ESSENCE Beauty and Cover Director Miki Taylor Is Retiring

Miki Taylor, beauty and cover director of ESSENCE magazine, is retiring after 30 years at the Black women's fashion, beauty and lifestyle publication.

Miki Taylor

ESSENCE made the announcement in a press release. “Taylor has distinguished herself as a trailblazer within media circles, and is renowned for her contributions as an editor and brand ambassador influencing industries from fashion and beauty to Hollywood,” the statement read.
"I am thrilled to continue to serve women of color in my new role as Editor-at- Large, with innovative platforms that showcase our beauty,” says Taylor. "Without a doubt, this is the most exciting period in the history of Black women ever and I look forward to this new threshold in my career that will allow me to inspire and be inspired by women around the world.”
An author, public speaker, image consultant and owner of her own communications and branding firm, Taylor says she’ll now focus on her  privatebusiness ventures.
However, she’ll continue working as editor-at-large for ESSENCE.

Ex-Adult Film Star Reveals Purported Tiger Woods Texts 

A former porn actress says she may reveal more potentially embarrassing information about Tiger Woods after releasing sexually graphic text messages that she claims prove her affair with the golfer.

Veronica Siwik-Daniels, left, who performed in porn under the name of Joslyn James and claims to have had a three-year romantic relationship with golfer Tiger Woods, and her attorney Gloria Allred hold a press conference in reaction to Woods' apology in Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.

Joslyn James told The Associated Press on Thursday that she disclosed the messages because she wants people to realize that she was honest when she came forth earlier this year and said Woods had avidly pursued her.
"I just wanted the public to know and the truth to be out there for me to have people see what I was being told and not just judge me for being with a married guy," she said.
James posted more than 100 texts on her Web site Thursday, including some in which arrangements were made for her to meet with Woods at hotels where he was staying. Others stated a desire for rough sex, including messages dated Aug. 29 in which a person James says is Woods tells her he wants to slap her and that she should beg the next time he sees her.
James, whose real name is Veronica Siwik-Daniels, said she met Woods when she was working at a Las Vegas nightclub he frequented. She said he led her to believe she was the only woman in his life other than his wife.
"If I would have known everything that was going on, and wasn't being lied to, I would have done things differently," she said.
A request for comment from a Woods spokesman was not immediately returned.
She has saved more than 1,000 texts Woods sent her, James said, and plans to release more in the days ahead.
She posted the first batch just two days after Woods announced he was ending his four-month, self-imposed exile to play at the Masters at Augusta National in Georgia. They could be a distraction to golf's greatest player as he prepares for his comeback.
The final three texts James released Thursday were dated Oct. 4 and indicate the sender became enraged with her, apparently after their relationship was nearly discovered.
"Don't ... talk to me," the final one said. "You almost just ruined my whole life. If my agent and these guys would have seen you there ... "
She said the relationship didn't end, however, until several weeks later.
James is only posting messages she says are from Woods and none from herself to the golfer. She said that's because her cell phone quickly overwrites outgoing texts and she wasn't able to save them.