‘DivaGirl's Guide' Hits Booksellers Today!

March 30, 2012 - PRLog -- “The DivaGirl’s Guide to Style and Self-Respect” – quickly becoming a critical favorite for its wisdom, frank language, humor, and celebrity quotes and anecdotes — hits booksellers today.

The fuchsia-colored, 272-page paperback with an image of a snap in bling-design appropriately carries the phrase, “your pocketbook to success.”

It is the work of accomplished writer, television personality and popular motivational speaker Cheryl Ann Wadlington (published in Self, Life & Style and Essence magazines, The Philadelphia Daily News) a staple in the “Mercedes Benz Fashion Week” press corps and co-author and contributing editor of “SoulStyle: Black Women Redefining the Color of Fashion” (Rizzoli/Universe Publishing).

With former In Style magazine editor Sonya Beard, Wadlington opens with, “Working in fashion is all that.” Then she takes readers through a host of issues—self-identity, appropriate attire for occasions and body shapes, choosing friends and romantic relationships, career ambitions and self-confidence, verbal and body language, on-line and on-the-street behavior, health and nutrition and of course, beauty.

“The DivaGirl’s Guide” is chock-full of expert advice from an all-star panel that includes former Miss USA Kenya Moore, Dr. Joycelyn Elders (former U.S. Surgeon General), Monica (Grammy Award-winning singer and actress), Dr. Susan Bartell (teen psychologist /director www.4healthygirls.com), Dr. Boyce Watkins (Syracuse University finance professor) and many more. This guide also serves as a style and beauty resource with pointers from a premiere celebrity make-up and fashion glam squad.

The book is informative in addressing sensitive topics like sex in the relationship chapter titled Cupid Shuffle. With an expert approved sex term glossary edited by Planned Parenthood, an essential conversation takes place and provides young (and not-so-young) readers with a road map to negotiate a journey through the rocky teen years.

Selected for several elite lists of the 2012 style books to watch, “The DivaGirl’s Guide” also caught the eye of STYLd LIFE fashion contributor and blogger DeAnna, who noted: “I was filled with joy reading this book because finally somebody got it right. Ms. Cheryl realizes that girls just need someone to understand what they are going through, but more importantly giving them an outlet to reflect and grow.” For teen girls in your life, DeAnna called “The DivaGirl Guide” the perfect gift that they can use over and over again.”
(http://astyldlife.com/2012/03/25/review-the-divagirls-gui...).

Calling the book “sharp and sparkling,” San Francisco Book Reviewer Hubert O'Hearn said “DivaGirl’s Guide” was “the best self-help book I’ve ever read.” “Buy it, read it, lend it, give it. Five stars out of five. Easily.” (http://bythebookreviews.blogspot.ca/2012/03/diva-girls-gu...)

To help readers grasp just what a “DivaGirl” is, a chart compares the “DivaGirl” to “An Ordinary Girl.” For example, an “Ordinary Girl” “accepts what other people give her,” “hangs on the wall” and “is forgettable” while a "DivaGirl" “gets what she wants,” “works a room" and “makes a strong impression."

“The DivaGirl's Guide to Style and Self-Respect” (The Elevator Group, $15.95) by Cheryl Ann Wadlington with Sonya Beard goes on sale March 29, 2012 at Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. Also available as an
ebook.

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About the Authors:

Cheryl Ann Wadlington is one of the nation’s premiere fashion and beauty journalists and a leading consultant in the field of personal growth. An accomplished writer, television personality and sought-after motivational speaker, she has reached millions through publications such as Self, Essence, Life & Style, and The Philadelphia Daily News. She founded Evoluer Image Consultants, an award-winning full-service agency in Philadelphia that provides clients with extensive makeovers, personal shopping and wardrobe management. She also operates the nonprofit organization, The Evoluer House, which has graduated more than 700 socio-economically challenged girls from this highly successful personal development program. Cheryl majored in advertising and communications at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Fashion Merchandising at Bauder Fashion College. She also served on the faculty of the Temple University School of Communications and the advisory board of Cheyney University’s Fashion Merchandising program.

Sonya Beard, a nationally award-winning journalist, spent more than five years at In Style, the international fashion magazine at Time Inc. She served as a media consultant for Kulture2Couture, a fashion initiative by the Mayor’s Office of London. And she’s been a freelance book editor who’s worked on beauty and fashion titles, such as “Black Hair: Art, Style and Culture.” The Temple University graduate is based in Seoul, where she is a contributing writer for Seoul magazine and an expat correspondent for The Korea Herald.

To interview Ms. Wadlington, please contact:
Bobbi I. Booker
(215) 839-8639      
bobbi@cherylannonline.com

High and low res images of the book cover and author’s headshot are available upon request.

For more information and media support, visit:
www.cherylannonline.com

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Bobbi I. Booker, Principle at I. Robin Inc., 215-839-8639, bobbi@cherylannonline.com.
Publicist for “The DivaGirl’s Guide to Style and Self-Respect.”