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Above And Beyonce; At 24, Beyonce Knowles has the determination of a veteran, the manners of a lady, and the dazzle of the biggest star to emerge from the biggest-selling female group in the world.(Biography)

Vanity Fair

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Byline: Lisa Robinson

Dressed in jeans, a low-cut filmy top, big hoop earrings, and strappy high-heeled sandals, Beyonce is sitting on a sofa in her assistant (and cousin) Angela's Manhattan high-rise apartment. On this sunny May afternoon, wearing very little makeup, she looks even younger than her 23 years. Downstairs, a convoy of S.U.V.'s are lined up to take her to a West Side recording studio where she'll work on the songs for her second solo album. Upstairs, we're waiting for a pizza and talking about shoes. Specifically, a shoe crisis that occurred in the middle of this past year's Oscar telecast. If you saw the 2004 Oscars, you saw Beyonce; she sang three ...

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