One of my favorite curvy ladies is Queen Latifah. She is a multi-talented artist who has dipped her feet in music, acting, producing and writing. Her latest book, Put On Your Crown, is focused on improving the self-esteem of women. This month the Hatchette Book Group is the sponsor of the Five Favorite Things blog giveaway.
Modeled after Maria Shriver’s Just Who Will You Be, Queen Latifah’s goal with Put On Your Crown is to help young women build a strong sense of self-esteem. A US Dept. of Justice survey found that females ages 16-24 are more vulnerable to partner violence than any other group, almost triple the national average. Cases like Chris Brown’s assault on pop star Rihanna showed an ugly side of adolescent life. However, Queen Latifah has always been a shining example of a woman happy with herself and unwilling to compromise to fit into the “hollywood ideal” of what a confident beautiful woman should look like. The result: She’s one of the biggest A-list celebrities in Hollywood.
Prize Details:
- One person will receive one hardcover of Put On Your Crown: Life-changing Moments on the Path to Queendom.
How to Enter:
For this contest there is the option of one to three entries. To get three entries you must leave a separate comment for each method following these directions:
- Main entry: This one is a must to enter. Leave a comment below sharing a favorite song/movie etc of Queen Latifah’s.
- Second entry: Follow me on twitter. Leave a comment below that you are following me including your @ name (yes, it still counts if you are already following me).
- Third entry: Follow me on facebook. Leave a comment below that you are following me and a link to your facebook (yes, it still counts if you are already following me).
Stipulations:
Three entries per person are allowed (one per method above)– suspicious entries with the same IP address (you know who you are) will be deleted without notice. The lucky winner will be chosen from the comments at random, using random.org, on August 30, 2010 at 3 pm EST. This giveaway is sponsored by Hachette Book Group but I will be mailing the gift after the email and mailing address of the winner have been confirmed by myself (so make sure you enter the right email). This giveaway is open to person 18 years and older living in the United States and Canada. Void where prohibited by law. The winner will have two weeks to claim the prize; after which time it will be rewarded to someone else.
UPDATE: The winner was announced in the comments below. Congratulations to Ess.
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my fave Queen movie is hard to choose between… i loved Set it off, Taxi, and the secret life of bees but if i had to choose it would be the Secret Life of Bees. She was PHENOMINAL in that movie!
My fave songs of the Queen was the entire cd of her when she channelled her jazz side. I bought it for me, my mom and my grandma!!.
And who can forget her role in Living Single. I stay watching that to this day.
<3 her soo much!
i am also following you on twitter. I am @lovely_ess
Favorite movie of Queen L…Hairspray! She had to take on the 60′s in respect to weight and race, and belt out all of the emtions in song!
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Enter me please – my favorite Latifah song is none other than Ladies First, with Monie Love
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I am already a Facebook follower.
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I love her jazz…I like her in the movie Stranger Than Fiction.
i loved you in bringing down the house and just wright!
Loved Last Holiday
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This looks like an interesting read I will have to look into picking it up.
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My favorite Queen Latifah song is Ladies First and my favorite Queen Latifah movie is The Holiday with LL Cool J.
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I loved Last Holiday and all it represented – live life to the fullest NOW! I loved Beauty Shop and the humor and how she delt with the issues in her shop -to funny! She is just awsome and such a great role model for girls/women! I would love to read about her.
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My fav song is Ladies First.
My fav movie is Hairspray
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I LOVE QUEEN LATIFAH!
I think I first started to love her on The Fresh Prince, though. She was in an episode where Will really liked her but was embarrassed to admit it because she’s a big girl… And she was all “So what, you shallow dolt!” and it was really inspiring for me at the time, as a chubby kid
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I really enjoyed that movie The Last Holiday. She was in a tv series maybe it was called Single Life or something with 4 single friends and i think Tootie from Facts of Life was in that too.
I liked her in BeautyShop
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There were 28 eligible comments. I used the Random Integer Generator tool at Random.org to pick the winner:
The winner was commenter number #2 of this post – Ess.
Ess, I will email you and request mailing information. Please reply to that email ASAP. You have two weeks to claim the prize; after which time it will be rewarded to someone else (but I know you waaaant it).
Thank you to everyone who participated!
Moe,
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