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| Picture Perfect
Melissa is a Queens girl – born and raised. “I grew up in Bayside and I went to high school there. I went to St. Francis Prep and then I went to St. John’s University, where I majored in communications and theater.”
Currently working as a publicist, Melissa has her eyes set on acting – or maybe journalism – perhaps covering fashion or entertainment. The modeling is admittedly secondary. “I’ve always been approached about it since I was very young, approached by scouts,” she said. “I did a couple of in-store displays, some product commercials, and it’s been real fun.” She added that right now she really enjoys acting. “I figured that modeling is fun, but I don’t see myself in a career in modeling.” During her downtime, Melissa hangs out, takes bubble baths, reads and relaxes. “I work out a lot,” she said. “I’m kinda into yoga right now. I also love to go on vacation – I just came back from Hawaii.” “Of course,” she added, “I also like to go out to restaurants and party like any other girl my age.” When in Queens Melissa can be found a Cabana on Austin Street or hanging out in any of the shops in Forest Hills. But don’t expect her to hang out for too long: I have a lot of ambition,” she said. “I plan to live out my life the best way I can.” Melissa Home: Jackson Heights Age: 23 Height: 5’ 7" Weight: 116 lbs Stats: 32-25-36 |
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| I Knew That
Jason Dizon, of Woodside, was on the crest of Jeopardy greatness, but one wrong answer and his quest to be immortalized in game show history was stilled.
The final jeopardy question was his undoing. He wasn’t necessarily outsmarted; he just got a bit carried away with his final bid. The final category of U.S. geography stumped all three contestants, “of the USA’s 50 tallest peaks, all are in Alaska, Colorado & California except this peak.” The correct answer: “What is Mount Rainier?” Dizon guessed Pikes Peak and wagered all of his earnings, he exited stage left with $50,900 in four days. Still not a bad payday considering it is more than what some people make in two years. |
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| Buzzzzzzz
A building on 170th Street in Jamaica is one of the newest facilities to utilize “The Mosquito” to quiet noisy teens who loiter around the building.
The security device admits a high-pitched squeal that is only audible to people age 13 to 25. One teen described the sound as what you hear if you hold a microphone close to a TV. He admitted to CBS News that the sound bothered him a little bit. The building superintendent told CBS the device has so far kept the building free from rowdy teens. Take it elsewhere, kids. |
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| Split Personality
No matter what you saw on the subway, that guy was not David Ortiz.
Quashing theorists that Ortiz had defected to the Mets, the journalists at Bangor Daily News reported the Big Papi look-a-like in Queens is just some ordinary dude. Chris Johnson causes heads to spin riding the subway from Queens to his advertising job in Manhattan each day, especially in his Red Sox hat. Hailing from Massachusetts, the 6-foot-3-inch, 250 pounder is only an inch shorter and a little heavier than the actual heavy hitter, Bangor reports. “It’s crazy. I left Yankee Stadium in game one of the 2004 ALCS and had about 10 people following me on the way out, yelling at me and stuff and a cop came up and told me it was my fault for wearing the hat,” Johnson told Bangor. |
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| Justice For Kitty
Kitty Genovese was murdered in Kew Gardens on March 13, 1964. Winston Moseley, the man convicted of fatally stabbing the 24-year-old, was denied parole for a 13th time on March 12.
The Genovese murder is well-known for its brutality as well as the callous disregard displayed by the woman’s neighbors who ignored her many pleas for help. Moseley was originally sentenced to death for the crime, but that was later reduced to 20 years to life. He is now 72. |
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| Fleck Factor
Queens-born banjo sensation Bela Fleck found himself in Austin, TX last week for the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference. Every year musicians from around the country descend on the city for a week of networking, live shows and barbeque.
Fleck, who started playing the banjo at 15 and formed the Flectones, his “Blu-Bop” band in 1989, performed with Abigail Washburn. Washburn, also plays the banjo, but she got the idea to learn the instrument after studying abroad at Fudan University in Shanghai. She says she returned to the States eager to absorb Americana and turned to the classic stringed instrument. Fleck, on the other hand, found inspiration to pick up the instrument right here in Queens. So why doesn’t his tour have a date in our borough? | |||||||||
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