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Ever since she switched from fig leaf to
fabric, woman the world over has bemoaned
the state of her wardrobe, wishing for just
one new ouuii 10 wear.
When 22-year-old Pamela Fernandez confronts
her closet, the cry is the same, but for
a different reason.
Pamela, a native of Washington, D.C.,
nightly struts thousands of dollars worth of
.designer fashions as a high-fashion model
for Ebony magazine.
Two hours each night, six nights a week,
30 weeks a year, Pamela slips into silks and
furs, leather and lace, velets and brocades to
show audiences from Florida to Washington
the new season's look.
What's her problem, then?
I'm no different from any other woman; 1
get tired of wearing the same old thing,"
Pamela said during a break on the 1984
Ebony Fashion Fair, a whistle-stop show of
haute couture fashions that will tour 180
cities across the country before it ends in
May.
"It's fun for the first week or so to wear
Televislon/Rqdio
'Brown's Journa
"If every single black person registered
and voted, Jackson couldn't win dogcatcher
in America," proclaims Roy Innis, chairman
of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE),
in reference to Jesse Jackson's bid for the
1984 Democratic presidential nomination.
Innis, one of the nation's most outspoken
black leaders, will debate his views with the ~
Rev. Herbert Daughtry, chairman of the National
United Black Front and a Jackson
supporter, on an upcoming edition of "Tony
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she's also making inroads in her acting
She'll star with Howard Rollins in "A S
Story," a film adaptation of the Pulize
winning play.
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By JOEY SASSO
Syndicated Columnist
Observations is covering the night beat: &
Jackson's plans for staging his upcoming Jac
concert tour have become so lavish, it'?
estimated that $1 million will be spent in prod
costs alone. The way he's got it planned, do/
automated robots and E.T. -type critters will
around the stage with Michael and his brothe
Meanwhile, reports that Jackson has been r
ed by the Jehovah's Witnesses for his unori
lifestyle have created an agonizing new fear
sensitive superstar. "Michael would be ver}
unset should he lose the standine he has wor
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hard to maintain within the Jehovah's Witnes
source close to the pop idol told me. We have 1
that the religious group, to which Micha
mother and three sisters belong, has chide
because it fears his reclusive lifestyle -- wh
eludes fasting, vegetarianism, herba^ enem;
frantic dancing - paints the faith in a bizarre
Reproof implies that a member has receivec
spiritual counseling and perhaps even a fc
discipline, explains William Van De Wall
Watch Tower news service at the Jef
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those fabulous designs." she said. "But,
after all, when you've only got 21 outfits and
you wear them 180 times, night after night,
you can't help but wish for something new."
Most women would give their last credit
card to be in Pamela's shoes. The 12 models
in the show parade styles from 114 American
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don't have a new thing to wear.
-- Pamela Fenandez
and European designers such as Pierre Cardin,
Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld.
The designs range from go-everywhere
ensembles to leisure and evening wear.
Pamela, an Ebony model since 1982,
began her career three years ago modeling
hair styles for beauty salons. She hopes to
continue modeling, both in print and on the
fashion runways, and to pursue interests in
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Brown's Journal, "Can Jesse Win?"
From the moment Jackson announced his
intention to run for president last
November, a storm of controversy has
followed his campaign around the country.
Some sections of the black community
heralded Jackson's move as one of the most
significant events in blaclT politics. Others,
however, including the nation's oldest and
largest civil rights organization, the
NAACP, see Jackson's presidential bid as
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By YOLONDA GAYLES
Syndicated Columnist
Dear Yoloiida: My boyfriend anc
dating and going along real strong ur
girlfriend Angela. Now, he seems to h
I eyes for Angela. Apparently she feels
Wi him, too. We ran into Angela at a pa
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would have thought that the two <
together.
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face all evening. I believe they excl
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soars, admitted that he finds her good-lookii
career, rne that I am still his woman,
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was told about it. A person engaginj
conduct might be reproved. The
fichael vary, depending on the person afid I
ksons' Donna Summner,the pop vocalist
5 now a lot of lists lately. She's on the char
luction hit, "She Works Hard for the Mone
^ens of hard-hitting that it landed her on
prance nominees. Now she's on another
rs. Massachusetts Treasurer Robert Q
eprov- to-be released list of unclaimed ba
thodox state citizens. There, as big as li
for the unclaimed savings deposited by Doi
very dent Institution for Savings when sh
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d him the money ? big bucks, that is -ich
in- time to collect the little stuff. Sue
as and should all have....
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i some brag about the time he and his brc
>rm of mayhem on two muggers who attacl
of the 1974. But police in Chicago are skep
lovah's find nothing to back up the story
public- Detectives George McMahon. "V
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singing and acting.
As glamorous as her life may appear, it
also can be a lonely, grueling existence. The
models virtually live on a bus and out of suitcases
eight months out of the year, sandwiching
sleep and shopping or sightseeing
between shows. They are expected to keep
their weight down, their complexions clear
and their smiles intact, despite how they
might actually feel at the moment. And they
seldom see their families or sweethearts during
the long cross-country stretch.
"Don't get me wrong; I love what I'm doing,"
Pamela said. "But my job ? just like
that' of the businesswoman or the
homemaker -- has its difficult times. And,
just like every other woman, 1 still have
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thing to wear/ "
The Ebony Fashion Fair will continue its
Spring / Summer show through May. The
Fair, now considered the largest fashion extravaganza
of its kind in the world, has raised
more than $16 million for charity since its
inception 25 years ago.
on candidacy
futile. ?_
"I don't think a Black person has a ghost
of a chance of winning in 1984," predicted
NAACP Executive Director Benjamin
Hooks. 4
Tony Brown's Journal is America's
longest-running and top-ranked blackaffairs
television series. It will air in this area
on WUNL-TV, Channel 26 at 6:30 p.m. on
Sunday, March 25.
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the list Grammy flip about this. He and
hot money list: Thailand, have a pre-marit
. Crane's about- wants her to move out of t
ink accounts for Says Mitchelson: "She ;
fe, is $89.86 in no hope for the marriage."
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especially for a black ma
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ould sulk like she is doing. I would be
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ttitude spoiled my promotional party.
>elieve that the whites at the office smiled
i and congratulated me, but Kathy refusthe
party?
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\ excuse, and she knows it. Now, here's a
I have done all sorts of things for -- ining
her with her work. But she's acting
lous, and everyone has noticed it.
I do about this? It's my first week as a
ind already I'm miserable.
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