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Serena Williams plans to take on fashion world

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Tennis Champion, Serena Williams is a picture of perfection on the cover of  Essence Magazine’s September Global Fashion Issue, as she plans to take on the fashion world. The entrepreneur and venture capitalist revealed that her next plan is to take on the fashion world. Last year, she launched her own fashion line – Serena. “I’m doing something that I’ve always wanted to do, that I always dreamt of doing. I went to fashion school back in the early 2000s. This was something that just didn’t pop up for me,” Said Serena Williams. The chief content and creative officer of Essence magazine, MoAna Luu revealed their excitement to have Serena Williams as the inspiration for their September 2019 edition. “This issue promises to be one of ESSENCE’s biggest with a fresh new redesign. We also brought the best Black creatives in the world including Nigerian visual artist Laolu Sebanjo, who gave us Serena’s stunning face painting for the cover to present all of the stunning visuals tha

Brazilian who disguised like her daughter to break out of prison is found dead

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A Brazilian drug dealer who impersonated his teenage daughter in an elaborate bid to escape prison over the weekend has on Tuesday been found dead in his cell. Clauvino da Silva, 42 years old, apparently hanged himself in the maximum security prison in Rio de Janeiro, according to local media reports citing Brazil’s authorities. His death came just days after his attempt to escape from the penitentiary dressed as his daughter was stopped by prison authorities. DA Silva, nicknamed “Shorty” for his small stature, made headlines around the world when he donned a dark wig, silicone mask and items of women’s clothing in his attempt to break out of prison. But his nervous disposition caught the attention of the prison guards. According to BBC, da Silva had been serving a sentence of nearly 74 years for drug smuggling