June 26, 2023 • 50 mins
The Women In Business Show will have the owner of Georgia Queen Clothing, Valarie Bowens as guest. In 2006, Valarie had the distinct privilege of representing Georgia in the Miss United States pageant. Over the years, she has concentrated on community service, even creating a yearly charity event to help girls in need. Currently, Valarie is the owner of Georgia Queen Clothing. As a fashion designer, she enjoys working in her passion for encouraging women to look and feel their best! Learn about her. Do you support women? Tune in!! Make sure you subscribe to the IMTM Worldwide Radio Youtube Channel. And add www.imtmworldwideradio.com to your favorites. You can keep up with upcoming shows and events and more! You can also listen to past episodes on Spotify, IheartRadio, Amazon Music, Audacy and more! Follow on Twitter @intellectatl and @imtmradio. Facebook and Instagram are @imtmworldwideradio. Please share!!!!
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Now let's get into today's show,The Women in Business Show will have the
owner of Georgia Queen Clothing, ValerieBowens, as guests in two thousand and
six. Valerie has the distinct privilegeof representing Georgia in the Miss United States
pageant. Over the years, shehas concentrated on community service, even creating
a yearly charity event to help girlsin need. She attended college to learn
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fashion and design, and currently Valerieis the owner of Georgia Queen Clothing.
As a fashion designer, she enjoysworking in her passion for encouraging women to
look and feel their best. Willyou support her? Let's go ahead and
bring Miss Valerie onto the show.Hey, Valorie, how are you doing?
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I'm doing great, christ for you. I am much more relieved now
that I see you go for theaudience. Usually our track to have the
guest hit up about five minutes,so that way I know everything is working
and everything. And I sent herthe link and I pulled her up and
I saw her, but she didnot see or hear me. But at
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that point I was kind of goingthrough my head, Okay, scenario,
scenario, scenario, what it works. So I'm glad I don't have to
go through the bootleg version of theWomen in Business Show today. Thank you,
thank you, thank you. Sothat being said, and first of
all, thanks for taking time outof your business schedule. I know your
business. Like I said, it'sMonday, so I can imagine, um,
but I do thank you for beingon. So first things first,
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I do want to do this,UM, could you do a brief introduction
of yourself to the audience? Isto name name of your company and what
you do. Hello everyone, I'mValerie Boys. I am a head designer
for Georgia Queen I thinks for almostseven years now I'm okayd in the Atlanta
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area, So I'm a function designerand I am reteller. So um.
You can learn more information about GeorgiaQueens Clothing at www dot Georgian Clean Clothing
dot com. Are you can googleGeorgian Queen Clothing. All my social media
outlets for off up well, Ihope y'all a little bit. I got
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the Instagram up there at least wherefrom now, so as we get started,
one of the things that I wantedto be able to do is just
for the audience, whoever it mightbe watching live now or in the future,
just a good kind of a glimpseinto who you are initially. That's
why I try to do it allmy guests. So my first question is
again everybody has a different origin storybecause by default you two people are the
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same, right, So tell usabout you know, where are you from
originally? Did you grow up there? What was it like for you growing
up there wherever? That is kindof give us that backstory first. Well,
I am a hometown girl. UM, I'm live in Marietta. I'm
from Marietta, and that's where Igrew up. That's where my family from.
UM. As you can see,I'm at one from Financial where my
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insurance business. But you know,I'm thankful to have the opportunity to um
do this interview here. UM.But yeah, I grew up in Marietta.
I graduated from Greyberry High School andI'm just some hometown girl. And
then like you men, shall withto college UM in Bucket and then um
later down the road, I hadan opportunity too, lite to the Tennessee.
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UM. I was in a timeshareindustry on the marketing end, so
I had that opportunity to move upinto the Knoxville area and that's where I
just reconnected with my passion for passion, and I had an opportunity to um
join the Knoxville Fashion Week network andthat's where it all be game. Okay,
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So I'm a bad track a littlebit because again, I want,
I want to make sure that weget the full gist of you as an
individual and a person and a woman. UM. But also Marietta where is
burther. I used to live inmari others back in the day. So
I appreciate when you said that,um So childhood, UM, as far
as just growing up part. Wasthere anything in your childhood that you could
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say pointed you towards what you aredoing today? Was there a moment in
time, a spark? Uh?You know you you you know you remember
back to the future and those fluxcapacitor thing, right, So was there
a moment in time that you said, Okay, in the future, this
is what I'm gonna do. Well, it wasn't like a moment in time.
But my mom, she and umso having that exposure and then with
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her, you know, taking meshining with her and you know, just
interviewing me to the different um avenuesof the fashion um in New Street quote
unquote, UM, I don't haveto say my mom had a huge influence
on me. Um. But youknow, from my age as twelve,
I knew I also to be afashion designer. So um with me expressing
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that to her, of course,you know, he helped me I'm sue
my dream and help me prepare forthat moment. And um, but I
would have to say my home definitely. And usually it is from the mother's
point of view in regards to justkind of kick starting that that child's you
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know, life on whatever path itmight be. It's usually the mother that
kind of instigates a little bit.Now, I do want to kind of
broach on this a little bit becauseit is something that was in you know,
my initial bio and everything like that. So I just have to ask
what was it like qualifying and competingin a pageant, especially for those who
have never tried, never thought aboutit. They've seen them like a billion
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times on television and everything. Sowhat was it like qualifying competing? Did
you enjoy it? Kind of giveus some of that and were a life
changing experience? It started qualifying,that's a process, Um, I will
say, Like, so I startedcompeting when I was dead. I wasn't
bear high school of course, andthey had the level the Miss Echo Pasgeant
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and I did that throughout high schooland then when I m twenty what I
was like twenty four, twenty three, twenty four, I had an opportunity
to compete in Miss Georgian USA.And back then they would send out in
meller. So somehow a meller gotsent through my um parent's house and my
mother's name. It just was crazybecause by that time my mom had passed
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away, and my dad was like, oh, I think this is for
you, and I look, Iwas like, oh, this is Miss
Georgia. Who are saying you didn'thad my mother's name on it. So
I was like, okay, thisis Heaven's fence. So anyway, I
just feel about the application, putthe pictures a minute, and then they
sent me a letter in the maillet me invited me to so you know,
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it was just like getting prepared bythat time. But that was my
first time compete in a safe pageant, so I did time a pageants pageant
coach my first time competed, butmy second time to compete name I had
a pageant coach and then you know, the trainer and just going through the
whole process. Like but sin thenwe took maybe like a year to actually
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prepare for the company. Wow.Yeah, so but you know, it
paid off because like a lot ofthose contacts, a lot of them for
a lot of the friendships that Ifeel but years ago, I'm still in
contact with them people. But it'sa good prank with them, So it
came off. And actually that wasa Segway question. What were some of
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the benefits of even doing that,because again the reason I'm asking these questions
is that there's some things that youdo for the experience, and then you
do for the experience plus all theadded benefits of that. And one of
those is the networking the people thatyou meet, and you never know how
those things will translate later in life, right, the networking wonderful. Um.
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I will encourage any young mentally wantsor considering competing or just now,
definitely do it. It's not aboutwinning. Do not go in with the
attitude of winning because you or you'regonna walk away and where we are.
But if you go in with theattitude of Okay, I'm gonna have a
great experience, I'm gonna meet youfriends, you know, then you were
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gaining so much more and then Iwill say this like I did model UM
in my twenty and it helped openthe door for that. So you never
know what opportunities are going to comefrom. Exactly exactly well said. Now
let's talk about inspiration a little bit. So what led you going? We
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mentioned it earlier. What led youto say, Okay, I'm gonna go
to college for this. Now I'mgonna go to college for fashion design?
And where did you go? Kindof give us that breakdown and did you
have a specific direction inspiration wise andclothing that you were drawn to? What
question? Um? From what Iremember, I was in at art which
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defense part and um, so thatprepared you for college. Originally I wanted
to go to the School of ArtsDesign when it was it's still was a
fan of but it was in afantasign so I wanted to go there originally,
but um I didn't. But Ihad an opportunity to apply a bad
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college. So you know, it'sjust like I had that opportunity and I
applied, I got accepted. Myparents were behind they were behind me,
and um so I knew I wasgoing to go into fashion design. I
major in fashion design. Later Itransferred to AIU and I added marketing to
it, which I'm glad and umyeah, So I mean as far as
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like inspiration, I don't think itwas like a you know, a like
any about inspiration. It's just Iknew that that's what I wanted to do,
and I had the opportunity to applyand I had to. Ok So,
now let's get into the needy grittya little bit. So what was
the very first thing that you designedand created? Okay? Now, now
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this is where inspiration comes back intoplay a little bit, right now.
Um, and then when you whenyou decide to make that you know,
is that when you said, okay, I believe that I can do more
and go all the way to theend of okay, I can get a
brand doing or did you have todesign something else? And did you have
to design something else? And timelet's go into that part worse? Okay,
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So, um, I will golike this is associated with my pageant
experience. I did design my firstpaget interviews and um I my godmother and
um she um she made this.So we collaborated, we got together and
I forced the textile and it wasactually really nice and it was like a
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awfulite. I just used different umtexture fabrics, UM put them together,
which really, you know, itall came together. It brought it all
together. But um as far aslike the inspiration to start Georgean Queen Clothing,
honestly, that came later down theroad because yeah, I didn't,
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um like, after college, Ididn't expectually go into fashion design. I
went into marketing, and you know, yeah, about a decade I was
just in like promotional marketing and youknow, just infer my part from selling.
So it wasn't until like I saidit before, when I went to
Tennessee, just like oh wow,you know I want to get back into
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it. You know, this ismy passion. I would say, like
I had a kind of had apart time job in anthropology. It was
a peasonal job, and you know, just I just took that job and
I you know, needed to makesure money and just spend in an atmosphere
kind of help bring me back tothat because I'm like, I'm like,
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I'm kind of added that in rightnow with your marketing thing, and you
know, I really want to reconnectwith my passion and dispassion. So that
really that moment helped bring me backto that SOW. I started one job
still in my ballerie. Before Istarted, Jordan ten closed and my friends
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came up and knock still us helpedme with the video and everything. We
shouted in my apartment and off spelland UM. And then after that I
came back to the city and thenI had an opportunity to start my line
and UM. There was a reallysweet lady who helped me get started and
I just designed a collection. Myfirst collection was holiday was that two h
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six key so she um, shemade the enpartment, I designed we Work
Together social fabric, she made agarment. I had my first collection to
the photo shoot. After that,I had an opportunity to um in so
so because you just said that,I do have a question for you,
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because you know, you have theBravoTV network, you have America's Next Top
Model and all these different shows,and then you have a show specifically for
designers to create. UM. Longtime ago, I met one of them,
Michael Knight residentees some years ago.UM, I gotta find where I
got that picture at. But canyou do a favor for me and kind
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of explain what your personal technique isin creating a natural garment. Okay,
So basically, like you start withan inspiration, you have your um what
they say, an inspiration forward andit's just a collection of photos and things
and you just kind of it's likea thought protast. Then, UM,
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it's like I've got a lot ofI take a lot of shortcooks because with
my design that collection, because it'ssuch a drawn out process. So basically
what I do. I have myvision board, I source my text sal
you know, well before I sourcemy textales, I sketched the garment.
I on my text sale. Andthen I have people make my things.
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That can I make my things,yes, but I'm so busy but everything
down, So it's just better tohave a thing stress you know, to
do that process. Um. Inbetween that, you have to um create
a pattern and um and that cantake a lot of time and money.
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But I can do that as well, and I have done that in the
past. But um, but youand I also have paid people to do
it. But um. But yeah, so you know as far as like
those shows like Michael Knight, soum, what is it the um that
Fashion Designer shows, South American,Next Coop and all those, but the
other shows to the podcast. Ican't think of it either. I was
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I was trying to rap, youknow, but you know, women go
through all that process. I meanthat's typically what happens. But that's just
so handsome. But when you're stildinga Brandon everything, like, you can
force a lot of that, um, a lot of those jobs to other
people. Industriss kind a maker evenlike we're an illustrator, Um, you
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know I need to get you No, I'm want to have an illustrator.
But you know with me, Iyou know, I take a lot of
shortcuts into you know, creating acollection, just to say time money,
who need to do? Yeah?And I appreciate you telling us that because,
like I said, I want tomake sure that since this is the
Women in Business show and you dohave a lot of women who are really
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kind of pushing in all different angles. But if design and clothing and things
of that nature is something that hashas been on their mind, I want
to have somebody who and actually talkit a little bit. So I definitely
appreciate that, right, And that'sstrubly you recommend, like if you're trying
to start a fashion line, notbe afraid to force different projects to different
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people because it's going to take somuch of your time, so much of
your energy, so much mulital power. You know, as a designer,
you know it helps if you canhave it to re stress or you can
have a power because it takes thatpressure home exactly. Project one way it
was the show Project. I wasgoing to be thinking about that the rest
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of the week, so I hadto go ahead and pull it up real
QUI because I was going to beupset if I if I couldn't remember.
So that kind of goes into thenext part of it. Because with design,
of course, people have to seewhat you got going on, right,
So that's where your fashion show comesinto play. So what was the
point when you know you're developing thesegarments and things of that nature, that
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you said, Okay, I thinkI'm ready for people to see what I
can do. What was that firstfashion show for you? Like, do
you do? You can you kindof recall how that was? Well,
I mean it kind of just happened. The opportunity just I don't know how
they got my information. I don'tknow if I had a plot or whatever.
I can't remember, but I gota phone call and they were like,
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oh, yeah, do you havea website son, my sins and
my information and then they invited me. That first fashion show was a magical
Momentum. I have pictures. Ieven have video footage in my phone that
I go back and watched from thetime of time because it was just so
magical because I arrived, I see, I drove up to Knoxville, I
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arrived, I had my rids end, the long garments and everything, and
then like they were sending me modelsand I had to trust everyone style them
and everything. And then by thetime my segment haspened, they had before
that they asked me about my music, and um, I was like,
oh yeah. But it was sofunny because by the time my second that
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I happened, I heard her tobe so welcome to that okay, man,
I'm like whoa. And that momentwas just like I don't know,
and there's I don't have words todescribe it. It was like su you
know when they when I heard thoseokay, and then like the models really
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selfed and it really created he's acool atmosphere. So I can I can
relate to that only in the inthe few times that I've appeared on stage
and when my music hits you nervousnessthat you had until now, and especially
when that big old light just comeson, it's like, okay, you're
gonna It's almost just like the eminemscene and um, eight months right,
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you got you got choices right there, so you either can do it or
not. So I can always relateto to anybody who contells me that part
of the story right there. That'spretty exciting right there for sure. Yeah,
yeah, cool moment. So projectswise, so can you can you
let me see how can I askthis question? Timeline as far as your
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growth to the point of okay,you have your you have your your clothing
that's starting to be seen in fashionshows and things of that nature. But
now you're getting to the point whereyou can do those shows on your own.
You can plan them out, putthem together, locations and things of
that nature. Kind of tell usthe timeline as far as how you were
able to do that was it?How difficult was it to do it?
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Were you're scared about doing it?Kind of tell us that part of the
story. Well, let's just apre pandemic, you know. Then connected
with network such as Demo Fashion,DXT, CatWISE Um, it made it
easy because all I had to doto show up, and you know I
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do my collection, I show up, you know, everything look fair and
how the production was their boots.Um. As far as now, I
mean that experience is golden. ButI just recently did a fashion show maybe
like three weeks ago here in Marietta, and it's the thing setup where you
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know, it should easy to justshow up, you know, set up,
have the bottel to dress them,and um, you know, just
put them on the runway and makesure they're organized and everybody's put together.
So I mean I would say likewith like Perductions companies that are now getting
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into like the fashion shows and doingthe fashion show, it makes it easier
for designers to you know, justcome in market their brands, showcase their
fashions as opposed to having to likeall do it on your own. And
then as far as financially, youknow, it takes a lot of financial
burdens off of the designer. Ican imagine. I've done some shows in
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the backgrounds from my you know,talent management days where I was behind the
models as far as making sure they'rethere, all that kind of good stuff.
So but the whole production part ofit. I can imagine how much
work really goes into it. Andthen also like with them UM, but
UM's not the marketing but the prand like UM having the opportunity beyond TV
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shows, are you know, newarticles and have the newspaper dinner. I
mean that's wonderful because you know,it really helps with some marketing of your
brand and then you can put thaton the website and you know kind of
helps get your name out there alittle bit faster. Exactly. Now.
One of the things that I knewit was very important today was to talk
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about some of the efforts that you'vedone on the community outreach side of things,
terrible acts, stuff like that.Can you kind of give us an
overview of some of those things frominvolved what you do well. My UM
final moment is one of dollars fromdress say I just had for about a
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four years, UM, like twoyears ago almost at South Avana High School.
And it's crazy because it's like Ispoke up one morning and that's this
idea from your simple blank and oneof my close finers been you know,
I was like then I was puttingoff all your people blank, and he
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connected me with his a. Mymind was in the U and um,
so we met them. Um wehope to the events at South Atlanta High
School. I think they were partof George High because I think it was
George High Bank in the day,it was George Hi alumni. But they
were still involved, you know,because there was a lan So um we
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did that and then like it wasstill amazing because I'm able to get you
know, donations, um, differentpeople that I met throughout the years,
social and judge network. Then evenlike the buyers honey Boat, he was
able to donate and then just liketogether and he know, the man got
involved too because I had photographers thereand I just created like a magical crisis
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experience for the girls. But thenthe company kick out their comtrestice and you
know it's like a little self youknow then m Yeah, it means a
lot um again when you when youhave that kind of you know, connectivity
to the area and community, andthen that particular type of moment is a
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once in a lifetime type of adeal, right, and everybody doesn't have
the same resources and things of thatnature, So you being able to do
that for that period of time isreally cool. How can people in the
future maybe participated or help out ifthey would like to be able to do
that. Well, um, theydon't have to contact them my association.
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I mean they still reach out tome. I'm no longer involved. Okay
that Um you know, I Istopped question years ago when I wanted to.
But um, they can contact thealong that organization order, they can
contact me and yet so um,yeah, well I appreciate the work that
you've done in that film regard forsure. Um, now a couple more
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questions and we're doing it again.Thanks for being available today. You have
accomplished quiet bit. Okay, I'mjust not realizing that I'm telling you.
I can say I'm going through Ihad to do these questions today now,
so pointed that out a few daysso they're like, you've got a lot,
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Like, oh, yeah, Ihave exactly. So let me segment
real quick. I have always toldeverybody I've ever managed, as far as
the talent part is that what everyou did today is a little bit more
than that person who hasn't done nothingyet and they're thinking about it still,
you know, and you're trying tocatch up with somebody who has been doing
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it for a certain length of time, so you're always going to be in
the middle of two different people.So it's a matter of don't take a
small accomplishment and think it's small whennaturally it's a huge accomplishment. There is
no such thing as a small accomplishment. M If that's what you want to
do, then that's a whole notherstory. I don't get into that.
But again, I've never I've triedto tell people, never like, you
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know, dissuade yourself that you've notdone anything, when if you shot up
to that audition, you did somethingthat a whole lot of people are at
home still watching TV. Right,So just wanted to say that. Now,
going back to those accomplishments, whatwould you say is your biggest accomplishment
so far, my biggest accomplishment ofour Wow? Um, I would have
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to say the prom dress give away. Um. And the reason why it's
because I would the impact that itmade on those young ladies and not only
the young ladies but the mother.Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah,
that wasn't worth it to me.I mean it was like I saw a
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smut on my grandmother's face. It'spriceless. So it's definitely worth the experience.
Yeah. So with that being said, is there something that you haven't
done yet but you feel that it'scoming in the future, or do you
have some specific that you know you'regoing to be doing in the future that
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you would like to, you know, go ahead and drop on us right
now on the Women's A Business Show. I don't. Yeah, I'm some
ill. A lot of you knowthat I had a been shake in the
stake um before the pandemic. Anyway, sorry, but um, I will
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be opening up again and four thankyou, thank you. In the Latin
area, I will be hocle um. But yeah, so that's something I'm
working on and I'm excited about that. I'm gonna do think a little different
this time, I mean, youknow, but I'm excited about Yeah.
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I always I always like to tryto, you know, instigate stuff.
Because I had someone on my lastshow, um throw something out there that
she did not tell me at all, and so I had to try to
try to pull it up there becauseI was like, why are you well
she she she said she did ona purpose, like you sis, should
you give your heads up something anyway? Um? But so I always like
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to give people an opportunity to letpeople know if they got something really big
coming up. Um, and makesure oh wow, I blinked out there
for a second. Make sure everybodythat you make sure you go to Georgia
Queen Clothing dot com and or govisit her on Instagram. I pull it
up were quick there it is.Make sure you go to Instagram as well.
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And also, um, I willbe happen you know, different event
throughout the year and my next defenis going to be in September on my
first day, but I'm doing aI'm losing to clothing, so I'm going
to do a bit clothing top updown at Coron City Market at like a
little market down there. Yeah,let me know about that. Remind me,
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yeah, yeah, and I'm goingto do that and then um in
December, Um, I have mysecond mind of retro sexual because just you
know, retel plant Kurt, sothose would be available from purchase in December
for the trans Yeah, definitely remindme of that. I'll see if I
haven't been doing alan in a wall, but hopefully hopefully it'll be before in
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September, but you never know,but definitely keep me in the loop on
now I'll come and visit for thatfor sure. So my last, my
last question really is coming to advice. What advice would you say you would
have for women that have a creativeside but they they're may be not sure
how directed since you know such youknow, at a at a time where
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so many things are happening out thereand they might think, well, maybe
so much is happening that they can'treally focus on anything and things of that
nature. But what will your adviceto be for women to have a creative
side they want to do more?Um, and how to direct it?
Oh god, oh ahead your time. I have a lot of advice.
Um, I'm geting on your side. Really take your time in um plan
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out things. Um. The creativeworld is tricky. Um. Sometimes people
may not understand your plan. Sotake the time to research, um network,
UM thing to do the business that'siteeverything. Just make things clear and
(34:05):
take the time to just you know, I said do your research and to
build it and um, yeah definitelyyou know that. And then you know
kind of like well and I madethis misting tind to keep it to yourself
before you know you launch everything,and even when you launch everything, to
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be searchful of you know who youneed to associate yourself with because everyone to
tom your side and um, younever don't you never tal but definitely keep
it to yourself before you launch everything. Yeah. Yeah, research, research
is always important because you gotta knowwhat you're doing and how to do it.
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And then also it gets to yourcompetition part of it. And then
as you kind of just alluded to, maybe not letting everybody know exactly what
you're gonna do, because what ifyou might have the same resources as somebody
else, and somebody else has youknow, Bruce Wayne Batman type money,
and then all of a sudden,because you didn't lock your stuff up,
you don't even really have nothing tofight against, because you know what I'm
(35:10):
saying. So I've always been thatI'm well, I'm the business side of
most of my talent for back inthe day, and I try to walk
them through all these simplistic things,but they make it harder than it is
because they just don't want to listento most of them didn't. But but
yeah, those are those are reallywise words, especially like if you're in
the city like Atlanta of all places, and my phone, I got to
(35:32):
put my phone on mute Um inAtlanta. And this is from when I
was like hardcore doing everything. Backthen, it was terrible. Okay,
I can't imagine what it is nowbeing able to do certain things on the
business world side of things and anythingentertainment, fashion, music and all that
kind of good stuff. So you'vegot to be able to want to say
(35:54):
you're gonna do this in a professionalway from jump because that forces everybody else
around you to also take you seriouslyand professionally as well. The moment used
the track from the professional part,there's gonna be like, well, they
don't really care. Yeah, andyou know, unless I'm still wide open
because I think we talked about thisbefore, like twenty years ago. It
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was one thing, and I thinkeverything was just starting your especial like you
can't understand the industry taking the otherthings. I think you and I have
something, Um it's a get beautything. Yeah, we share mutual connection
whatever. But you know, nowit's like it's a different ball game because
(36:35):
you have some more people, butit's still wide open and you can still
do whatever you want. But youknow, you just have such kind of
like you know, still keeping youout. Yeah, gotta you gotta keep
it under rats as long as youcan. And then if you're gonna,
if you're gonna, once you dolaunch, you really gotta launch. It
can't just be little bits and piecesand all this kind of stuff. You
(36:55):
gotta go all the way with it. But at least there's a platform here,
you know, struggle platform suggest beon you all on whatever level you're
on, you knowsearch. Yeah.One of the reasons I even started I
am TAM Worldwide Radio a long timeago was that I would have people who
bump their head on Monday, theywon't be famous on Fridays and don't know
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what they're doing. Is to givethem some sort of a voice to start
getting in the realm of do Ireally want to do this? Because eventually
people got to know about me?And how best to do that is an
interview? And if you've never beenan interview before, how do you know
you can be interviewed? How doyou know you would like getting an interview?
How do you know you like talkingto people? You know, the
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whole nine yards, Especially on theactor actors side, you have to do
that a lot because guess what,let's listen ay tours, right, So
that's That's one of the reasons Ieven started with all the artists and models
that I used to work with backin the day, is to say,
well let's find out. Here wego Tuesday, three o'clock. What's up?
You know. So if you're rightabout that, because this is actually
(37:57):
my third interviewing, you go.But you know, it's a grateful for
people to get to know you andget to know parent you feel comfortable,
you know, with you, andfeel comfortable enough to buy from you,
and you know, just feel comfortable. You know. The part of it
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is is what's going to differentiate youfrom somebody else? Remember the earlier part
of my show, as a matterof everybody is different, right, So
everybody that might look like Holly Berryis not Holly Berry. Right. Everybody
who thinks they can sing like youknow, I'm trying to think of Beyonce.
(38:40):
I guess you know, they can't. They's flight Beyonce, or they
can't do this light Beyonce. Theycreate clothing and things like that. So
everybody has some kind of a talent. You have to be able to best
emphasize why you're different and to getpeople to want to use you and your
talent. Book you for a showor hire you to design or whatever it
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is. You got to be ableto do that more than the other person,
because otherwise they're going to keep usingthat other person that they think they
can rely on forever. If youdon't want that, if if you want
to be progressive in other words,so I appreciate that. Well, well,
Valerie, I want to say thankyou for again taking some time out
with me today the Women in Businessshow, and this was the audience sake.
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This is our first time actually gettingto meet after us following on LinkedIn
for I don't even know how longat this point, so it's been a
minute, right, So I definitelyit was excited about, you know,
just getting a chance to meet youfor the first time. But then also,
like I said, I wanted tomake sure that people really got a
chance to know about you, findout more about you informational wise, things
of that nature. And hopefully Ican say I'll be in Atlanta be able
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to visit one more time though,if you can go ahead and kind of
run through some of the places wherepeople can find you and let them know
about your newly form relaunch of yourUM your stores. Okay, UM,
But before I do that, Idon't want to thank you for having me
and um, it's definitely a pleasure. Um, so that definitely wanted to
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thank you for But um, ofcourse you can go find me George Queen
clothing. Um, it's best tojust clothing and then all my social media
outlets, well my Instagram, myFacebook and on my website and then um,
let's see, I'm I'm opening upagain. I'm excited. Um,
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two thousand and fourteen. Actually,you know what, I haven't done this
in a while. Let me hopeyou out a little bit. It's if
you can hear it. Uh,here we go. How didn't use my
found effects on the Women in Businessshow? That office story out there too?
Yeah? So um, definitely whydon't you follow me on Instagram because
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I'm always making hosting stuff and keeppeople up to date all that happening with
QC A. Jordan Point clothing.And then uh, and then I have
my second on collection, um ormy second line our retro sexual just responsibility
skirt. I'm actually, um,the skirt that I have all in the
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picture, that's what that is.Because I went and look and I saw
the retro I was like, thisis gonna come up eventually, so we
mean to take a look. Soum, so yeah it looks nice and
the whole the whole ensemble and everythingand everything that's doing. Like I said,
that's that's the other part of comingon because like I said, this
a matter of where people go to, you know, the website. Where
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are they going to be expecting,where are they're going to see? Do
I like it? And do Ineed to make a purchase? Do I
need what do I need to do? Here's another opportunity for you to be
able to do that if you're inthe audience or watch any or whist and
those will be available for purchase.Um. Holiday of spear small begin on
a large picture from large and theyare farm sizes, so you know,
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um, but I you know Ihave on the comdium, so you know
I'm farm sizes, a large,extra large and that's a big thing.
But yeah, so I'm excite it. Um definitely. Everybody follow me on
Instagram and thank you christ for havingme. I have a pleasure talking to
you. Thank you, thank you. I'm excited for you. I'm excited
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for you know the rest of yourtwo thousand and twenty three and onward and
definitely have to say next time I'min Atlanta, I definitely will look you
up. But in the meantime,again, thanks for being available on the
Monday. I really don't do alot of Monday interviews. I try not
too it because it's difficult to wellanyway, they'll find out later. I'm
gonna lunch though kind of shortly,you know. Anyway, I tried to
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accommodate everybody, so you know,it could be morning, it would be
evening, and be at night.I try to do it for everybody if
they make themselves available, I tryto work it in because I think it's
importing. So I appreciate that.Well, I'm gonna let you go for
now, and again, everybody,this was Missus Valerie Bonus of Georgia Queen's
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Clothing. Make sure you look herup until next time. Thank you man.
That was a really, really,really exciting interview UM with Valerie Um.
As we mentioned, we hadn't actuallymet until just then. UM.
So that's always a cool thing tokind to be able to continually network through
different platforms, whether it be Facebook, Instagram. In this case, it
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was LinkedIn UM as far as thatgoes, and again, make sure you
visit her website Georgia Queinclothing dot comand or Instagram Georgia Queen Clothing on Instagram.
Have you heard that she's opening upa new store next year twenty and
twenty four, She's launching She's participatedin like several fashion shows over the years.
She just had one not too longago. As far as that goes,
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so again, if you're a womanwho has been thinking about anything on
the design side or just clothing side, and you would like to have possibly
a mentor there, she is rightthere. And if you're just thinking about
starting something on your own, whichis the premise of the show, the
Women in Business Show, she couldbe a new mentor for you. As
far as this, that goes aswell, because that's how I get people
to come to this show. Again, the Women in Business shows is highlighting
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people who are doing it. They'vedone it, and they're doing well.
They've exploded. You know when Ihad my previous guests, Magia get Us
from Phoenix City Aesthetics from four yearsago till now, I'm just telling you
her journey is crazy and if youcan want go, make sure you subscribe
to the YouTube page for IMT andWorldwide Radio and go watch that interview.
(44:44):
Interview before that one was with ChinaWilliams who started her own TV show in
California interviewing different artists and things ofthat nature, and what she've been able
to create on her own is huge. Do watch that interview. The interview
before that one was with InVID theKing from London, England, who has
her own nonprofit organization that specifically helpsyou on women that are in need,
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whether it be because they've been abusedor just they're just in desperate straits or
to speak. And even the interviewbefore that one was someone who used to
be my intern years ago and shebecame a fashion designer and she recently took
a position for a fashion design companyin Saint Louis, Missouri. Her name
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is Jaqueline Robinson. So all thesedifferent women that have over the years,
whether it be gold medal athletes,w NBA head coaches, doctors, lawyers,
published authors, all kinds of differentpeople, it's a matter of they
made a decision to say, hey, I'm gonna get this started and now
I'm gonna move forward. But youhave to at least get started. You
have to at least try someone.When I've talked about on the talent side,
(45:52):
make somebody tell you know all thetime before you give up. But
if somebody messes around and tells you, yes, you got something, you
got something now, whether or notyou want to try and take it to
the next level after that, that'son you, right. So hopefully Valerie,
you know, gave you a greatexample of that. From when she
started till now, you know she'sbeen she's been very successful. She's done
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a lot, she's doing a lot, and she's going to continue to do
more. Um, she's going tobe having the pop up at Push.
I can't remember the place now,Um, y'all know what I'm talking about
if you live in Atlanta, huntsAnd I'll think about it later. But
that's a nice venue. Like everybodycan't just do something there. So for
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the fact that she's able to managethat is a huge deal. Um.
And I just thought of it again. I've been there a few times.
I don't know why I can't thinkof it anymore. But anyway, this
is the Women in Business Show.This is on the IMT and worldwide Radio.
Please if you can't subscribe to theIMT, to Worldwide Radio YouTube channel.
Also, if you get a chance, mixture, you go to the
(46:57):
website, which is brand new.By the way, I Amtmworldwide Radio dot
Com. Everything is listed on there, including this show. You actually can
go there now and pull it up. It's instant. Now, I got
it. I got this stuck uppretty cool. Um. Of course I
got my other shows, um Aroundthe ATL Show, my sports show based
on that lound of sports, theTop Five show, Books to Read,
where the Top five show is likea list show, you know, the
(47:21):
Top five, this Top five batand the Books to Read show is I
actually interview published authors. Um.I started that show like a few years
ago. It's a great show.I've interviewed some international people too. Go
check that out. But I'm hopingto continue everything pretty strong this year twenty
twenty three. I've had a lotof you know, things that have held
(47:42):
me back, but I haven't stopped. You know, I've had death in
the family and stick to this,all kind of crazy stuff. I'm still
here. And that just proves again, why don't you make your make up
your mind? Only you can stopyourself, if that makes any sense,
all right, that being saying,I'm gonna go ahead guta here y'all.
Hopefully y'all like the intro I puttogether for the Women in Business show.
I didn't used to have one,so let's go ahead and play that.
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In the meantime, y'all have anice rest of the Monday, be productive,
and I'll talk to y'all again,hopefully. Really simple m
Love talk lady. You're gonna afternooneveryone. This is Chris on IMT and
(02:00):
Worldwide Radio. This is the Womenin Business Show on Mondon day, bright
and early on a Monday, toget the week started right, So to
get started before I get started startedof course, good afternoon. This is
the Women in Business Show. Istarted this show a few years ago highlighting
women who have either used their talentsand or their skills and abilities or what
(02:23):
they've learned to either create their ownbusiness or to create a career. So
this is what the show is about. Now. Today's show is brought to
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Now let's get into today's show,The Women in Business Show will have the
owner of Georgia Queen Clothing, ValerieBowens, as guests in two thousand and
six. Valerie has the distinct privilegeof representing Georgia in the Miss United States
pageant. Over the years, shehas concentrated on community service, even creating
a yearly charity event to help girlsin need. She attended college to learn
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fashion and design, and currently Valerieis the owner of Georgia Queen Clothing.
As a fashion designer, she enjoysworking in her passion for encouraging women to
look and feel their best. Willyou support her? Let's go ahead and
bring Miss Valerie onto the show.Hey, Valorie, how are you doing?
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I'm doing great, christ for you. I am much more relieved now
that I see you go for theaudience. Usually our track to have the
guest hit up about five minutes,so that way I know everything is working
and everything. And I sent herthe link and I pulled her up and
I saw her, but she didnot see or hear me. But at
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that point I was kind of goingthrough my head, Okay, scenario,
scenario, scenario, what it works. So I'm glad I don't have to
go through the bootleg version of theWomen in Business Show today. Thank you,
thank you, thank you. Sothat being said, and first of
all, thanks for taking time outof your business schedule. I know your
business. Like I said, it'sMonday, so I can imagine, um,
but I do thank you for beingon. So first things first,
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I do want to do this,UM, could you do a brief introduction
of yourself to the audience? Isto name name of your company and what
you do. Hello everyone, I'mValerie Boys. I am a head designer
for Georgia Queen I thinks for almostseven years now I'm okayd in the Atlanta
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area, So I'm a function designerand I am reteller. So um.
You can learn more information about GeorgiaQueens Clothing at www dot Georgian Clean Clothing
dot com. Are you can googleGeorgian Queen Clothing. All my social media
outlets for off up well, Ihope y'all a little bit. I got
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the Instagram up there at least wherefrom now, so as we get started,
one of the things that I wantedto be able to do is just
for the audience, whoever it mightbe watching live now or in the future,
just a good kind of a glimpseinto who you are initially. That's
why I try to do it allmy guests. So my first question is
again everybody has a different origin storybecause by default you two people are the
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same, right, So tell usabout you know, where are you from
originally? Did you grow up there? What was it like for you growing
up there wherever? That is kindof give us that backstory first. Well,
I am a hometown girl. UM, I'm live in Marietta. I'm
from Marietta, and that's where Igrew up. That's where my family from.
UM. As you can see,I'm at one from Financial where my
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insurance business. But you know,I'm thankful to have the opportunity to um
do this interview here. UM.But yeah, I grew up in Marietta.
I graduated from Greyberry High School andI'm just some hometown girl. And
then like you men, shall withto college UM in Bucket and then um
later down the road, I hadan opportunity too, lite to the Tennessee.
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UM. I was in a timeshareindustry on the marketing end, so
I had that opportunity to move upinto the Knoxville area and that's where I
just reconnected with my passion for passion, and I had an opportunity to um
join the Knoxville Fashion Week network andthat's where it all be game. Okay,
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So I'm a bad track a littlebit because again, I want,
I want to make sure that weget the full gist of you as an
individual and a person and a woman. UM. But also Marietta where is
burther. I used to live inmari others back in the day. So
I appreciate when you said that,um So childhood, UM, as far
as just growing up part. Wasthere anything in your childhood that you could
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say pointed you towards what you aredoing today? Was there a moment in
time, a spark? Uh?You know you you you know you remember
back to the future and those fluxcapacitor thing, right, So was there
a moment in time that you said, Okay, in the future, this
is what I'm gonna do. Well, it wasn't like a moment in time.
But my mom, she and umso having that exposure and then with
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her, you know, taking meshining with her and you know, just
interviewing me to the different um avenuesof the fashion um in New Street quote
unquote, UM, I don't haveto say my mom had a huge influence
on me. Um. But youknow, from my age as twelve,
I knew I also to be afashion designer. So um with me expressing
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that to her, of course,you know, he helped me I'm sue
my dream and help me prepare forthat moment. And um, but I
would have to say my home definitely. And usually it is from the mother's
point of view in regards to justkind of kick starting that that child's you
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know, life on whatever path itmight be. It's usually the mother that
kind of instigates a little bit.Now, I do want to kind of
broach on this a little bit becauseit is something that was in you know,
my initial bio and everything like that. So I just have to ask
what was it like qualifying and competingin a pageant, especially for those who
have never tried, never thought aboutit. They've seen them like a billion
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times on television and everything. Sowhat was it like qualifying competing? Did
you enjoy it? Kind of giveus some of that and were a life
changing experience? It started qualifying,that's a process, Um, I will
say, Like, so I startedcompeting when I was dead. I wasn't
bear high school of course, andthey had the level the Miss Echo Pasgeant
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and I did that throughout high schooland then when I m twenty what I
was like twenty four, twenty three, twenty four, I had an opportunity
to compete in Miss Georgian USA.And back then they would send out in
meller. So somehow a meller gotsent through my um parent's house and my
mother's name. It just was crazybecause by that time my mom had passed
(10:26):
away, and my dad was like, oh, I think this is for
you, and I look, Iwas like, oh, this is Miss
Georgia. Who are saying you didn'thad my mother's name on it. So
I was like, okay, thisis Heaven's fence. So anyway, I
just feel about the application, putthe pictures a minute, and then they
sent me a letter in the maillet me invited me to so you know,
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it was just like getting prepared bythat time. But that was my
first time compete in a safe pageant, so I did time a pageants pageant
coach my first time competed, butmy second time to compete name I had
a pageant coach and then you know, the trainer and just going through the
whole process. Like but sin thenwe took maybe like a year to actually
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prepare for the company. Wow.Yeah, so but you know, it
paid off because like a lot ofthose contacts, a lot of them for
a lot of the friendships that Ifeel but years ago, I'm still in
contact with them people. But it'sa good prank with them, So it
came off. And actually that wasa Segway question. What were some of
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the benefits of even doing that,because again the reason I'm asking these questions
is that there's some things that youdo for the experience, and then you
do for the experience plus all theadded benefits of that. And one of
those is the networking the people thatyou meet, and you never know how
those things will translate later in life, right, the networking wonderful. Um.
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I will encourage any young mentally wantsor considering competing or just now,
definitely do it. It's not aboutwinning. Do not go in with the
attitude of winning because you or you'regonna walk away and where we are.
But if you go in with theattitude of Okay, I'm gonna have a
great experience, I'm gonna meet youfriends, you know, then you were
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gaining so much more and then Iwill say this like I did model UM
in my twenty and it helped openthe door for that. So you never
know what opportunities are going to comefrom. Exactly exactly well said. Now
let's talk about inspiration a little bit. So what led you going? We
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mentioned it earlier. What led youto say, Okay, I'm gonna go
to college for this. Now I'mgonna go to college for fashion design?
And where did you go? Kindof give us that breakdown and did you
have a specific direction inspiration wise andclothing that you were drawn to? What
question? Um? From what Iremember, I was in at art which
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defense part and um, so thatprepared you for college. Originally I wanted
to go to the School of ArtsDesign when it was it's still was a
fan of but it was in afantasign so I wanted to go there originally,
but um I didn't. But Ihad an opportunity to apply a bad
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college. So you know, it'sjust like I had that opportunity and I
applied, I got accepted. Myparents were behind they were behind me,
and um so I knew I wasgoing to go into fashion design. I
major in fashion design. Later Itransferred to AIU and I added marketing to
it, which I'm glad and umyeah, So I mean as far as
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like inspiration, I don't think itwas like a you know, a like
any about inspiration. It's just Iknew that that's what I wanted to do,
and I had the opportunity to applyand I had to. Ok So,
now let's get into the needy grittya little bit. So what was
the very first thing that you designedand created? Okay? Now, now
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this is where inspiration comes back intoplay a little bit, right now.
Um, and then when you whenyou decide to make that you know,
is that when you said, okay, I believe that I can do more
and go all the way to theend of okay, I can get a
brand doing or did you have todesign something else? And did you have
to design something else? And timelet's go into that part worse? Okay,
(14:41):
So, um, I will golike this is associated with my pageant
experience. I did design my firstpaget interviews and um I my godmother and
um she um she made this.So we collaborated, we got together and
I forced the textile and it wasactually really nice and it was like a
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awfulite. I just used different umtexture fabrics, UM put them together,
which really, you know, itall came together. It brought it all
together. But um as far aslike the inspiration to start Georgean Queen Clothing,
honestly, that came later down theroad because yeah, I didn't,
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um like, after college, Ididn't expectually go into fashion design. I
went into marketing, and you know, yeah, about a decade I was
just in like promotional marketing and youknow, just infer my part from selling.
So it wasn't until like I saidit before, when I went to
Tennessee, just like oh wow,you know I want to get back into
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it. You know, this ismy passion. I would say, like
I had a kind of had apart time job in anthropology. It was
a peasonal job, and you know, just I just took that job and
I you know, needed to makesure money and just spend in an atmosphere
kind of help bring me back tothat because I'm like, I'm like,
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I'm kind of added that in rightnow with your marketing thing, and you
know, I really want to reconnectwith my passion and dispassion. So that
really that moment helped bring me backto that SOW. I started one job
still in my ballerie. Before Istarted, Jordan ten closed and my friends
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came up and knock still us helpedme with the video and everything. We
shouted in my apartment and off spelland UM. And then after that I
came back to the city and thenI had an opportunity to start my line
and UM. There was a reallysweet lady who helped me get started and
I just designed a collection. Myfirst collection was holiday was that two h
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six key so she um, shemade the enpartment, I designed we Work
Together social fabric, she made agarment. I had my first collection to
the photo shoot. After that,I had an opportunity to um in so
so because you just said that,I do have a question for you,
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because you know, you have theBravoTV network, you have America's Next Top
Model and all these different shows,and then you have a show specifically for
designers to create. UM. Longtime ago, I met one of them,
Michael Knight residentees some years ago.UM, I gotta find where I
got that picture at. But canyou do a favor for me and kind
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of explain what your personal technique isin creating a natural garment. Okay,
So basically, like you start withan inspiration, you have your um what
they say, an inspiration forward andit's just a collection of photos and things
and you just kind of it's likea thought protast. Then, UM,
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it's like I've got a lot ofI take a lot of shortcooks because with
my design that collection, because it'ssuch a drawn out process. So basically
what I do. I have myvision board, I source my text sal
you know, well before I sourcemy textales, I sketched the garment.
I on my text sale. Andthen I have people make my things.
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That can I make my things,yes, but I'm so busy but everything
down, So it's just better tohave a thing stress you know, to
do that process. Um. Inbetween that, you have to um create
a pattern and um and that cantake a lot of time and money.
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But I can do that as well, and I have done that in the
past. But um, but youand I also have paid people to do
it. But um. But yeah, so you know as far as like
those shows like Michael Knight, soum, what is it the um that
Fashion Designer shows, South American,Next Coop and all those, but the
other shows to the podcast. Ican't think of it either. I was
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I was trying to rap, youknow, but you know, women go
through all that process. I meanthat's typically what happens. But that's just
so handsome. But when you're stildinga Brandon everything, like, you can
force a lot of that, um, a lot of those jobs to other
people. Industriss kind a maker evenlike we're an illustrator, Um, you
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know I need to get you No, I'm want to have an illustrator.
But you know with me, Iyou know, I take a lot of
shortcuts into you know, creating acollection, just to say time money,
who need to do? Yeah?And I appreciate you telling us that because,
like I said, I want tomake sure that since this is the
Women in Business show and you dohave a lot of women who are really
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kind of pushing in all different angles. But if design and clothing and things
of that nature is something that hashas been on their mind, I want
to have somebody who and actually talkit a little bit. So I definitely
appreciate that, right, And that'sstrubly you recommend, like if you're trying
to start a fashion line, notbe afraid to force different projects to different
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people because it's going to take somuch of your time, so much of
your energy, so much mulital power. You know, as a designer,
you know it helps if you canhave it to re stress or you can
have a power because it takes thatpressure home exactly. Project one way it
was the show Project. I wasgoing to be thinking about that the rest
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of the week, so I hadto go ahead and pull it up real
QUI because I was going to beupset if I if I couldn't remember.
So that kind of goes into thenext part of it. Because with design,
of course, people have to seewhat you got going on, right,
So that's where your fashion show comesinto play. So what was the
point when you know you're developing thesegarments and things of that nature, that
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you said, Okay, I thinkI'm ready for people to see what I
can do. What was that firstfashion show for you? Like, do
you do? You can you kindof recall how that was? Well,
I mean it kind of just happened. The opportunity just I don't know how
they got my information. I don'tknow if I had a plot or whatever.
I can't remember, but I gota phone call and they were like,
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oh, yeah, do you havea website son, my sins and
my information and then they invited me. That first fashion show was a magical
Momentum. I have pictures. Ieven have video footage in my phone that
I go back and watched from thetime of time because it was just so
magical because I arrived, I see, I drove up to Knoxville, I
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arrived, I had my rids end, the long garments and everything, and
then like they were sending me modelsand I had to trust everyone style them
and everything. And then by thetime my segment haspened, they had before
that they asked me about my music, and um, I was like,
oh yeah. But it was sofunny because by the time my second that
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I happened, I heard her tobe so welcome to that okay, man,
I'm like whoa. And that momentwas just like I don't know,
and there's I don't have words todescribe it. It was like su you
know when they when I heard thoseokay, and then like the models really
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selfed and it really created he's acool atmosphere. So I can I can
relate to that only in the inthe few times that I've appeared on stage
and when my music hits you nervousnessthat you had until now, and especially
when that big old light just comeson, it's like, okay, you're
gonna It's almost just like the eminemscene and um, eight months right,
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you got you got choices right there, so you either can do it or
not. So I can always relateto to anybody who contells me that part
of the story right there. That'spretty exciting right there for sure. Yeah,
yeah, cool moment. So projectswise, so can you can you
let me see how can I askthis question? Timeline as far as your
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growth to the point of okay,you have your you have your your clothing
that's starting to be seen in fashionshows and things of that nature. But
now you're getting to the point whereyou can do those shows on your own.
You can plan them out, putthem together, locations and things of
that nature. Kind of tell usthe timeline as far as how you were
able to do that was it?How difficult was it to do it?
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Were you're scared about doing it?Kind of tell us that part of the
story. Well, let's just apre pandemic, you know. Then connected
with network such as Demo Fashion,DXT, CatWISE Um, it made it
easy because all I had to doto show up, and you know I
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do my collection, I show up, you know, everything look fair and
how the production was their boots.Um. As far as now, I
mean that experience is golden. ButI just recently did a fashion show maybe
like three weeks ago here in Marietta, and it's the thing setup where you
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know, it should easy to justshow up, you know, set up,
have the bottel to dress them,and um, you know, just
put them on the runway and makesure they're organized and everybody's put together.
So I mean I would say likewith like Perductions companies that are now getting
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into like the fashion shows and doingthe fashion show, it makes it easier
for designers to you know, justcome in market their brands, showcase their
fashions as opposed to having to likeall do it on your own. And
then as far as financially, youknow, it takes a lot of financial
burdens off of the designer. Ican imagine. I've done some shows in
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the backgrounds from my you know,talent management days where I was behind the
models as far as making sure they'rethere, all that kind of good stuff.
So but the whole production part ofit. I can imagine how much
work really goes into it. Andthen also like with them UM, but
UM's not the marketing but the prand like UM having the opportunity beyond TV
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shows, are you know, newarticles and have the newspaper dinner. I
mean that's wonderful because you know,it really helps with some marketing of your
brand and then you can put thaton the website and you know kind of
helps get your name out there alittle bit faster. Exactly. Now.
One of the things that I knewit was very important today was to talk
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about some of the efforts that you'vedone on the community outreach side of things,
terrible acts, stuff like that.Can you kind of give us an
overview of some of those things frominvolved what you do well. My UM
final moment is one of dollars fromdress say I just had for about a
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four years, UM, like twoyears ago almost at South Avana High School.
And it's crazy because it's like Ispoke up one morning and that's this
idea from your simple blank and oneof my close finers been you know,
I was like then I was puttingoff all your people blank, and he
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connected me with his a. Mymind was in the U and um,
so we met them. Um wehope to the events at South Atlanta High
School. I think they were partof George High because I think it was
George High Bank in the day,it was George Hi alumni. But they
were still involved, you know,because there was a lan So um we
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did that and then like it wasstill amazing because I'm able to get you
know, donations, um, differentpeople that I met throughout the years,
social and judge network. Then evenlike the buyers honey Boat, he was
able to donate and then just liketogether and he know, the man got
involved too because I had photographers thereand I just created like a magical crisis
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experience for the girls. But thenthe company kick out their comtrestice and you
know it's like a little self youknow then m Yeah, it means a
lot um again when you when youhave that kind of you know, connectivity
to the area and community, andthen that particular type of moment is a
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once in a lifetime type of adeal, right, and everybody doesn't have
the same resources and things of thatnature, So you being able to do
that for that period of time isreally cool. How can people in the
future maybe participated or help out ifthey would like to be able to do
that. Well, um, theydon't have to contact them my association.
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I mean they still reach out tome. I'm no longer involved. Okay
that Um you know, I Istopped question years ago when I wanted to.
But um, they can contact thealong that organization order, they can
contact me and yet so um,yeah, well I appreciate the work that
you've done in that film regard forsure. Um, now a couple more
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questions and we're doing it again.Thanks for being available today. You have
accomplished quiet bit. Okay, I'mjust not realizing that I'm telling you.
I can say I'm going through Ihad to do these questions today now,
so pointed that out a few daysso they're like, you've got a lot,
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Like, oh, yeah, Ihave exactly. So let me segment
real quick. I have always toldeverybody I've ever managed, as far as
the talent part is that what everyou did today is a little bit more
than that person who hasn't done nothingyet and they're thinking about it still,
you know, and you're trying tocatch up with somebody who has been doing
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it for a certain length of time, so you're always going to be in
the middle of two different people.So it's a matter of don't take a
small accomplishment and think it's small whennaturally it's a huge accomplishment. There is
no such thing as a small accomplishment. M If that's what you want to
do, then that's a whole notherstory. I don't get into that.
But again, I've never I've triedto tell people, never like, you
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know, dissuade yourself that you've notdone anything, when if you shot up
to that audition, you did somethingthat a whole lot of people are at
home still watching TV. Right,So just wanted to say that. Now,
going back to those accomplishments, whatwould you say is your biggest accomplishment
so far, my biggest accomplishment ofour Wow? Um, I would have
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to say the prom dress give away. Um. And the reason why it's
because I would the impact that itmade on those young ladies and not only
the young ladies but the mother.Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah,
that wasn't worth it to me.I mean it was like I saw a
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smut on my grandmother's face. It'spriceless. So it's definitely worth the experience.
Yeah. So with that being said, is there something that you haven't
done yet but you feel that it'scoming in the future, or do you
have some specific that you know you'regoing to be doing in the future that
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you would like to, you know, go ahead and drop on us right
now on the Women's A Business Show. I don't. Yeah, I'm some
ill. A lot of you knowthat I had a been shake in the
stake um before the pandemic. Anyway, sorry, but um, I will
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be opening up again and four thankyou, thank you. In the Latin
area, I will be hocle um. But yeah, so that's something I'm
working on and I'm excited about that. I'm gonna do think a little different
this time, I mean, youknow, but I'm excited about Yeah.
(31:27):
I always I always like to tryto, you know, instigate stuff.
Because I had someone on my lastshow, um throw something out there that
she did not tell me at all, and so I had to try to
try to pull it up there becauseI was like, why are you well
she she she said she did ona purpose, like you sis, should
you give your heads up something anyway? Um? But so I always like
(31:48):
to give people an opportunity to letpeople know if they got something really big
coming up. Um, and makesure oh wow, I blinked out there
for a second. Make sure everybodythat you make sure you go to Georgia
Queen Clothing dot com and or govisit her on Instagram. I pull it
up were quick there it is.Make sure you go to Instagram as well.
(32:09):
And also, um, I willbe happen you know, different event
throughout the year and my next defenis going to be in September on my
first day, but I'm doing aI'm losing to clothing, so I'm going
to do a bit clothing top updown at Coron City Market at like a
little market down there. Yeah,let me know about that. Remind me,
(32:32):
yeah, yeah, and I'm goingto do that and then um in
December, Um, I have mysecond mind of retro sexual because just you
know, retel plant Kurt, sothose would be available from purchase in December
for the trans Yeah, definitely remindme of that. I'll see if I
haven't been doing alan in a wall, but hopefully hopefully it'll be before in
(32:53):
September, but you never know,but definitely keep me in the loop on
now I'll come and visit for thatfor sure. So my last, my
last question really is coming to advice. What advice would you say you would
have for women that have a creativeside but they they're may be not sure
how directed since you know such youknow, at a at a time where
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so many things are happening out thereand they might think, well, maybe
so much is happening that they can'treally focus on anything and things of that
nature. But what will your adviceto be for women to have a creative
side they want to do more?Um, and how to direct it?
Oh god, oh ahead your time. I have a lot of advice.
Um, I'm geting on your side. Really take your time in um plan
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out things. Um. The creativeworld is tricky. Um. Sometimes people
may not understand your plan. Sotake the time to research, um network,
UM thing to do the business that'siteeverything. Just make things clear and
(34:05):
take the time to just you know, I said do your research and to
build it and um, yeah definitelyyou know that. And then you know
kind of like well and I madethis misting tind to keep it to yourself
before you know you launch everything,and even when you launch everything, to
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be searchful of you know who youneed to associate yourself with because everyone to
tom your side and um, younever don't you never tal but definitely keep
it to yourself before you launch everything. Yeah. Yeah, research, research
is always important because you gotta knowwhat you're doing and how to do it.
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And then also it gets to yourcompetition part of it. And then
as you kind of just alluded to, maybe not letting everybody know exactly what
you're gonna do, because what ifyou might have the same resources as somebody
else, and somebody else has youknow, Bruce Wayne Batman type money,
and then all of a sudden,because you didn't lock your stuff up,
you don't even really have nothing tofight against, because you know what I'm
(35:10):
saying. So I've always been thatI'm well, I'm the business side of
most of my talent for back inthe day, and I try to walk
them through all these simplistic things,but they make it harder than it is
because they just don't want to listento most of them didn't. But but
yeah, those are those are reallywise words, especially like if you're in
the city like Atlanta of all places, and my phone, I got to
(35:32):
put my phone on mute Um inAtlanta. And this is from when I
was like hardcore doing everything. Backthen, it was terrible. Okay,
I can't imagine what it is nowbeing able to do certain things on the
business world side of things and anythingentertainment, fashion, music and all that
kind of good stuff. So you'vegot to be able to want to say
(35:54):
you're gonna do this in a professionalway from jump because that forces everybody else
around you to also take you seriouslyand professionally as well. The moment used
the track from the professional part,there's gonna be like, well, they
don't really care. Yeah, andyou know, unless I'm still wide open
because I think we talked about thisbefore, like twenty years ago. It
(36:15):
was one thing, and I thinkeverything was just starting your especial like you
can't understand the industry taking the otherthings. I think you and I have
something, Um it's a get beautything. Yeah, we share mutual connection
whatever. But you know, nowit's like it's a different ball game because
(36:35):
you have some more people, butit's still wide open and you can still
do whatever you want. But youknow, you just have such kind of
like you know, still keeping youout. Yeah, gotta you gotta keep
it under rats as long as youcan. And then if you're gonna,
if you're gonna, once you dolaunch, you really gotta launch. It
can't just be little bits and piecesand all this kind of stuff. You
(36:55):
gotta go all the way with it. But at least there's a platform here,
you know, struggle platform suggest beon you all on whatever level you're
on, you knowsearch. Yeah.One of the reasons I even started I
am TAM Worldwide Radio a long timeago was that I would have people who
bump their head on Monday, theywon't be famous on Fridays and don't know
(37:17):
what they're doing. Is to givethem some sort of a voice to start
getting in the realm of do Ireally want to do this? Because eventually
people got to know about me?And how best to do that is an
interview? And if you've never beenan interview before, how do you know
you can be interviewed? How doyou know you would like getting an interview?
How do you know you like talkingto people? You know, the
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whole nine yards, Especially on theactor actors side, you have to do
that a lot because guess what,let's listen ay tours, right, So
that's That's one of the reasons Ieven started with all the artists and models
that I used to work with backin the day, is to say,
well let's find out. Here wego Tuesday, three o'clock. What's up?
You know. So if you're rightabout that, because this is actually
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my third interviewing, you go.But you know, it's a grateful for
people to get to know you andget to know parent you feel comfortable,
you know, with you, andfeel comfortable enough to buy from you,
and you know, just feel comfortable. You know. The part of it
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is is what's going to differentiate youfrom somebody else? Remember the earlier part
of my show, as a matterof everybody is different, right, So
everybody that might look like Holly Berryis not Holly Berry. Right. Everybody
who thinks they can sing like youknow, I'm trying to think of Beyonce.
(38:40):
I guess you know, they can't. They's flight Beyonce, or they
can't do this light Beyonce. Theycreate clothing and things like that. So
everybody has some kind of a talent. You have to be able to best
emphasize why you're different and to getpeople to want to use you and your
talent. Book you for a showor hire you to design or whatever it
(39:02):
is. You got to be ableto do that more than the other person,
because otherwise they're going to keep usingthat other person that they think they
can rely on forever. If youdon't want that, if if you want
to be progressive in other words,so I appreciate that. Well, well,
Valerie, I want to say thankyou for again taking some time out
with me today the Women in Businessshow, and this was the audience sake.
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This is our first time actually gettingto meet after us following on LinkedIn
for I don't even know how longat this point, so it's been a
minute, right, So I definitelyit was excited about, you know,
just getting a chance to meet youfor the first time. But then also,
like I said, I wanted tomake sure that people really got a
chance to know about you, findout more about you informational wise, things
of that nature. And hopefully Ican say I'll be in Atlanta be able
(39:49):
to visit one more time though,if you can go ahead and kind of
run through some of the places wherepeople can find you and let them know
about your newly form relaunch of yourUM your stores. Okay, UM,
But before I do that, Idon't want to thank you for having me
and um, it's definitely a pleasure. Um, so that definitely wanted to
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thank you for But um, ofcourse you can go find me George Queen
clothing. Um, it's best tojust clothing and then all my social media
outlets, well my Instagram, myFacebook and on my website and then um,
let's see, I'm I'm opening upagain. I'm excited. Um,
(40:34):
two thousand and fourteen. Actually,you know what, I haven't done this
in a while. Let me hopeyou out a little bit. It's if
you can hear it. Uh,here we go. How didn't use my
found effects on the Women in Businessshow? That office story out there too?
Yeah? So um, definitely whydon't you follow me on Instagram because
(40:59):
I'm always making hosting stuff and keeppeople up to date all that happening with
QC A. Jordan Point clothing.And then uh, and then I have
my second on collection, um ormy second line our retro sexual just responsibility
skirt. I'm actually, um,the skirt that I have all in the
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picture, that's what that is.Because I went and look and I saw
the retro I was like, thisis gonna come up eventually, so we
mean to take a look. Soum, so yeah it looks nice and
the whole the whole ensemble and everythingand everything that's doing. Like I said,
that's that's the other part of comingon because like I said, this
a matter of where people go to, you know, the website. Where
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are they going to be expecting,where are they're going to see? Do
I like it? And do Ineed to make a purchase? Do I
need what do I need to do? Here's another opportunity for you to be
able to do that if you're inthe audience or watch any or whist and
those will be available for purchase.Um. Holiday of spear small begin on
a large picture from large and theyare farm sizes, so you know,
(42:05):
um, but I you know Ihave on the comdium, so you know
I'm farm sizes, a large,extra large and that's a big thing.
But yeah, so I'm excite it. Um definitely. Everybody follow me on
Instagram and thank you christ for havingme. I have a pleasure talking to
you. Thank you, thank you. I'm excited for you. I'm excited
(42:29):
for you know the rest of yourtwo thousand and twenty three and onward and
definitely have to say next time I'min Atlanta, I definitely will look you
up. But in the meantime,again, thanks for being available on the
Monday. I really don't do alot of Monday interviews. I try not
too it because it's difficult to wellanyway, they'll find out later. I'm
gonna lunch though kind of shortly,you know. Anyway, I tried to
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accommodate everybody, so you know,it could be morning, it would be
evening, and be at night.I try to do it for everybody if
they make themselves available, I tryto work it in because I think it's
importing. So I appreciate that.Well, I'm gonna let you go for
now, and again, everybody,this was Missus Valerie Bonus of Georgia Queen's
(43:12):
Clothing. Make sure you look herup until next time. Thank you man.
That was a really, really,really exciting interview UM with Valerie Um.
As we mentioned, we hadn't actuallymet until just then. UM.
So that's always a cool thing tokind to be able to continually network through
different platforms, whether it be Facebook, Instagram. In this case, it
(43:35):
was LinkedIn UM as far as thatgoes, and again, make sure you
visit her website Georgia Queinclothing dot comand or Instagram Georgia Queen Clothing on Instagram.
Have you heard that she's opening upa new store next year twenty and
twenty four, She's launching She's participatedin like several fashion shows over the years.
She just had one not too longago. As far as that goes,
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so again, if you're a womanwho has been thinking about anything on
the design side or just clothing side, and you would like to have possibly
a mentor there, she is rightthere. And if you're just thinking about
starting something on your own, whichis the premise of the show, the
Women in Business Show, she couldbe a new mentor for you. As
far as this, that goes aswell, because that's how I get people
to come to this show. Again, the Women in Business shows is highlighting
(44:22):
people who are doing it. They'vedone it, and they're doing well.
They've exploded. You know when Ihad my previous guests, Magia get Us
from Phoenix City Aesthetics from four yearsago till now, I'm just telling you
her journey is crazy and if youcan want go, make sure you subscribe
to the YouTube page for IMT andWorldwide Radio and go watch that interview.
(44:44):
Interview before that one was with ChinaWilliams who started her own TV show in
California interviewing different artists and things ofthat nature, and what she've been able
to create on her own is huge. Do watch that interview. The interview
before that one was with InVID theKing from London, England, who has
her own nonprofit organization that specifically helpsyou on women that are in need,
(45:07):
whether it be because they've been abusedor just they're just in desperate straits or
to speak. And even the interviewbefore that one was someone who used to
be my intern years ago and shebecame a fashion designer and she recently took
a position for a fashion design companyin Saint Louis, Missouri. Her name
(45:28):
is Jaqueline Robinson. So all thesedifferent women that have over the years,
whether it be gold medal athletes,w NBA head coaches, doctors, lawyers,
published authors, all kinds of differentpeople, it's a matter of they
made a decision to say, hey, I'm gonna get this started and now
I'm gonna move forward. But youhave to at least get started. You
have to at least try someone.When I've talked about on the talent side,
(45:52):
make somebody tell you know all thetime before you give up. But
if somebody messes around and tells you, yes, you got something, you
got something now, whether or notyou want to try and take it to
the next level after that, that'son you, right. So hopefully Valerie,
you know, gave you a greatexample of that. From when she
started till now, you know she'sbeen she's been very successful. She's done
(46:14):
a lot, she's doing a lot, and she's going to continue to do
more. Um, she's going tobe having the pop up at Push.
I can't remember the place now,Um, y'all know what I'm talking about
if you live in Atlanta, huntsAnd I'll think about it later. But
that's a nice venue. Like everybodycan't just do something there. So for
(46:36):
the fact that she's able to managethat is a huge deal. Um.
And I just thought of it again. I've been there a few times.
I don't know why I can't thinkof it anymore. But anyway, this
is the Women in Business Show.This is on the IMT and worldwide Radio.
Please if you can't subscribe to theIMT, to Worldwide Radio YouTube channel.
Also, if you get a chance, mixture, you go to the
(46:57):
website, which is brand new.By the way, I Amtmworldwide Radio dot
Com. Everything is listed on there, including this show. You actually can
go there now and pull it up. It's instant. Now, I got
it. I got this stuck uppretty cool. Um. Of course I
got my other shows, um Aroundthe ATL Show, my sports show based
on that lound of sports, theTop Five show, Books to Read,
where the Top five show is likea list show, you know, the
(47:21):
Top five, this Top five batand the Books to Read show is I
actually interview published authors. Um.I started that show like a few years
ago. It's a great show.I've interviewed some international people too. Go
check that out. But I'm hopingto continue everything pretty strong this year twenty
twenty three. I've had a lotof you know, things that have held
(47:42):
me back, but I haven't stopped. You know, I've had death in
the family and stick to this,all kind of crazy stuff. I'm still
here. And that just proves again, why don't you make your make up
your mind? Only you can stopyourself, if that makes any sense,
all right, that being saying,I'm gonna go ahead guta here y'all.
Hopefully y'all like the intro I puttogether for the Women in Business show.
I didn't used to have one,so let's go ahead and play that.
(48:02):
In the meantime, y'all have anice rest of the Monday, be productive,
and I'll talk to y'all again,hopefully. Really simple m
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