Jazmyne Byrd, Author at The Hype Magazine

About Jazmyne Byrd

Jazmyne Byrd Bio Jazmyne Courtnii Byrd is an awarding winning journalist who was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Woodward High School where she graduated in 2004. She went on to further her education at Central State University graduating in 2009 with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology. She relocated to the Washington, DC area in 2009 post graduation where she currently resides. She is a contributing writer for several Magazines including Kingdom Voices, Boss-EMag, Exude, Beautifully Said and Queen Size Magazine in the fields of Entertainment and Plus Size Fashion. 2012 was major turning point in her life in addition to writing she joined the team of CurvesRockWeekend who put on the first “Plus Size Fashion Show” in the DMV she served as the Marketing Coordinator. She starred in CRW “Vagina Monologues” in February 2012. Also in 2012 she became the Associate Editor of Ice Media Network were she oversees the contributing writing staff and works closely with the creative team to acquire talent for the magazine. A strong believer in giving back she has volunteered with Capital Cause literacy campaign and Study Sparks as a volunteer Tudor. She is the Reigning Miss Baltimore National Beauty 2013. In 2013 she was awarded Blackstreet Journalism Award and New York Fashion Award “Journalist of the Year 2013”. She has been nominated for Maryland Fashion Award “Emerging Media Member 2013”, Runway Inc “Blogger of the Year 2014” and Posed Fashion Awards “ Blogger ot the year” 2014.She is an Active Member of NCNW of Prince Georges County. She joined the “Ntuned Show” radio show on BlogTalkRadio as the “Entertainment and Sports Guru”. She has two of her own segments entitled “Divah’s got the J” and “The Locker Room with Divah Jand Altidude”. She is currently in the process of obtaining her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology at Howard University. She may be reached on twitter @divah_j , Facebook and LinkedIn @ Jazmyne Courtnii Byrd.