolio already to get into the modeling
49:45
industry, Like you don't have to have anyone professional create one for you.
49:49
Like you can actually set up like different photo shoots and put together your own
49:52
portfolio to bring to a casting call. So if you're somebody who don't really
49:58
have any experience, that's one way you can get yourself in the door,
50:01
Like you know, set up photo suits and then build your your portfolio.
50:05
Once you build your portfolio, you create you a move board. A move
50:08
board is basically like a resume that you would bring to the judges that are
50:12
judging you at the casting calls, and they would determine whether or not if
50:15
they want to, you know, either allow you to move forward, HI
50:17
you whatever they're gonna do, but I would let them know do their research.
50:22
Definitely, don't trust everything everybody say, because you can be scam.
50:28
It is very highly that you can be scam. Be yourself, don't be
50:32
afraid to make mistakes. Do not be too hard in yourself. Definitely trust
50:37
the process because honestly, my pictures that I think last year compared to the
50:42
way I pose the stuff this year is a mazer difference. Like literally,
50:46
like miss Pam, I might actually think the picture of me and my dad
50:51
that I took for father Day I want to go seeing for father today.
50:54
Major difference, like and something. I just be so amazed because it's like
50:58
wow, Like it showed you what being consistent can really do and the effect
51:01
you can really get on being consistent and no matter what it is that you
51:05
do, because you could tell and my pictures. Before I started modeling,
51:07
I was nervous, you know, I was shy. I didn't really like
51:12
people watching when when I took pictures. But now It's like my dad always
51:15
told me, on that camera, on the camera. So now you put
51:20
me in front of that camera, I'm gonna on that camera. I'm definitely
51:23
on that camera, all right. Yeah, And for you, I have
51:31
a surprise. Okay, guess who's on the air now to talk to you?
51:36
Right now? Who your dad? Here you go, Gaby, She's
51:45
live on the air, Undy dig hi dad. So she's great, amazing
51:55
job. What you're doing that. Happy to hear that, happy part of
52:02
the progress. What's going on with what's your discussion over there? How model
52:07
lady. She's amazing, amazing brown girl. She's giving us an amazing,
52:15
amazing interview. I'm very proud of her. She really knows what she wants.
52:20
Yeah, she's inspiration to a lot of these young girls. Um,
52:24
she's really doing an amazing job. She as you. You should be very
52:28
proud of you. I appreciate. Definitely, definitely happy, happy to hear
52:43
making progress and happy to sh being real motivated for the younger, younger ladies
52:47
coming up, you know. And it's a thing she learned at the same
52:51
time she's teaching. Yeah, and I think that's what life's about. How
52:53
to tell her, you know, Chase should chase your dream, believe in
52:57
yourself, had faith, and I didn't know. I'm just caught all progress.
53:00
So I'm definitely happy. That's good and that you know. I can't
53:06
be more than thankful to have you on my phone. No, that's the
53:07
fact, because even though you be on my heels, you know he do
53:19
sometimes he means stepping on it. I'm like, he relaxed, like we
53:24
love y'all. Pull, thank y'all so much, lectures I love you so
53:28
much, and go on my heart, I love you too. I love
53:31
you. Okay, I love it too. For me, I gotta go.
53:38
That was special. Yeah, that was my husband. He always forgets
53:46
that we're live. He was like, oh, I love that. I
53:51
gonna get father right now. I appreciate that. Thank you never really means
53:58
lating me. Yes, y'all both been like y'all made the show. Really,
54:01
I mean, that's the beauty of our show live because we like jewels
54:07
of like this likely supports and they shows that these men and women that are
54:15
behind the wall can't be supported to their children, they can't help raise and
54:17
they can't help uplifting individuals. And that just proves right there you guys,
54:22
this relationship right there. This wasn't Yes, it was not scripted. It
54:27
happened. I don't know at all everything everything, and it's live like real
54:32
direct. Okay, so yes, I'm very happy. Show Alexis was amazing.
54:43
Thank you for having me so, thank you for the patience because my
54:46
sick TM was sick and canceled. It took Yes, I mean so,
54:52
I mean it was like ladies, ladies, babies don't disappear. I keep
55:01
saying, what you gotta say, but don't forget the brown girl in history.
55:07
Go ahead. I'm sorry, um, try your go ahead and lady
55:10
t brown girl in history? Please? No, what you didn't say yes,
55:17
because I don't want I don't want to like systemistic because she's strong like
55:22
she's strong like our brown girl in history. Okay, well go ahead,
55:25
all right, so before you get you gotta get off. No, I
55:28
want you to finish your statement. No, I was just made sure,
55:30
give me two seconds. I'm giving you two seconds now. I'm saying you
55:35
could do the brown girl history. I was just saying, I thank her
55:37
for being so flexible with me because I got sick. We didn't realize it
55:43
was the third of them it was just like so I was like, oh
55:45
my, And then when it was the third show, hospital, yeah,
55:51
I'm in the hospital. I can't do no show yea. So it was
55:54
just crazy. So I thank you and I appreciate you so much of being
55:58
patient and being still a part of our show because you better be like,
56:00
you're not why I'm sticking. Um, I ain't dealing, but you what
56:05
you held out for us everything she could look like. You know why I
56:13
got time for that. But I mean because you gave a great I mean,
56:19
you have an amazing story, a powerful story. And please stay too,
56:22
because next month in July, Alexis will be our woman on the Women
56:28
of the Wall the World Mcaree. She will be our guest again because she
56:31
does have a story about her and her dad's relationships, how it was for
56:37
her to grow up with her parents behind the wall, you know Howard.
56:40
She has other siblings and she's just gonna be gonna really be able to talk
56:45
about that. But before we go, miss Lady T, can you please
56:49
tell us about our brown girl in history? Please tonight. Our brown girl
56:55
in history is Miss Daisy d. She's a civil hero. She was a
57:01
complex, unconventional and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement, she led
57:10
the charge to desegregate or in the all white Central High School and Little Rock,
57:15
Arkansas in nineteen fifty seven. So ladies and brown Girl has said,
57:21
we got this. Have not forgotten Daisy bags? Where did she go?
57:29
Yes? Yes, so I don't know, but OBG, as always,
57:36
this is this has been amazing. Y Alexis was such a great special guest.
57:42
Yes, Like, and I can't wait, you know, I cannot
57:45
wait to hear about how she build this powerful relationship with her dad. Yeah,
57:50
because they have an amazing and if you really want it as possible,
57:52
you know what I mean, it is I mean, and she's one that
57:55
wants it. And the pictures that she shared with us for the women of
58:00
the world, you know, I'm gonna do the commercial or whatever and you'll
58:02
be able to see their love for one another. Um, and the pictures
58:07
and I'm like, just how it grew, Yeah, how it grew,
58:12
how it evolved and everything. So it was really really really um, this
58:19
was an amazing show. And again I want to thank everybody for reaching out
58:22
Black Diamond, Tamela, um Lisa, I want to thank you all for
58:29
the love have been giving me um throughout this whole, this whole or deal
58:35
with me and being in remission with cancer and then having complications. I really
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appreciate all the love and the support Angie that she gives me all the time
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since the time I met her. Because she was like, Pamela, what
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do you want me to se you smell? I was like, oh my
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god, I'm in a hospital. I was like, she ran the show,
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I said, I the running another another old show. I don't even
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know what to tell you because I was in the hospital. So it was
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just so crazy. But I'm just so glad to be back feeling a little
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bit better. I want to thank you guys for loving us on the show.
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Then she goes, she's back, She's back. Yes, I'm sorry,
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that's okay. We're glad to have you back. Please, m Alexis,
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let people know how to get in contact with you if they want you
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to do a model shoe or how to get contact you with your social media.
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How would they you know, contact you for um, for you know,
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just to get to know you better, information to use you on a
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photo shoot, for you to do you know, anything with them. How
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would they contact you Okay, so my main modeling page is you guys can
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follow mere Instagram at Underscore the Goods, which it spelled d A g oo.
59:58
She got dropped off. Wow, that's not about the devil. I
1:00:01
don't want Yeah, but I'm telling you here, she go. No,
1:00:07
but we're gonna we're gonna post it. Okay, we're gonna post it.
1:00:10
We're gonna post it definitely where else they can reach you at it other than
1:00:15
Instagram anywhere else. Also too, I got two tiktoks. One of them
1:00:20
is spelled it's the same thing as my Instagram. And then my other cooking
1:00:24
page. I have a cooking page on TikTok called like deflex Kitchen um and
1:00:30
spelled l dot t dot F kitchen five. Ye'all can follow me on their
1:00:36
tool. Was I wouldn't. I'm viral on um TikTok tool for cooking.
1:00:40
Okay, well, we're gonna be checking you out on TikTok. Oh nice,
1:00:45
Oh lady t We want to thank you, um, we want to
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thank you, and I shall we looking forward to on our show next month
1:00:52
as well on Women on the Wall and doing a lot more things with you.
1:00:55
I I for your all of your great pishments. I'm gonna be looking
1:01:00
for greater things from you. I'm so exciting. Yeah, I wish you
1:01:06
well in Atlanta, but I'm gonna still be were, gonna be rightly in
1:01:08
contact with you, and I'm gonna take you so much. Yes, so
1:01:14
we love you, guys. Don't forget September, the first two, November
1:01:16
the thirtieth is out of you. Thank you, guys. We love you
1:01:22
guys. Andrew, you can take please, come on and get your prayer
1:01:27
on. Okay, thank you guys. And Alexis, I'm gonna be texting
1:01:31
you in the morning and I'm taking my medication because I'm a little bit pain.
1:01:35
I gotta go to sleep. Okay, how you got that guy? Okay,