The woman credited with fine-tuning Amway's global image is garnering the spotlight herself.
Candace Matthews is Black Enterprise's Corporate Executive of the Year. Matthews, 50, is the first private company executive to receive the honor.
In her two years with the family-owned, multilevel marketing giant, she is credited with updating the Ada Township-based company's brand, sales force and global message. Read full article here
"Nyakio Kamoche, a first generation American, developed NYAKIO from family beauty secrets passed down through her Kenyan heritage. NYAKIO is a bath and body line that helps to enrich, maintain, and invigorate the mind and body through skin therapy. "
Williams was an active and enthusiastic participant in the creation of her wax figure, spending more than an hour with a team of Madame Tussauds studio artists, who flew to Paris to meet Serena, as she trained for the French Open. Williams and Nike generously donated a replica of the outfit she wore during the 2004 U.S. Open for her figure to don. 
Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 77. source
"Except for the birth of my daughter, Anansa, my Vogue cover 35 years ago is the most thrilling thing that ever happened to me. Google me and "Beverly Johnson was the first African-American woman on the cover of Vogue" always describes me. I happened to be watching Jeopardy! a few years ago, and one of the questions was "Who was the first African-American woman on the cover of Vogue?" One contestant answered, "Cheryl Tiegs," but never mind." read full article here
Today I went to the Royal Ontario Museum with my Mother and younger cousins, this was my favourite exhibition on display . "An astounding array of gems, with few rivals outside of the royal collections, from the private collection of Michael Scott, first CEO of Apple."
Concha Buika (born 1972 in Palma de Mallorca) is a Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego is currently nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Buika's family is originally from Equatorial Guinea. She grew up in Mallorca among gypsies -who imbued in her the traditional "cante" flamenco- as the only person of African descent in her neighborhood. Her music mixes flamenco and coplas with soul and jazz. source
"Recently, Taylor was named by The Michigan Chronicle as one of 2007’s ten people making a global difference. Taylor has been described as “walking history” by popular radio show host Tom Joyner."
"Beyond his unprecedented accomplishments at an early age in business, Taylor is an author, inspirational speaker, and real estate mastermind. His first book, “Creating Success from the Inside Out”, is published by the world’s number one business publisher, Wiley and is an Amazon and CEO Read best seller. The book serves as an expose of the mindset of today’s multi-millionaires while defining success as not only attaining wealth, but how to utilize it."
"Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma spoke on the telephone Sunday with the 800-metre gold medallist whose boyish looks led to the test following her impressive performance at the world championships in Berlin."
"Caster deserves our support as a nation against the onslaught being waged against her," Dlamini Zuma said in a statement."
"The gender-testing debate has sparked outrage in the 18-year-old's home country, with the ruling party and its youth and women's wings saying the test smacked of racism and sexism."
Check out a great article Your Black,Your A Champion, Are You A Man? written by Lisa V (Black Women Blow The Trumpet.)
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