Lamar Odom | Alpha Magazine

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Model- Sonyae Blu | @sonyae
Photographer: @brianchristopher__
Stylist: @eburnsprepjerks
Hair: @shorthairxpress
MUA: @heflawless

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Sophie Chandauka





















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Model - Meagan Good | @meagangood
Stylist/ Creative Director - @hollylarry_
Photographer - @shannonlaurine




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Model - Lamiyia Good | @lamyiagood
Stylist/ Creative Director - @hollylarry_
Photographer - @shannonlaurine




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Sendi commodit voluptatest quis


eum eationsequi quossequis


escia eat idebist, int post omnihilla

volupis tiassitis es quibusci ute


dolupta temperu mquae.


Alpha Model - KHALÍ @khalicarela
Photographer @joyannepanton





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If I had a dime for everytime I heard my
SISTA SPEAK..








The war cry of the masses Feel pretty and appreciated
The female Be the envy of her few friends
Made in God’s image Cuz

A mother She knows and feels she is the queen to her king
A wife Respected to the fullest
A sister On a pedestal
An Auntie Praised for her presence on this earth
A niece She so wishes
She is an equal The reality of this fable

Her brain works the same as any man Is not a Cinderella tale
She is the glue in any type of situation The shoe she left on stairs
SHE Has the same velocity when fired as a sawed shotgun
Holding it down, the best way she know how blast
Making a way out of no way BANG!
Point blank range to her head
A magician with hardly any recognition, no Penn & Teller
Man from her view of life
BUT IF YOU
Its easier to just die…DEAD!
Give her five kids,
If I had a dime for every time I heard my Brotha Speak…
A part- time job making minimum wage and a
sometimey mate, Halleluiah and Amen
Who BY THE WAY From birth to eighteen
Claim to fame is making a high score on the kid’s video On a sacred path
game In search of answers of what does it mean to really live?

She will return a meal His past is threatening his future
Shelter He was privileged,
Be Momma to a chronologically grown individual Born with a rusty spoon in his mouth
And still somehow Cars, clothes, money, rats and roaches
Make a dollar outta 15 cent Five siblings plus self in one bedroom
If I had a dime for every time I heard my Sista Speak… Sharing one King sized mattress

Beat down for thinking, dreaming, and reading Two blankets and one pillow
Domestic violence at an all-time high Once you got up to go pee
She suffers from PTSD Lost your space
All her life she had to fight Come back to
Just once she wants to relax relate release Sleep next the one that is not potty trained
Dress up, Baby Soggy Bottoms
Get her hair “did” Nicknamed stuck till he was struck down in his prime


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Cars, clothes, money, rats and roaches A college degree
Five siblings plus self in one bedroom
Sharing one King sized mattress A celebrity in his hood
Two blankets and one pillow
Once you got up to go pee A legend in his own mind

Lost your space
Come back to As it flashes before his eyes
Sleep next the one that is not potty trained
Tears form as his breathing becomes shallow
Baby Soggy Bottoms
Nicknamed stuck till he was struck down in his prime
Hands up
Aged 9
Outside playing tag Please don’t shoot officer
Shot by a bullet, no name attached
Police said they were sorry, A late night run on the riverfront
Uncle Stepdaddy was the target

I guess Soggy Bottoms prayers were answered that day Making plans for the last day of class at the university
He got to escape the sexual abuse he prayed to end
Go home to God Hush little baby
Uncle Stepdaddy
His fate for rape Don’t say a word
Two years house arrest in his elderly momma’s base-
ment… Another statistic
If I had a dime for every time I heard my Brotha Speak…
Meditating and praying for Ms. Right instead of Ms. Right First one graduated with honors
Now
Good guys always seem to finish last Valedictorian
Chivalry is wrong

Respect is not respected Promised Momma
Get mad love
If he a gun-toting, no job having thug 15 cents times infinity
Romancing is writing poetry
Roses are Red All she is left with is a penny wit a hole in it….
Violets are Blue
If I had a dime for every time I heard my Sista Speak..
You my main B*tch

And ya’ Momma is too
Just once he would like to
Dress up ©2015 Tina M Campbell
Get a nice fade, beard shaped
Feel like a million bucks Instagram:@IAmAPoetDammit
Be legit,
No criminal past [email protected]
No even a parking ticket
A-1 credit


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Model - Chanel Westcost
Makeup - @mugopus
Hair - @pelos_de_eloteee
Wig installment- @pelos_de_eloteee
Creative Director/ Stylist- @hollylarry_
Photographer: @shannonlaurine
Alpha Chef - @eat310

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KAREN


CIVIL










































































Model - Karen Civil | @karencivil
Photographer- @aarondsmallsphoto
Makeup - @beautybytayrivera
Hair @candyforhair1
Creative Director / Stylist @otheezystyledit




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Karen Civil... you likely already know the name. This Alpha Female is a force to be
reckoned with in the entertainment industry. She is an entrepreneur, a brilliant speaker
and a philanthropist. Karen’s success in global marketing and content creation has
provided this queen with commanding influence in culture and has bridged the gap
between brand powerhouses and mainstream artists.

Karen Civil first developed an interest in the impact of social media when she began
bolstering online communities via a fan site for the best selling boy band of all time, The
Backstreet Boys. This passion would soon evolve into a profession when she landed an
internship with HOT 97’s DJ Funkmaster Flex. Karen’s expertise allowed Flex’s online
presence to explode, and she continued to successfully unite hip-hop with digital media
by shaping artists brands. Karen established herself as a reputable and necessary
player in the entertainment world and gained momentum to launch KarenCivil.com
along with @AlwaysCivil Enterprise. This “Civilized” foundation provided a digital
platform for exclusive interviews, entertainment and music news and artist growth. She
was named Digital Marketing Director for Beats by Dre, and later used her marketing
skills to cultivated unprecedented branding partnerships with giants like Nike, Louis
Vuitton, AT&T, Verizon, Fashion Nova, Toyota, and many more. Her achievements have
been publicly recognized with awards from The National Black Public Relations Society,
the Next Innovator Award, Black Enterprise Social Influencer Award, MTV’s HipHop
MVP Award, and more.

Far greater than any of her titles or awards, Karen Civil is a humanitarian. The @LiveCivil
outreach specifically seeks to benefit children, women of color and Haiti. Karen is of
Haitian descent, and Haiti is very special to her. She founded the Live Civil school and
playground there in 2015. But her desire to uplift others did not end there. In true Alpha
Female fashion, Karen self-published her first book, “Be You & Live Civil: Tools for
Unlocking Your Potential & Living Your Purpose.” The book is meant to build awareness
of the Live Civil brand and to provide the reader with the necessary tools for
empowerment and entrepreneurship. For these reasons and so many more, Karen Civil
truly embodies all that it means to be an Alpha Female.




























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WOODY

MCCLAIN











GHERBO + TAINA




















































Talent: GHerbo @nolimitherbo Taina @latainax3 3rd Look:
Photographer: Sheri Angeles @sheriangeles Suit: Boohoo Man @boohoomanofficial
Hair: Ray Christopher @hair4kicks Shoes: Nike @nike
MUA: Haley Andrews @haleymariemakeup Taina Wardrobe:
Stylist: Stelly @thestellynation 1st Look:
Tailor: Kelvin Small @klvn.s Dress: Michael Depaulo @michaeldepaulo
Video: Luke Strege @lukestrege 2nd Look:
MAGAZINE: @alphamagazines Dress: Michael Costello @michaelcostello
Wardrobe: Shoes: Tom Ford @tomford
1st Look for Herb Earrings: East + Eighties @eastandeighties
Jacket: Verde 3rd Look:
Shoes: Suit: DKNY @dkny
Prada Shoes: Christian Loubutin @louboutinworld
2nd Look: Pearl Necklace: East + Eighties @eastandeighti
Jacket: Charles and Ron @charlesandron
Pants: Kit
Shoes: Nike @nike




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Model: Moon Claudia
@moonclaudia_
Stylist Darian: Smith
@di_styles_u
Photographer :Yonata Solomon
@weupnexxt


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Alpha Female - AMARA “LA NEGRA”
@amaralanegraaln
PHOTOGRAPHER: @joyannepanton
Makeup: @thefashionistis
Hair : @ronnieslocs / @dramaticgroupllc
Nails : @ivaniasnails_miami
Styled by: @styledbybnicole
Location : @rcrstudio




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Model - SENTRIK -@sentrik_
Photographer- @joyannepanton
Makeup @stephaniefaiirah





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Model @doraowusu
MUA - @andreasamuels__
Photographer- @joyannepanton






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Model @mayasworld
Hair - @kenyaonhair
MUA - @kevinwadebeauty
Photographer- @joyannepanton




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Model @londonknight_
Agency - @photogenicsla
Makeup - @stephaniefaiirah
Photographer- @joyannepanton





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Model @ciaralebamoff
Makeup - @stephaniefaiirah
Photographer- @joyannepanton






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IT’S A


WOMAN’S




WORLD






































“This is a Man’s World…this is a man’s world, but it wouldn’t be nothing

without a woman or a girl”.


James Brown had it right from the start! The others and furthering our education. How amazing
world would be nothing and even non-existent and is the strength of a woman to have the ability to
impossible to exist without us women, therefore: be what is needed, when it is needed, multiple
it’s a woman’s world, right? Let’s think about the times at multiple moments when it is needed.
mere versatility of a woman. How we transition This takes determination, resiliency, critical
with ease through the multitude of roles we play thinking, multitasking, creativity, negotiating skills,
throughout the day. foresight, insight, self-awareness, faith and grace.
We are mothers to our children; worker’s (whether These are all characteristics that are traditionally
for ourselves or a business); leaders among family/ assigned to men who are in or who seek to be
friends/coworkers; chauffeurs; a sister/aunt/ in positions of power such as CEO’s, politicians,
grandmother; a wife; a nurse; a financial advisor in corporate managers, contractors and farmers.
our homes; a caregiver for our parents and children;
a chef; a housekeeper; a mediator; a nurturer; and But these characteristics are no respecter of gender
a lover most of the time…and all in the same day! and are also what is needed, in order to equip a
We do it without complaint and society never really woman to run the world. …so why not begin to
gave us a choice did it? In the 21st century, we recognize and equip women for the release of the
do it all while maintaining full time jobs, running innate greatness that is within them? Remember
businesses, birthing and raising children, caring for how phenomenal you are.


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Model :@iam_queenroe
Style: @melvinstyles
Hair: @deestyling
Photography: @tiahollingsworthphotography
Makeup: @miik3y_starr




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Model - Tori Hughes @toribrixx
Photographer- @Rubenstunner
Hair/Makeup - @toribrixx





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